Philippines
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) (millions of U.S. dollars) | 2018 | $330.8 | 2017 | $313.6 | www.worldbank.org/en/country | ||
| Foreign Direct Investment | Host Country Statistical Source* | USG or International Statistical Source | USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other |
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| U.S. FDI in Partner Country ($M USD, stock positions) | 2018 | N/A | 2017 | $7,116 | BEA data available at https://apps.bea.gov/international/xls/usdia-position-2010-2017.xlsx | ||
| Host Country’s FDI in the United States (millions of U.S. dollars, stock positions) | 2018 | N/A | 2017 | $750 | BEA data available at https://apps.bea.gov/international/xls/fdius-current/fdius-detailed-country-2008-2017.xlsx | ||
| Total Inbound Stock of FDI as % host GDP | 2018 | 16% | 2016 | 11% | http://www.bsp.gov.ph/statistics/statistics_sdds0.asp | ||
*Host Country Statistical Sources:
Philippine Statistical Authority (http://psa.gov.ph/nap-press-release/data-charts )
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (http://www.bsp.gov.ph/statistics/efs_ext2.asp#FCDU )
Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI
| Direct Investment From/in Counterpart Economy Data, as of end-2017 | |||||
| From Top Five Sources/To Top Five Destinations (U.S. Dollars, Millions) | |||||
| Inward Direct Investment | Outward Direct Investment | ||||
| Total Inward | $50,876 | 100% | Total Outward | $13,565 | 100% |
| Japan | $14,986 | 29% | China, P.R.: Mainland | $1,733 | 13% |
| Netherlands | $12,958 | 25% | Singapore | $4,469 | 33% |
| United States | $7,116 | 14% | India | $2,067 | 15% |
| China, P.R.: Hong Kong | $3,702 | 7% | Netherlands | $1,637 | 12% |
| Rep. of Korea | $2,477 | 5% | France | $1,353 | 10% |
| “0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- $500,000. | |||||
The Philippine Central Bank does not publish or post inward and outward FDI stock broken down by country. Total stock figures are reported under the “International Investment Position” data that the Central Bank publishes and submits to the International Monetary Fund’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB). As of the 4th quarter of 2018, inward direct investment (i.e. liabilities) is USD 83 billion, while outward direct investment (i.e. assets) is USD 51.9 billion.
Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
| Portfolio Investment Assets, as of end-2018 | ||||||||
| Top Five Partners (Millions, U.S. Dollars) | ||||||||
| Total | Equity Securities | Total Debt Securities | ||||||
| All Countries | $13,060 | 100% | All Countries | $1,270 | 100% | All Countries | $11,790 | 100% |
| United States | $4,695 | 36% | United States | $658 | 52% | United States | $4,037 | 34% |
| Indonesia | $2,365 | 18% | Luxembourg | $339 | 27% | Indonesia | $2,364 | 20% |
| China, P.R.: Mainland | $467 | 4% | China, P.R.: Hong Kong | $64 | 5% | China, P.R.: Mainland | $463 | 4% |
| Cayman Islands | $354 | 2.7% | Ireland | $90 | 7% | Cayman Islands | $349 | 3% |
| China, P.R.: Hong Kong | $553 | 4.2% | Netherlands | $1 | 0% | China, P.R.: Hong Kong | $489 | 4% |
The Philippine Central Bank disaggregates data into equity and debt securities but does not publish or post the stock of portfolio investments assets broken down by country. Total foreign portfolio investment stock figures are reported under the “International Investment Position” data that Central Bank publishes and submits to the International Monetary Fund’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB). As of 2018, outward portfolio investment (i.e. assets) was USD 19.5 billion, of which USD 1.9 billion was in equity investments and USD 17.7 billion was in debt securities.