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Investment flows between countries within the framework of the same economic branch or between them, are taking place similarly to the foreign trade flows. Distinguishing of the intra- and inter-branch foreign investments creates the possibility to research the investment competitiveness of each country. In the study there is proposed the application of the Grubel-Lloyd and Balassa index to measure the intra- and inter-industry FDI flows in manufacturing. The received indexes values were subjected to correspondence analysis to create investment as well as competitiveness profiles of countries. (original abstract)