Austria
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; World Bank; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other |
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| Economic Data | Year | Amount | Year | Amount | |
| Austria Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ($M USD) | 2018 | $455,586 | 2017 | $416,596 | https://data.worldbank.org/country/austria?view=chart |
| Foreign Direct Investment | Host Country Statistical Source* | USG or International Statistical Source | USG or international Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other |
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| U.S. FDI in Austria ($M USD, stock positions) | 2018 | $16,493 | 2017 | $7,819 | BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/direct-investment-and-multinational-enterprises-comprehensive-data |
| Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) | 2018 | $12,646 | 2017 | $12,303 | BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/direct-investment-and-multinational-enterprises-comprehensive-data |
| Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP | 2018 | 51.5% | 2017 | 48.5% | UNCTAD data available at
https://unctad.org/en/Pages/DIAE/World%20Investment%20Report/Country-Fact-Sheets.aspx |
*Statistics Austria (GDP):
http://www.statistik.at/web_de/statistiken/wirtschaft/volkswirtschaftliche_
gesamtrechnungen/bruttoinlandsprodukt_und_hauptaggregate/jahresdaten/019505.html
Austrian National Bank (Investments)
https://www.oenb.at/isaweb/report.do?lang=EN&report=9.3.31
Differences between Austrian and U.S. statistics can arise from different allocations of investments to countries (headquarters versus subsidiaries) and different survey methods
Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI
| Direct Investment from/in Counterpart Economy Data | |||||
| From Top Five Sources/To Top Five Destinations (US Dollars, Millions) | |||||
| Inward Direct Investment | Outward Direct Investment | ||||
| Total Inward | $246,359 | 100% | Total Outward | $291,090 | 100% |
| Germany | $55,214 | 22% | Netherlands | $35,917 | 12% |
| Russia | $30.333 | 12% | Germany | $31,453 | 11% |
| Netherlands | $27.933 | 11% | Luxembourg | $15,302 | 5% |
| Luxembourg | $22.006 | 9% | Czech Republic | $14,881 | 5% |
| Switzerland | $11.805 | 5% | United States | $11,178 | 4% |
| “0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000. | |||||
Austria’s domestic investment figures show significant lower numbers for the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Special Purpose Entities (SPEs) may be used to avoid corporate taxes.
Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
| Portfolio Investment Assets | ||||||||
| Top Five Partners (Millions, US Dollars) | ||||||||
| Total | Equity and Investment Fund Shares | Total Debt Securities | ||||||
| All Countries | $348,992 | 100% | All Countries | $138,369 | 100% | All Countries | $210,623 | 100% |
| Germany | $54,228 | 15% | Luxembourg | $46,238 | 33% | Germany | $26,126 | 12% |
| Luxembourg | $53,862 | 15% | Germany | $28,103 | 20% | France | $23,711 | 11% |
| United States | $33,122 | 9% | United States | $14,434 | 10% | United States | $18,689 | 9% |
| France | $31.227 | 9% | Ireland | $13,864 | 10% | Spain | $15,180 | 7% |
| Ireland | $19,476 | 6% | France | $7,516 | 5% | Netherlands | $15,119 | 7% |