According to statistics of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade, total foreign investment within the framework of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 10 months of the current year showed a 135.9 percent growth as compared to the last year’s corresponding period.
Figures of the Industry Ministry indicated that 129 projects under foreign investment, valued at $3.485 billion, were approved in the mining and industrial sector of the country, showing a 24 percent growth in terms of quantity.
This is while 104 projects under FDI, valued at $1.477 billion, had been approved in the first 10 months of the previous year.
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