Pakistan’ FDI declines by 52 percent in 10 months

Pakistan’ FDI declines by 52 percent in 10 months

KARACHI: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has declined by 52 percent during first 10 months of current fiscal year owing to higher repatriation of profits by corporate sector.

The total FDI was recorded at $1.376 billion during July –April 2018/2019 as compared with $2.849 billion in the corresponding period of the last year, showing 51.7 percent decline, according to data released by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday.

The inflows under FDI registered 22 percent decline to $2.684 billion during first 10 months of current fiscal year as compared with $3.44 billion in the same period of the last fiscal year.

The outflows on the other hand increased by 121 percent to $1.308 billion during July – April 2018/2019 as compared with $591 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.

The total foreign private investment registered 64.3 percent decline to $968 million during July-April 2018/2019 as compared with $2.713 billion in the same period of the last fiscal year.

The portfolio investment posted 200 percent decline during the period under review to outflow of $408 million as compared with the outflow of $136.2 million.

Foreign public investment witnessed 140.4 percent decline to $2.45 billion during July – April 2018/2019 as compared with outflow of $990.6 in the same period of the last fiscal year.