Korean FDI, Q3 2022
Korean FDI Posts US $16.61 Billion in Q3 2022
Korean FDI amounted to US $16.61 billion in Q3 2022, falling by 5.0 percent compared with a year ago. Korean FDI net outflows were US $13.05 billion, up 1.0 percent from the same period of the previous year.
In the third quarter of 2022, Korean FDI declined by 14.8% from the second quarter, showing a continued decline driven by uncertain investment conditions such as interest rate hikes.
Korean FDI, Q3 2022
(US $billion, %, y-o-y)
|
Korean FDI |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
|
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
|
Amount invested (A) |
14.74 |
13.11 |
10.79 |
18.68 |
11.37 |
17.05 |
17.48 |
30.87 |
26.08 |
19.50 |
16.61 |
|
Change (%) |
-3.5 |
-23.5 |
-29.2 |
5.1 |
-22.8 |
30.0 |
62.0 |
65.2 |
129.3 |
14.4 |
-5.0 |
|
Amount flowed back (B) |
3.15 |
4.87 |
2.54 |
4.35 |
4.33 |
4.52 |
4.57 |
4.45 |
4.10 |
3.86 |
3.56 |
|
Net amount invested (A-B) |
11.59 |
8.24 |
8.25 |
14.34 |
7.04 |
12.52 |
12.92 |
26.42 |
21.98 |
15.65 |
13.05 |
|
Change (%) |
-14.9 |
-42.9 |
-29.5 |
22.4 |
-39.3 |
52.0 |
56.5 |
84.3 |
212.3 |
24.9 |
1.0 |
By industry, Korean FDI focused on finance and insurance (US $7.58 billion), manufacturing (US $4.17 billion), real estate and renting (US $1.27 billion), science and technology (US $0.74 billion), and electricity and gas (US $0.72 billion).
By country, the top destinations for Korean FDI were the US (US $6.20 billion), the Cayman Islands (US $2.53 billion), Hungary (US $0.97 billion), Luxemburg (US $0.84 billion), and China (US $0.74 billion).
Korean FDI was withdrawn mostly from finance and insurance (US $1.59 billion), real estate and renting (US $0.69 billion) and information and communications (US $0.27 billion). By country, it was withdrawn largely from the US (US $0.76 billion), the Cayman Islands (US $0.51 billion), and Luxemburg (US $0.45 billion).
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