In the first quarter of 2005, foreign investors invested 382.2 million dollars of direct investment in the Ukrainian economy, including 14.7 million dollars from CIS countries (3.9% of the total volume), and 367.5 million dollars from other countries of the world. This is reported by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, informs "LIGABusinessInform". \n \nThe main forms of attracting capital remain monetary contributions, which amounted to 204.3 million dollars, and contributions in the form of movable and immovable property - 139.5 million dollars. \n \nThe increase in foreign capital in the first quarter of 2005 amounted to 235.0 million dollars. The capital of non-residents from the British Virgin Islands increased by 128.4 million dollars, from the USA - by 31.5 million dollars, Cyprus - by 25.7 million dollars, Great Britain - by 18.5 million dollars, Hungary - by 17.2 million dollars, the Russian Federation - by 16.7 million dollars, the Netherlands - by 9.8 million dollars and Italy - by 9.7 million dollars. \n \nThe largest volumes of increase in foreign capital in the reporting period were observed at enterprises of wholesale trade and intermediation in trade - 85.5 million dollars, construction - 17.3 million dollars, extractive industry - 16.8 million dollars, food industry and processing of agricultural products - 16.7 million dollars, machine building - 14.9 million dollars, as well as in organizations carrying out real estate operations, leasing, providing services to legal entities - 62.5 million dollars and engaged in financial activity - 17.9 million dollars. \n \nThe total volume of direct foreign investment invested in the Ukrainian economy as of April 1 amounted to 8797.4 million dollars, or 186 dollars per person. Investments came from 116 countries of the world. The main investors of the Ukrainian economy are the USA, Cyprus, Great Britain, the British Virgin Islands, Germany, the Netherlands, the Russian Federation, Switzerland, Austria, Poland.