KARACHI: The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 51.4 per cent during first five months (July – November) of fiscal year 2022-2023, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Friday.
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Foreign direct investment into Pakistan plunges by 52pc in 4MFY23
KARACHI: Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Pakistan has plunged by 52 per cent during first four months (July – October) of fiscal year 2022-2023 (4MFY23).
According to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday the FDI fell to $348 million during the first four months of the current fiscal year as compared with $726 million in the corresponding months of the last fiscal year.
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The data showed the inflows under the FDI fell by 40.3 per cent to $514 million during the period under review as compared with $862 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
On the other hand outflows under the head of FDI recorded an increase of 22.4 per cent to $166.2 million during July – October 2022 as compared with $136 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
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The outflow from stock market recorded a decline of 91 per cent during first four months. The foreign portfolio investment recorded an outflow of $15.6 million during July – October 2022 as compared with the outflow of $178.5 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
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The net inflow of total foreign private investment recorded a decline of 39 per cent to $333 million during the period under review as compared with $548 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
Meanwhile, the public debt securities witnessed a decline in outflow during the period to $18.2 million when compared with the outflow of $60.1 million.
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The total foreign investment plunged by 36 per cent to $315 million during first four months of the current fiscal year as compared with $488 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
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Foreign direct investment in Pakistan plunges by 47% in 1QFY23
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Pakistan has plunged by 47 per cent during first quarter (July – September) 2022/2023, according to data released by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
The central bank said that the FDI fell to $253 million during the first quarter of the current fiscal year as compared with $479 million in the corresponding quarter of the last fiscal year.
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The inflows under the FDI recorded 31.7 per cent decline to $395 million during the quarter under review as compared with $579 million in the same quarter of the last year.
On the other hand, the outflow under the FDI significantly increased by 42.5 per cent to $142 million during July – September 2022/2023 as compared with $99.6 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
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The total foreign private investment into the country fell by 36.3 per cent to $241.3 million during the quarter under review when compared with $379 million in the corresponding quarter of the last fiscal year.
The portfolio investment in the capital market registered massive decline in outflow during the quarter under review. The outflow of portfolio investment recorded $12.1 million during the first quarter of the current fiscal year as compared with the outflow of $100.5 million in the same quarter of the last year.
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The foreign public investment under the head of debt securities recorded an outflow of $18.2 million during the first quarter of the fiscal year 2022/2023 as compare with inflow of $980 million in the same quarter of the last fiscal year.
The total foreign investment including private and public recorded a decline of 83.6 per cent to $223 million during the first quarter of the current fiscal year as compared with $1.36 billion in the same quarter of the last fiscal year.
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Pakistan’s FDI falls to $1.28 billion in July – March
KARACHI: The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Pakistan has declined by two per cent to $1.28 billion during first nine months (July-March) 2021/2022, according to detail released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday.
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The country recorded the FDI inflow to the tune of $1.31 billion in the corresponding months of the last fiscal year.
The portfolio investment recorded 30 per cent decline during the first nine months of the fiscal year 2021/2022. The capital market witnessed outflow of $341.7 million during the period under review as compared with $262.7 million during the same period of the last fiscal year.
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The total inflow of private foreign investment recorded 10 per cent decline to $943.4 million during July – March 2021/2022 as compared with $1.048 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
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The country witnessed massive jump in inflows under debt securities. The country received funds worth $502.6 million through sale of securities in the international markets during the first nine months of the current fiscal year as compared with $3.5 million outflows in the same period of the last fiscal year.
The total foreign investment, including debt securities, grew by 38.4 per cent to $1.446 billion during July – March 2021/2022 as compared with $1.045 billion in the corresponding months of the last fiscal year.
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Foreign investment into Pakistan surges by 131%
KARACHI: The total inflows of foreign investment into Pakistan has increased by 131 per cent to $1.85 billion during first eight months (July – February) 2021/2022, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Friday.
The net inflow of the foreign investment into Pakistan was $799 million in the same months of the last fiscal year.
