We have never had such high foreign direct investment - Finance Minister

If we look at statistics of three quarters, we will see that we have never had such high foreign direct investment in Georgia, - said Finance Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze about the data on direct foreign investments of 2017 published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia.

"In the third quarter, direct foreign investments have shown a growth of 17.6% compared with the same period of last year. If we look at statistics of three quarters, we will see that we have never had such high foreign direct investment in Georgia, which once more clearly indicates that the international trade regimes with the EU and China have already brought concrete results. I personally think that next year will be even better in this direction," Bakhtadze said.

Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Georgia amounted to USD 594.5 million in Q3 2017 (preliminary data) up 17.6 percent from the adjusted data of the same period of the previous year, says the preliminary data released by the National Statistics Office of Georgia.