Foreign investments in all sectors fell at the end of the first 8 months of the current year, by 24.8%to 1077 million dinars (MD), compared with 1432,9 MD in the same period last year. These investments are shared out, according to the statistics of FIPA (foreign investment promotion agency ) to the amount of 1019,3 million dinars between DFI and 57,7 million dinars in holdings, which means a respective fall of about 17.6% and 70.5%. The main investors during these first 8 months of 2011 are France (40 firms), Italy (36), Germany (5) and Belgium.