Egypt
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 |
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| Economic Data | Year | Amount | Year | Amount | |
| Host Country Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (M USD ) | 2017 | $235,370 | 2018 | $242,800 | www.worldbank.org/en/country |
| 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 partner country (M USD , stock positions) | 2018 | $2,244.4 | 2017 | $9,352.0 | BEA data available at https://tradingeconomics.com/egypt/foreign-direct-investment |
| Host country’s FDI in the United States (M USD , stock positions) | 2017 | $2,960.0 | 2017 | $2,950.5 | BEA data available at http://bea.gov/international/direct_investment_multinational_companies_comprehensive_data.htm |
| Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP | N/A | N/A | 2017 | 55.63% | UNCTAD data available at https://unctad.org/en/Pages/DIAE/World%20Investment%20Report/Country-Fact-Sheets.aspx |
Measurements of FDI in Egypt vary according to the source and the definitions employed to calculate the figure. The Central Bank of Egypt records figures on quarterly and annual investment flows based on financial records for Egypt’s balance of payments statistics. They are reported in the table below. The Ministry of Petroleum maintains statistics on investment in the oil and gas sector (which accounts for the bulk of FDI in Egypt), while GAFI has statistics on all other investments – including re-invested earnings and investment-in-kind. Statistics are not always current. GAFI’s figures are calculated in EGP at the historical value and rate of exchange, with no allowance for depreciation, and are cumulative starting from 1971.
U.S. firms are active in a wide range of manufacturing industries, producing goods for the domestic and export markets. U.S. investors include American Express, AIG, Ideal Standard, Apache Corporation, Bechtel, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cargill, Citibank, Coca-Cola, Devon Energy, Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, Eveready, General Motors, Guardian Industries, H.J. Heinz, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg’s, Mars, Mondelez, Microsoft, Proctor and Gamble, Pfizer, PepsiCo, Pioneer, and Xerox. Leading investors from other countries include BG, ENI-AGIP, BP, Vodaphone, and Shell (in the oil/gas sector), Unilever, Al-Futtaim, (UAE), the M.A. Kharafi Group (Kuwait), and the Kingdom Development Company (Saudi Arabia).
Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI
Data not available.
Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
| Portfolio Investment Assets | ||||||||
| Top Five Partners (Millions, US Dollars, 2016) | ||||||||
| Total | Equity Securities | Total Debt Securities | ||||||
| All Countries | $1,886 | 100% | All Countries | $888 | 100% | All Countries | $998 | 100% |
| Cayman Islands | $416 | 22% | Saudi Arabia | $347 | 39% | Cayman Islands | $406 | 41% |
| Saudi Arabia | $392 | 13% | International Organizations | $250 | 28% | United States | $190 | 19% |
| International Organizations | $250 | 12% | United Kingdom | $45 | 5% | Qatar | $103 | 10% |
| United States | $219 | 5% | Italy | $36 | 4% | Germany | $48 | 5% |
| Qatar | $103 | 5% | Switzerland | $32 | 4% | Saudi Arabia | $46 | 5% |