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EU Foreign Direct Investment in 2005 Recovery of FDI outflows to the USA and Switzerland, both inward and outward FDI flows increased
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The rest of this article gives an overview of EU-25 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) statistics for annual flows, stocks at year-end and annual income for the period 2001- 2005. Both outward and inward flows increased in 2005 (+26% and +77% respectively), but outflows exceeded inflows by EUR 78 bn. FDI in its main partners (the USA and Switzerland) recovered. At EUR 178 bn, income from extra-EU FDI reached a record high, exceeding income paid to investors abroad by EUR 68 bn. Service activities remained dominant for both outward and inward FDI.