December 3, 2013. In January-September 2013, all of Sverdlovsk Region-based enterprises’ capital investments amounted to 190.7bn RUR, or 94.2% of the amount invested in January-September 2012 in comparable prices. 77.4% of investments were made by large and medium enterprises (with the money invested by the participatory share construction project participants accounted for), which amounted to 147.6bn RUR, Sverdlovsk Region Economics Ministry reports.

In terms of economic sectors, investments were mainly directed to the production sector and to the electric power, natural gas, and water distribution sector (23% of the total investments made by large and medium enterprises), the processing industries (22.4%), the real estate sector (19.3%), and the transportation and communications sector (16.7%).

Most of the investments in the processing sector traditionally pertain to the metallurgical facilities. In January-September 2013, the metallurgical branch received 45.5% of all the investments in the processing sector, or 15bn RUR.

In terms of investment sources, most money comes from the companies’ own funds (51.6% of the total investment volume against 57.9% in January-September 2012). 42.5% of investment money was attracted from external sources (against 42.1% a year earlier), and 5.9% of investments were made in the participatory share construction sector.