This release presents data on the number and structure of business entities with foreign ownership in Montenegro as of June 30th, 2012. The data source is the Statistical Business Register, which is the framework for all statistical surveys which has the companies and its branches as the reporting units or the central register of economic entities. Profit is the main objective of all the investments. The pursuit on new markets is one of the most important motives that foreign investors have. Foreign companies have the necessary technologies and financial resources and they are expected to contribute to the efficiency of domestic enterprises and to improve the management of companies.
From the total number of foreign-owned businesses, 12.8 % are owned by foreign legal persons, while the remaining subjects are property of foreign physical persons.

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