Investments related to projects costing more than 5 MD grew by 11.4% from 1,525.7 million dinars (MD) in the first ten months of 2016 to 1,699.1 MD during the same period of 2017, said the Agency for Promotion of Industry and Innovation (APII).
These projects will create 11,063 jobs, compared with 9,369 jobs in the first ten months of 2016, i.e. up 18.1%.
It should be noted that projects of 5 MD and more, which represent 4.4% of the number of reported projects and 23.3% of the number of jobs, account for 57.6% of all reported investments.
Among the 133 projects (I> 5 MD) reported during the first ten months of 2017, twenty-three projects totatled an investment amount of 717 MD or 42.2% of the total investment (I> 5 MD).
