Germany
12. OPIC and Other Investment Insurance Programs
OPIC programs were available for the new states of eastern Germany for several years during the early 1990s following reunification, but were later suspended due to economic and political progress which caused the region to “graduate” from OPIC coverage.
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) | 2018 | €3,386,000 million | 2017 | $3,677,439 | https://data.worldbank.org/country/germany?view=chart |
| Foreign Direct Investment | Host Country Statistical Source* | USG or International Statistical Source | USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other |
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| U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions) | 2016 | €54,810 | 2017 | $136,128 | BEA data available at https://apps.bea.gov/international/factsheet/ |
| Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) | 2016 | €223,813 million | 2017 | $405,552 | BEA data available at https://apps.bea.gov/international/factsheet/ |
| Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP | 2016 | €21.7Amt | 2017 | 27.2% | UNCTAD data available athttps://unctad.org/en/Pages/DIAE/World%20Investment%20Report/Country-Fact-Sheets.aspx |
* Source for Host Country Data: Federal Statistical Office DESTATIS, Bundesbank; http://www.bundesbank.de (German Central Bank, 2017 data to be published in April 2019, only available in €)
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 | $950,837 | 100% | Total Outward | $1,606,120 | 100% |
| Netherlands | $181,080 | 19.0% | United States | $267,769 | 16.7% |
| Luxembourg | $164,449 | 17.3% | Netherlands | $202,022 | 12.6% |
| United States | $93,572 | 9.8% | Luxembourg | $191,449 | 11.9% |
| United Kingdom | $83,299 | 8.8% | United Kingdom | $149,184 | 9.3% |
| Switzerland | $79,499 | 8.4% | France | $90,077 | 5.6% |
| “0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000. | |||||
Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
| Portfolio Investment Assets | ||||||||
| Top Five Partners (Millions, US Dollars) | ||||||||
| Total | Equity Securities | Total Debt Securities | ||||||
| All Countries | $12,173,972 | 100% | All Countries | $1,266,593 | 100% | All Countries | $2,192,351 | 100% |
| Luxembourg | $680,807 | 5.6% | Luxembourg | $566,381 | 44.7% | France | $317,050 | 14.5% |
| France | $416,561 | 3.4% | United States | $161,234 | 12.7% | United States | $250,607 | 11.4% |
| United States | $411,841 | 3.4% | Ireland | $113,430 | 9.0% | Netherlands | $232,576 | 10.6% |
| Netherlands | $277,569 | 2.3% | France | $99,512 | 7.9% | United Kingdom | $153,672 | 7.0% |
| United Kingdom | $211,076 | 1.7% | United Kingdom | $57,404 | 4.5% | Italy | $139,334 | 6.4% |