Foreign Direct Investment Q1 2018
Korean FDI Posts US $9.61 Billion in Q1 2018
Korean foreign direct investment posted US $9.61 billion in the first quarter of 2018, exceeding the quarterly average of US $9.42 billion in 2015-2017. Korean FDI fell 28.3 percent from the same period a year ago when it rose to a record high of US $13.40 billion, and 5.2 percent from US $10.14 billion in the previous quarter.
Korean FDI, Q1 2018
(US$ billions, %)
|
FDI
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
|
Q3
|
Q4
|
Q1
|
Q2
|
Q3
|
Q4
|
Q1
|
Change
|
|
Amount Invested
|
8.72
|
13.05
|
13.40
|
10.30
|
9.86
|
10.14
|
9.61
|
-28.3
(y-o-y)
|
-5.2
(q-o-q)
|
By industry, Korean FDI focused on finance & insurance (33.4%), manufacturing (24.8%), real estate & renting (11.6%), construction (7.9%) and professional, scientific & technical services (4.6%).
FDI by Industry, Q1 2018
(US$ billions, %, y-o-y)
|
|
Q1 2017
|
Q1 2018
|
Change
|
|
Finance & insurance
|
2.66
|
3.21
|
20.9
|
|
Manufacturing
|
1.44
|
2.38
|
65.5
|
|
Real estate & renting
|
0.75
|
1.11
|
48.2
|
|
Construction
|
0.23
|
0.76
|
235.1
|
|
Professional, scientific & technical services
|
0.10
|
0.44
|
330.6
|
By region, FDI concentrated on Asia (38.0%), Europe (22.9%), North America (20.6%) and Latin America (13.8%).
FDI by Region, Q1 2018
(US$ billions, %, y-o-y)
|
|
Q1 2017
|
Q1 2018
|
Change
|
|
Asia
|
2.50
|
3.65
|
45.9
|
|
Europe
|
1.32
|
2.20
|
66.8
|
|
North America
|
7.72
|
1.98
|
-74.4
|
|
Latin America
|
1.47
|
1.33
|
-9.6
|
By country, Korean FDI focused on the US (19.3%), Vietnam (11.2%), the UK (10.5%), Hong Kong (7.9%), Cayman Islands (7.4%) and China (6.9%).
FDI by Country, Q1 2018
(US$ billions, %, y-o-y)
|
|
Q1 2017
|
Q1 2018
|
Change
|
|
US
|
7.61
|
1.85
|
-75.6
|
|
Vietnam
|
0.48
|
1.08
|
124.8
|
|
UK
|
0.41
|
1.01
|
146.9
|
|
Hong Kong
|
0.51
|
0.76
|
49.2
|
|
Cayman Islands
|
1.04
|
0.71
|
-31.8
|
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