Bucharest – As of June 30, 2017, according to the latest statistical report of the Business Register, the number of Italian-owned companies in Romania was 44,599 (up 2.22% compared to December 31, 2016), of which 23,517 active, with a paid capital of about 2.35 billion euros. This is what the Italtrade office in Bucharest stated with an official note. In the first half of 2017, 748 new Italian companies were registered. The largest number of registered Italian companies (3,010) was in 2007, while in 2016 the highest value of the paid-in capital in the year (approximately 861.6 million euros). The total number of foreign-owned companies at 30 June 2017 was 212,752 with a paid-in capital of approximately 45.51 billion euros. Italy continues to be the main investor country by number of registered companies (21.10%), followed by Germany (10.33%) and Turkey (7.05%), while holding fifth place among investors by capital (5.54%) after Holland (21.15%), Austria (11.67), Germany (11%) and Cyprus (9.07). (9colonne)
