Turkey drew 627 million USD of international direct investments in February, 2013. Economy Ministry stated on Monday that 81 companies with international capital had been established in Turkey in February. Those companies were working mainly on wholesale and retail sale, real estate renting, transportation, communication and storage sectors, added the Ministry. The number of companies with international capital, which had been established in January and February, 2013, was 289; and 126 of them had EU countries as partners.