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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)	N/A	N/A	2019	$533.09	www.worldbank.org/en/country
Foreign Direct Investment	Host Country Statistical source*		USG or international statistical source		USG or international Source of data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other
U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions)	N/A	N/A	2019	$63.2	BEA data available at https://apps.bea.gov/international/factsheet/
Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions)	N/A	N/A	2019	$70.1	BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/direct-investment-and-multinational-enterprises-comprehensive-data
Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP	N/A	N/A	2019	1.8%	UNCTAD data available athttps://stats.unctad.org/handbook/EconomicTrends/Fdi.html

* Source for Host Country Data:

*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	577,139	100%	Total Outward	676,434	100%
The Netherlands	148,230	25.68%	The Netherlands	212,974	31.48%
France	143,865	24.81%	Luxembourg	160,221	23.68%
Luxembourg	118,209	20.48%	United Kingdom	111,605	16.49%
Switzerland	43,679	7.56%	France	58,891	8.7%
United States	28,881	5%	Germany	13,828	2.04%
“0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000.

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*Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment*
Portfolio Investment Assets
Top Five Partners (Millions, current US Dollars)
Total			Equity Securities			Total Debt Securities
All Countries	625,416	100%	All Countries	150,319	100%	All Countries	474,534	100%
France	102,426	16,37%	United States	44,641	29,69%	France	89,995	18,96%
Germany	94,007	15,03%	Luxembourg	42,745	28,43%	Germany	88,120	18,56%
Luxembourg	82,703	13,22%	France	12,432	8,27%	The Netherlands	58,410	12,30%
The Netherlands	65,240	10,43%	United Kingdom	8,644	5,75%	Luxembourg	39,958	8,42%
United States	55,022	8,79%	The Netherlands	6,830	4,54%	Japan	33,450	7,04%