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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)	2020	$347,529	2019	$365,712	www.worldbank.org/en/country
Foreign Direct Investment	Host Country Statistical source*		USG or international statistical source		USG or international Source of data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other
U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions)	2019	$44,974	2019	$81,883	BEA data available at https://apps.bea.gov/ international/factsheet/
Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions)	2019	$14,679	2019	$14,110	BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/ direct-investment-and-multinational- enterprises-comprehensive-data
Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP	2019	507.5%	2019	506.5%	UNCTAD data available at https://stats.unctad.org/ handbook/EconomicTrends/Fdi.html

* Source for Host Country Data: Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department

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	1,732,495	100%	Total Outward	1,763,164	100%
British Virgin Islands	606,804	35%	China, P.R.: Mainland	800,640	45%
China, P.R.: Mainland	475,641	27%	British Virgin Islands	579,860	33%
Cayman Islands	152,048	9%	Cayman Islands	70,492	4%
United Kingdom	139,120	8%	Bermuda	55,091	3%
Bermuda	99,514	6%	United Kingdom	53,858	3%
“0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000.

Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
Portfolio Investment Assets
Top Five Partners (Millions, current US Dollars)
Total			Equity Securities			Total Debt Securities
All Countries	1,830,229	100%	All Countries	1,167,955	100%	All Countries	662,274	100%
Cayman Islands	635,236	35%	Cayman Islands	608,914	52%	United States	156,543	24%
China, P.R.: Mainland	352,531	19%	China, P.R.: Mainland	206,829	18%	China, P.R.: Mainland	145,702	22%
United States	204,360	11%	Bermuda	109,838	9%	Japan	51,682	8%
Bermuda	112,021	6%	United Kingdom	60,483	5%	Luxembourg	42,742	6%
United Kingdom	85,496	5%	United States	47,817	4%	Australia	37,143	6%