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The foreign public investment increased around eight times during the period under review due proceeds received under Sukuks. The inflows under debt securities jumped up to $905 million during July – February 2021/2022 as against outflow of $132 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
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Total foreign private investment is flat at 1.2 per cent to $943 million during first eight months of the current fiscal year as compared with $931 million in the corresponding months of the last fiscal year.
Total foreign direct investment (FDI) into Pakistan has posted an increase of 6.1 per cent to $1.26 billion during first eight months (July – February) 2021/2022. The flow of FDI was $1.19 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
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The portfolio investment recorded a 24 per cent increase in outflows to $315 million during first eight months of the current fiscal year as compared with the outflow of $254 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
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Foreign direct investment declines to $439M in 1QFY22
Pakistan has witnessed a four per cent decrease in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the first quarter (July – September) of the fiscal year 2021/2022 (Q1FY22), as per data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday.
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Foreign direct investment declines by 28.9% in 2020/2021
KARACHI: The foreign direct investment (FDI) into Pakistan has declined by 28.9 percent during fiscal year 2020/2021, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Friday.
Inflow of FDI recorded at $2.059 billion during fiscal year 2020/2021. It was $2.316 billion in previous fiscal year.
Total foreign private investment declined by 11.1 percent to $2.058 billion during 2020/2021. It was $2.315 billion in previous fiscal year.
Inflow of portfolio investment in capital market increased to $211.5 million during fiscal year 2020/2021. It was an outflow of $281.7 million in preceding fiscal year.
However, the total inflows of foreign investment into Pakistan have registered 122.4 per cent increase during fiscal year 2020/2021.
The total inflows of foreign investment increased to $4.614 billion during fiscal year 2020/2021 as compared with $2.074 billion in the preceding fiscal year.
The foreign public investment registered a phenomenal increase to inflows of $2.555 billion during fiscal year under review as compared with an outflow of $241.3 million in the preceding fiscal year.
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Foreign direct investment falls by 30pc during July-Feb
KARACHI: The net inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) has declined by 30 percent during first eight months (July – February) 2020/2021 owing to significant increase in outflow of the investment during the period under review.
According to data released by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday, the FDI fell to $1.3 billion during first eight months of the current fiscal year as compared with $1.85 billion in the corresponding months of the last fiscal year.
The inflows under this head witnessed a decline of 16 percent to $1.98 billion during July – February 2020/2021 as compared with $2.36 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
However, outflow under this head increased by 35 percent to $683 million during the period under review as compared with $507 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
The overall inflow of private foreign investment fell by 43 percent to $1.04 billion during the first eight months of the current fiscal year as compared with $1.83 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
The portfolio investment from the equity market witnessed massive outflows during the period. The portfolio investment saw an outflow of $256 million during the first eight months of the current fiscal year as compared with outflow of $26.3 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
The foreign public investment recorded outflow of $132 million during first eight months of the current fiscal year as compared with inflows of $2.16 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
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Foreign direct investment grows by 9 percent in four months
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported a 9.1% increase in net inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) during the first four months of the current fiscal year (July – October). The net FDI inflows amounted to $733 million, up from $672 million in the same period of the previous fiscal year, signaling a moderate improvement in investor confidence in Pakistan’s economy.
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Foreign direct investment surges 127 percent in ten months
KARACHI: The inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) posted significant increase of 127 percent during first ten months of current fiscal year, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Monday.
The FDI was recorded $2.28 billion during July – April 2019/2020 as compared with $1 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
The inflow under FDI was at $2.87 billion as compare during first ten months of current fiscal year as compared with $2.31 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
Similarly, the outflows under the FDI was recorded 55 percent decrease to $590 million during the period under review as compared with $1.31 billion in the same period of the last fiscal year.
The portfolio investment posted 55 percent growth. The portfolio investment recorded outflow of $182 million during July – April 2019/2020 as compared with outflow of $408 million.
Total foreign private investment including FDI and portfolio investment urged 251 percent to $2.1 billion during first ten months of current fiscal year as compared with $598 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.