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UK Investment
UK business investment abroad (Foreign Direct Investment – FDI) is surveyed annually by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the government department responsible for collecting and publishing official statistics about the UK’s society and economy. The investment figures are published on a net basis, that is, they consist of investments net of disinvestments by a company into its subsidiaries, associate companies and branches. The UK ONS publishes FDI statistics in two forms, a ‘First Release’ followed by a more detailed analysis ‘MA4 - Foreign Direct Investment’ which are available through: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/default.asp
FDI can be measured in three ways:
- ‘Net direct investment abroad by UK companies’ – a measure of annual net flows of UK investment money into overseas economies.
- ‘Net international investment position – direct investment abroad by UK companies’ – a measure of the cumulative value of UK business investments overseas.
- ‘Net earnings from direct investment abroad by UK Companies’ – a measure of net earnings repatriated from overseas economies.
Selected statistics, based on the net international investment position, are presented here for 7 of the UK’s key investment partners. Analysis of statistics has also been undertaken on behalf of JNCC to apportion investment to specific sectors. Two reports based in part on the ONS statistics are also available through these pages.
- JNCC summary report (PDF) ’Tracking UK Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into selected overseas economies. Phase I report. Summary’
- JNCC report (PDF) ’Tracking UK Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into selected overseas economies. Phase I report.’
- GHK report (PDF) ’Tracking UK Overseas Investment According to Country and Sector. Generic Sector Impacts on Biodiversity’
More information...
Summary of Foreign Direct Investment
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This pane shows a summary of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) data. On the left you can get a feel for how the
total FDI has changed over time for each country (starting with the year 2000).
Next to this you can see the various sectors preceded by a graph that gives a relative measure of
each sector's total FDI (for 2006) and followed by a concordance grid that shows how important each country is for the FDI in that sector (darker
country codes signify greater FDI spend).
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Summarised county trends over time by investment position
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Summarised sectoral analysis |
Concordance grid |
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Financial services |
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Mining & quarrying (including oil/gas) |
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Chemical, plastic & fuel products |
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Transport & communications |
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Retail/wholesale trade & repairs |
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Other services |
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Real estate & business services |
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Other manufacturing |
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Food products |
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Hotels & restaurants |
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Construction |
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Electricity, gas & water |
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Transport equipment |
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Metal & mechanical products |
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Office, IT & communications equipment |
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Textile & wood, printing & publishing |
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Agriculture, forestry & fishing |
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Foreign Direct Investment analysis
To analysis the Foreign Direct Investment data in more detail, select countries and sectors in the following lists
and click the Report... button
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