‘Compared with Q2, 2012, in Q2, 2013 the net investments in the national economy decreased by 4.2 per cent due to an 18.6-per cent drop in new construction works. Increments were reported for equipment (means of transportation included) (+14.9 per cent) and other expenditure (+7.8 per cent). Compared with Q2, 2012, in Q2, 2013 there is an increase in the share of equipment (means of transportation included) in total net investments by 8.5 percentage points and in other expenditure by 1.2 percentage points. The share of net investments in new construction works decreased by 9.7 percentage points, INS reported.

H1, 2013 investments declined 2.3 per cent, to RON 27.927 billion current prices compared with H1, 2012. H1, 2013 investments in new construction works totalled RON 12.031 billion, or 43.1 per cent of the total stock, compared with 52 per cent in Q 1, 2012. Investments in equipment and means of transportation totalled RON 13.504 billion, or 48.3 per cent of the total, compared with 40.2 per cent in H1, 2012.

According to the INS, industry and trade/services (retail and wholesale trade, motor vehicle repairs) witnessed a higher volume of net investments. In a different direction, the same INS announced that the industrial production prices in Romania increased 1.6 per cent in July 2013 year-over-year. (source: nineoclock.ro)