The total volume of foreign investments in the economy of Volyn as of July 1 of this year reached over 101 million US dollars, which amounts to about 97 dollars per capita. \n \nIn terms of investment volume per person, the region ranks 15th in the country. By this indicator, Volyn is behind the industrially more powerful regions (the average Ukrainian indicator is 192 dollars per resident), but it is ahead of its closest neighbors – Rivne (23rd place) and Ternopil (26th place) oblasts. \n \nIn the first half of the year, foreign investors invested 7 million US dollars in the region's economy, which is almost three times more than in the same period last year. Foreign investments were made by partners from 27 countries. The largest volumes were invested by non-residents from Poland – 28.6 million US dollars, Great Britain – 24.7 million, Sweden – 16.5 million, Switzerland – 11.1 million, Canada – 6.7 million, Slovakia – 4.7 million US dollars. These countries account for over 90 percent of the total investment volume. \n \nThe largest amount of foreign investment was made in enterprises of the city of Lutsk; almost 82 million US dollars, or 81 percent of the oblast total, was invested in them. About 12 million dollars was invested in enterprises of Novovolynsk, almost 3 million dollars – in Kovel, 1.5 and 1.2 million dollars – in Kivertsivskyi and Ratnivskyi districts, respectively. \n \nIn total, 125 enterprises received foreign investments. The most investment-attractive sectors are the production of machinery and equipment (40 percent of the total volume), financial activity (15 percent), the food industry and processing of agricultural products (14 percent), and furniture manufacturing (7 percent). \n