KIEV, Nov. 2 - The net growth of direct foreign investment in Ukraine in January through September 2007 was $6.8 billion, which is 1.6 times up year-on-year and 6.4 times up compared to the same period in 2005, First Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

"The real growth of fixed investments was 32.2% in H1 2007, which is four times up compared to GDP," Azarov said during the meeting on price stability attended by the president and the premier.