KARACHI: The overall inflow of foreign investment in the country recorded 176 per cent during first seven months (July – January) 2021/2022 due to the inflows of debt securities to the tune of $1.057 billion received in January 2022, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday.
The total foreign investment increased to $1.817 billion during the first seven months of the current fiscal year as compared with $659 million in the corresponding months of the last fiscal year.
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The net foreign private investment is showing increase of 5.7 per cent to $859 million during July – January 2021/2022 as compared with $812.4 million.
The net inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI), a major component of foreign private investment, into Pakistan has recorded 11.3 per cent during first seven months (July – January) of 2021/2022.
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The net inflow of the foreign direct investment increased to $1.17 billion during first seven months of the current fiscal year as compared with $1.05 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
The increase in net inflow of FDI can be attributed to significant contraction in outflow during the period. The outflow fell by 40 per cent to $468.7 million during the period under review as compared with the outflow of $786 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
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However, the portfolio investment, the other component of foreign private investment, recorded a 31 per cent decline during first seven months of the current fiscal year. The outflow under foreign portfolio investment recorded at $308 million during July – January 2021/2022 as compared with outflow of $236 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
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