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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) (USD) 2020 $250B 2020 $257B www.worldbank.org/en/country  https://insse.ro/cms/ 
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 (stock positions, USD) 2020 $5.87B 2019 $3.46B BEA data available at https://apps.bea.gov/international/factsheet/  National Office of the Trade Register National Bank of Romania
Host country’s FDI in the United States (stock positions, USD) N/A N/A 2019 $38M BEA data available at ttps://www.bea.gov/international/direct-investment-and-multinational-enterprises-comprehensive-data 
Total inbound stock of FDI as %host GDP N/A N/A 2019 2.5% UNCTAD data available at https://stats.unctad.org/handbook/EconomicTrends/Fdi.html 

* Source for Host Country Data:

National Statistics Institute: https://insse.ro/cms/ 

National Bank of Romania: https://www.bnr.ro/

National Office of the Trade Register: https://www.onrc.ro/ 

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 99,050 100% Total Outward N/A
Netherlands 23,012 23.2% Country #1 N/A
Austria 12,461 12.6% Country #2 N/A
Germany 12,219 12.3% Country #3 N/A
Italy 8,146 8.2% Country #4 N/A
Cyprus* 6,161 6.2% Country #5 N/A
“0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000.*The National Bank of Romania estimates the United States to be #5 when methodology is altered to account for investments made by foreign subsidiaries of origin country companies.
Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
Portfolio Investment Assets
Top Five Partners (US Dollars, Millions)
Total Equity Securities Total Debt Securities
All Countries 6,137 100% All Countries 1,839 100% All Countries 4,298 100%
Luxembourg 1,346 22% Luxembourg 851 46% International Organizations 859 20%
International Organizations 859 14% Austria 198 11% U.S. 666 15%
U.S. 769 13% Ireland 165 9% Luxembourg 495 12%
Austria 674 11% Germany 141 8% Austria 476 11%
Netherlands 397 6% Netherlands 129 7% France 286 7%
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