Korean FDI, Q4 2018 and Full Year
2018 Korean FDI Posts US $49.78 Billion
The 2018 Korean FDI amounted to US $49.78 billion, rising 11.6 percent compared with US $44.60 billion of the previous year.
Korean FDI, 2018
(US$ billion, %, y-o-y)
|
Korean FDI
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
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2014
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
|
Amount invested
|
29.50
|
29.59
|
30.93
|
28.55
|
30.36
|
39.59
|
44.60
|
49.78
|
|
Change (%)
|
15.7
|
0.3
|
4.5
|
-7.7
|
6.3
|
30.4
|
12.6
|
11.6
|
By industry, Korean FDI focused on Manufacturing (32.9%), finance & insurance (32.6%), real estate & renting (10.2%), wholesale & retail (4.9%) and mining (4.3%)[1].
By region, Korean FDI concentrated on Asia (34.1%), Europe (23.5%), North America (22.8%), Latin America (16.3%), the Middle East (1.7%), Oceania (1.3%) and Africa (0.3%).
By country, the top five destinations for Korean FDI were the US (21.7%), the Cayman Islands (12.4%), China (9.6%), Hong Kong (7.0%) and Vietnam (6.4%)[2].
Korean FDI for Q4 2018
Korean foreign direct investment (FDI) for the fourth quarter of 2018 posted US $13.23 billion, rising 30.7 percent from US $10.12 billion a year ago and falling 2.4 percent from US $13.56 billion of the previous quarter.
Korean FDI, Q4 2018
(US$ billions, %)
|
Korean FDI
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2017
|
2018
|
|
Q1
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Q2
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Q3
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Q4
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Q1
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Q2
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Q3
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Q4
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Change (%)
|
|
Amount invested
|
13.61
|
10.52
|
10.35
|
10.12
|
9.74
|
13.25
|
13.56
|
13.23
|
30.7
(y-o-y)
|
-2.4
(q-o-q)
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By industry, Korean FDI focused on finance & insurance (36.8%), manufacturing (28.8%), real estate & renting (8.7%), wholesale & retail (5.9%) and mining (5.1%).
By region, FDI concentrated on Asia (33.6%), North America (29.5%), Europe (19.0%), Latin America (13.9%), the Middle East (2.1%), Oceania (1.7%) and Africa (0.3%).
By country, the top five destinations for Korean FDI were the US (17.4%), China (12.8%), the Cayman Islands (9.5%), Luxemburg (8.3%) and Hong Kong (6.0%).
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