Chile
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) (USD million) | 2017 | $281,452 | 2017 | $277,076 | 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 |
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| U.S. FDI in partner country (USD million, stock positions) | 2017 | $32,266 | 2017 | $25,884 | BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/direct-investment-and-multinational-enterprises-comprehensive-data |
| Host country’s FDI in the United States (USD million, stock positions) | 2017 | $10,334 | 2017 | $2,097 | BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/direct-investment-and-multinational-enterprises-comprehensive-data |
| Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP | 2017 | 100.3% | 2017 | 109.6% | UNCTAD data available at https://unctad.org/en/Pages/DIAE/World%20Investment%20Report/Country-Fact-Sheets.aspx |
* Source for Host Country Data: Central Bank of Chile.
Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI
According to the IMF’s Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS), total stock of FDI in Chile in 2017 amounted to USD 274.7 billion, compared to USD 248.6 billion in 2016. The United States remains the main source of FDI to Chile with USD 31.7 billion, representing 12 percent of the total. The following top sources (Canada, Spain and the Netherlands) accounted for 25 percent of Chile’s inward FDI stock. Cayman Islands, a tax haven, is Chile’s fifth source of FDI. Chile’s outward direct investment stock in 2017 remains concentrated in South America, where Brazil, Peru and Argentina together represented 31 percent of total Chilean outward FDI. The United States accounted for 9 percent of the total.
| 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 | 274,653 | 100% | Total Outward | $123,643 | 100% |
| United States | 31,750 | 12% | Brazil | $18,234 | 15% |
| Canada | 26,647 | 10% | Panama | $15,232 | 12% |
| Spain | 22,170 | 8% | Peru | $11,122 | 9% |
| Netherlands | 17,899 | 7% | United States | $9,818 | 8% |
| Cayman Islands | 9,179 | 4% | Argentina | $9,142 | 7% |
| “0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000. | |||||
Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
According to the IMF’s Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS), total stock of portfolio investment in Chile as of June 2018 amounted to USD 180.6 billion, of which USD 139 billion were equity and investment funds shares, and the rest were debt securities. The United States are the main source of portfolio investment to Chile with USD 55.6 billion, representing 31 percent of the total. The following top source is Luxembourg (a tax haven), which is also the main source of equity investment, with 40 percent of the total. Ireland, the United Kingdom and Germany are the following top sources of total portfolio investment to Chile, while Mexico and Japan are among the top five sources of debt securities investment.
| Portfolio Investment Assets | ||||||||
| Top Five Partners (Millions, US Dollars) | ||||||||
| Total | Equity Securities | Total Debt Securities | ||||||
| All Countries | $180,621 | 100% | All Countries | $138,958 | 100% | All Countries | $41,663 | 100% |
| United States | $55,613 | 31% | Luxembourg | $55,007 | 40% | United States | $15,571 | 37% |
| Luxembourg | $55,214 | 31% | United States | $40,042 | 29% | Mexico | $5,450 | 13% |
| Ireland | $11,459 | 6% | Ireland | $11,412 | 8% | Japan | $4,239 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | $6,743 | 4% | United Kingdom | $5,120 | 4% | Germany | $2,192 | 5% |
| Germany | $6,556 | 4% | Germany | $4,364 | 3% | United Kingdom | $1,623 | 4% |