KIEV, Feb. 17 – The net outflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) from Ukraine in October through December 2008 was estimated at $1.898 billion, the State Statistics Committee said on Monday evening.

At the same time, FDI growth in Q3 2008 was $1.17 billion; in Q2 2008, $3.553 billion and in Q1 2008 it was $3.365 billion.

According to the committee, foreign investors made $10.911 billion in direct investment in Ukraine during 2008, which was 25.3% more than in 2007. A total of $8.766 billion came from European Union countries (80.3% of the total amount), and $0.933 billion (8.6%) came from CIS countries.