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Foreign Direct Investments yield net inflows in June 2015; first semester level hits US$ 2 Billion

Posted on September 10, 2015

MANILA, Sept. 10 (PNA) — Foreign direct investments (FDI) recorded net inflows of USD 383 million in June 2015 as net inflows were registered in all FDI components. 1,2

The bulk of the net inflows during the month was in the form of equity capital investments which amounted to USD 214 million, almost four times the USD 54 million net inflows recorded in the previous year.

This is on account of the 293.5 percent increase in equity capital placements to USD 308 million which more than offset withdrawals of USD 94 million. Equity capital placements emanated largely from the United States, Singapore, Germany, Japan and Taiwan.

These were channeled mainly to manufacturing, real estate, wholesale and retail trade, administrative and support services, and information and communication activities.

Investments in debt instruments (or lending by parent companies abroad to their local affiliates to fund existing operations and business expansion) also registered net inflows of USD 102 million.

Reinvestment of earnings amounted to USD 67 million during the period.

As a result of these developments, FDI net inflows for the first half of the year reached USD 2 billion.

This, however, was 40.1 percent lower than the USD 3.4 billion posted during the same period last year as all FDI components posted lower net inflows.

In particular, non-residents’ investments in debt instruments fell by 55.6 percent.

Net inflows from equity capital investments likewise dropped slightly by 5.7 percent to USD 654 million during the period.

Equity capital placements aggregating USD 858 million came mostly from the United States, Germany, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom.

These were channeled mainly to manufacturing, financial and insurance, real estate, electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply, and wholesale and retail trade activities. Meanwhile, reinvestment of earnings amounted to USD 385 million. (PNA)

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