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EU Foreign Direct Investment in 2004 New partners emerging for FDI outflows, both inward and outward FDI flows continued to fall
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This article gives an overview of EU Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) statistics for annual flows, stocks at year-end and annual income for the period 1999-2004. Both outward and inward FDI flows continued to fall in 2004 (-15% and 46% respectively), but outflows exceeded the inflows by EUR 53 bn. There was a disinvestment of EUR 3 bn towards USA and new countries emerged as the main partners for FDI outflows in 2004. At EUR 131 bn, FDI investment income reached a record high, exceeding income paid to investors abroad by EUR 46 bn. Services activities remained dominant for both outward and inward FDI.
Merja HULT, Anna FOLTETE - Personal Name
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Economics
English
2006
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