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.

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.

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.

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.

KARACHI: The inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Pakistan has increased by 66 percent during first seven months (July – January) of 2019/2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Tuesday.

The inflows of FDI during the period under review increased to $1.56 billion as compared with $944 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.

The total foreign private investment during July – January 2019/2020 registered 196 percent growth. The foreign private investment increased to $1.58 billion as compared with $535 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.

The flow of portfolio investment into the capital market increased by 105 percent during the period under review. The capital market witnessed inflows of $21.5 million during July – January 2019/2020 as compared with outflow of $409 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.

The total inflows of foreign investment has been recorded at $3.42 billion during the period under review. The main source of this investment can be attributed to foreign investment in debt securities.

The inflow of debt securities during first seven months of current fiscal year was at $1.84 billion.