The central Russian Tula region received $245mn ((EURO)182.6mn) worth of foreign direct investment in January to the end of June 2011.

Some 92% of the amount was injected into manufacturing enterprises. Out of the sum, 56.4% was channeled into food production, 35.2% in the production of non-metallic mineral products, and about 2% in real estate operations.

The biggest direct investors in the Tula region’s economy are (in the decreasing order): Germany, the Netherlands, the United States, Israel, and Cyprus.