HomeReportsInvestment Climate Statements...Custom Report - 28794e12be hide Investment Climate Statements Custom Report Excerpts: Italy Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Sort by Country Sort by Section In this section / Italy 13. Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Portfolio Investment Statistics Italy 13. Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Portfolio Investment Statistics Table 2: Key Macroeconomic Data, U.S. FDI in Host Country/Economy Host Country Statistical Source USG or International Statistical Source USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other Economic Data Year Amount Year Amount Host Country Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ($M USD) 2016 $1.852 trillion 2015 $1.821 trillion www.worldbank.org/en/country Foreign Direct Investment Host Country Statistical Source USG or International Statistical Source USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions) 2014 $7.188 2015 $22.499 billion BEA data available at http://bea.gov/international/direct_investment_ multinational_companies_comprehensive_data.htm Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) 2014 $29.915 2015 $28.648 billion BEA data available at http://bea.gov/international/direct_investment_ multinational_companies_comprehensive_data.htm Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP 2014 24.7% 2015 18.5% UNCTAD Data Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI Italian GDP data are taken from Istat, the official statistics agency. ISTAT publishes preliminary year end GDP data in early February and issues revised data in early March. Italian FDI data are from the Bank of Italy and are the latest available; new data are released in May. Direct Investment from/in Counterpart Economy Data – 2015 Data (Most Recent Available) From Top Five Sources/To Top Five Destinations (US Dollars, Millions) Inward Direct Investment Outward Direct Investment Total Inward 337,083 100% Total Outward 467,300 100% Luxembourg 70,401 20.9% Netherlands 66,257 14.2% Netherlands 68,319 20.3% Germany 38,537 8.2% France 59,058 17.5% Spain 37,772 8.1% United Kingdom 39,444 11.7% United States 31,610 6.8% Germany 23,765 7.1% Austria 28,679 6.1% “0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000. Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment The statistics above show Italy’s largest investment partners to be within the European Union and the United States. This is consistent with Italy being fully integrated with its EU partners and the United States. Portfolio Investment Assets Top Five Partners (Millions, US Dollars) 2015 Data (Most Recent Available) Total Equity Securities Total Debt Securities All Countries 1,210,087 100% All Countries 699,517 100% All Countries 510,570 100% Luxembourg 474,274 39.2% Luxembourg 447,542 64.0% France 81,135 15.9% France 141,637 11.7% Ireland 75,530 10.8% Spain 73,601 14.4% Ireland 93,036 7.7% France 60,502 8.6% Germany 56,968 11.1% United States 84,124 7.0% United Kingdom 30,612 4.4% United States 55,770 10.1% Spain 76,788 6.4% United States 28,534 4.1% Netherlands 41,329 8.1% The statistics above show Italy’s largest investment partners to be within the European Union and the United States. This is consistent with Italy being fully integrated with its EU partners and the United States. Edit Your Custom Report
