Foreign investments in Georgia

PM Nika Gilauri recently provided some optimistic figures: in the first quarter of 2012, Georgia has already received $229 million in FDI. This figure is almost 55% higher than the figure for the same period last year. Investment in Georgia came from different countries. The biggest investor was Germany, followed by turkey and Great Britain. $64 million went into the processing industry, $62 million to the financial sector, $38 million into the transportation, and $20 million was invested in real estate.