Korean FDI, Q4 and 2019 Full Year
2019 Korean FDI Posts US $61.85 Billion
The 2019 Korean FDI amounted to US $61.85 billion, rising 21.0 percent compared with US $51.10 billion of the previous year. Korean FDI net outflows were US $49.33 billion, up 18.4 percent from US $41.65 billion a year ago.
Korean FDI, 2019
(US$ billion, %, y-o-y)
|
Korean FDI
|
2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
|
2019
|
|
Amount invested (A)
|
28.59
|
30.37
|
39.79
|
44.72
|
51.10
|
61.85
|
|
Change (%)
|
-8.2
|
6.2
|
31.0
|
12.4
|
14.3
|
21.0
|
|
Amount flowed back (B)
|
6.63
|
8.36
|
10.10
|
9.58
|
9.45
|
12.52
|
|
Net amount invested (A-B)
|
21.96
|
22.01
|
29.69
|
35.14
|
41.65
|
49.33
|
|
Change (%)
|
-7.2
|
0.2
|
34.9
|
18.3
|
18.5
|
18.4
|
By industry, Korean FDI focused on finance and insurance (40.5%), manufacturing (29.7%), real estate & renting (11.2%), mining (4.1%), and wholesale and retail (3.3%).
By country, the top five destinations for Korean FDI were the US (23.9%), the Cayman Islands (13.1%), China (9.4%), Vietnam (7.2%) and Singapore (4.9%).
By region, Korean FDI went to Asia (32.3%), North America (25.8%), Europe (21.9%), Latin America (16.6%), Oceania (1.6%), Middle East (1.0%) and Africa (0.9%).
Korean FDI for Q4, 2019
Korean foreign direct investment (FDI) for the fourth quarter of 2019 posted US $15.95 billion, rising 16.1 percent from US $13.73 billion a year ago and 12.6 percent from US $14.17 billion of the previous quarter. Korean FDI net outflows were US $10.88 billion, up 4.6 percent from US $10.40 a year ago and down 0.6 percent from the previous quarter’s US $10.95 billion.
Korean FDI, Q4 2019
(US$ billions, %, y-o-y)
|
Korean FDI
|
2018
|
2019
|
|
Q1
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Q2
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Q3
|
Q4
|
Q1
|
Q2
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Q3
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Q4
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|
Amount invested (A)
|
9.86
|
13.76
|
13.74
|
13.73
|
14.91
|
16.82
|
14.17
|
15.95
|
|
Change (%)
|
-27.9
|
30.7
|
32.7
|
35.3
|
51.2
|
22.2
|
3.1
|
16.1
|
|
Amount flowed back (B)
|
2.15
|
1.71
|
2.25
|
3.34
|
1.50
|
2.73
|
3.21
|
5.07
|
|
Net amount invested (A-B)
|
7.71
|
12.05
|
11.49
|
10.40
|
13.41
|
14.09
|
10.95
|
10.88
|
|
Change (%)
|
-36.1
|
59.3
|
51.4
|
31.5
|
73.9
|
16.9
|
-4.7
|
4.6
|
By industry, Korean FDI focused on finance & insurance (43.4%), manufacturing (22.7%), real estate & renting (9.0%), transportation and storage (3.9%), and wholesale and retain (3.6%).
By country, the top five destinations for Korean FDI were the US (27.8%), the Cayman Islands (16.6%), Vietnam (8.0%), China (6.3%) and Luxemburg (5.0%).
By region, FDI went to North America (29.2%), Asia (28.7%), Latin America (20.5%), Europe (17.2%), Oceania (2.8%), Middle East (1.5%) and Africa (0.3%).
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