EU27 Foreign Direct Investment Amounts to € 171bn in 2012

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: June 13, 2013; 12:27 ♦ (Vindobona)

Over 60% of investments from the rest of the world into the EU27 came from the USA in 2012.

EU27 Foreign Direct Investment Amounts to € 171bn in 2012 / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the EU27 to the rest of the world reached 171 billion euro in 2012, while investment from the rest of the world into the EU27 was 159 bn in 2012. Investment from the euro area (EA17) to the rest of the world amounted to 238 bn while investment from the rest of the world into the euro area was 193 bn. In 2012, the main destinations of EU27 investments…