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  • Foreign direct investment plunges by 27 percent in seven months

    Foreign direct investment plunges by 27 percent in seven months

    KARACHI: The foreign direct investment FDI) has declined by $432 million or 27 percent during first seven months of the current fiscal year as compared with same months of the last fiscal year, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Monday.

    The net inflows of FDI fell to $1.145 billion during July – January 2020/2021 as compared with $1.577 billion in the corresponding months of the last fiscal year.

    The inflows of FDI were at $1.792 billion during the period under review as compared with $2.04 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year. Similarly, the outflows increased by 39.5 percent to $647 million during July – January 2020/2021 as compared with $464 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.

    The portfolio investment in the capital market witnessed massive outflow during the period under review. The outflows from the capital market recorded $237 million during first seven months of the current fiscal year as compared with inflow of $21.5 million in the corresponding months of the last fiscal year.

    The overall investment, including foreign public investment, fell by 78 percent to $755 million during first seven months of the current fiscal year as compared with $3.438 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.

  • Foreign investment drops by 72 percent in first half

    Foreign investment drops by 72 percent in first half

    KARACHI: The inflow of foreign investment into Pakistan has dropped by 72 percent during first half (July – December) of fiscal year 2020/2021 due to outflows from debt securities and equity market.

    The total foreign investment fell to $514.5 million during first half of the current fiscal year as compared with $1.83 billion in the corresponding half of the last fiscal year, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Monday.

    Foreign private investment – the major component of total foreign investment into the country – fell by 48.5 percent during the first half of the current fiscal year. The foreign private investment declined to $708 million during July – December 2020/2021 as compared with $1.37 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.

    The total foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 30 percent to $953 million during the half under review as compared with $1.35 billion in the corresponding half of the last fiscal year.

    The investment in capital market witnessed outflow of $244 million during the first half of the current fiscal year as compared with inflow of $18.8 million in the same half of the last fiscal year.

    The investment in debt securities also witnessed outflow of $194 million during July – December 2020/2021 as compared with inflow of $452 million during the same period of the last fiscal year.

  • Foreign investment falls 81 percent during July – November

    Foreign investment falls 81 percent during July – November

    KARACHI: The inflow of total foreign investment fell by around 81 percent during first five months of the current fiscal year due to outflow of investment from debt securities.

    According to data released by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday the foreign public investment fell by 112.5 percent mainly due to outflow in debt securities.

    The investment in debt securities witnessed outflow of $142 million during first five months of the current fiscal year as compared with inflows of $1.13 billion in the same period of the last fiscal year.

    The other segment of total investment i.e. foreign private investment witnessed a decline of 40 percent during the period under review.

    The foreign private investment fell to $531.6 million during July – November of the current fiscal year as compared with $884 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.

    Under the head of foreign private investment, the inflow of direct investment witnessed 17 percent to $717 million during first five months of the current fiscal year as compared with $864.4 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.

    The investment in capital market witnessed massive outflow during the period. The portfolio investment during first five months of the current fiscal year witnessed outflow of $185.8 million as compared with inflow of $19.5 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.

  • Foreign direct investment grows by 9 percent in four months

    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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  • FDI falls by 24 percent in July – September

    FDI falls by 24 percent in July – September

    KARACHI: The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country has declined by 24 percent to $416 million during first quarter (July – September) of current fiscal year, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Friday.

    The FDI was $545 million in the same quarter of the last fiscal year.

    The inflow under this head fell by 17.5 percent to $621 million during first quarter of the current fiscal year as compared with $753 million in the same quarter of the last fiscal year.

    Similarly, the outflows of FDI recorded $205 million during July – September of 2020/2021 million as compared with $207 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.

    The inflows in the stock market witnessed sharp decline during the period. The portfolio investment witnessed 578 percent decline when compared with outflow of $108.5 million during the first quarter of the current fiscal year as compared with inflows of $22.7 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.

    The net inflows of foreign private investment fell by 46 percent to $307 million during July – September 2020/2021 as compared with $586 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.

  • Foreign direct investment surges by 40 percent in two months

    Foreign direct investment surges by 40 percent in two months

    The net inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Pakistan has surged by an impressive 40% during the first two months of the current fiscal year, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday.

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  • Annual foreign direct investment grows by 88 percent

    Annual foreign direct investment grows by 88 percent

    KARACHI: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country registered 88 percent growth to $2.56 billion during fiscal year 2019/2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Friday.

    The FDI posted $1.198 billion increase during the fiscal year under review as compared with $1.36 billion in the preceding fiscal year i.e. 2018/2019.

    The inflows under the head of FDI grew by 18 percent to $3.285 billion during fiscal year 2019/2020 as compared with $2.78 billion in the preceding fiscal year. However, outflows recorded 49 percent decline to $724 million as against outflow of $1.42 billion in the preceding fiscal year.

    The portfolio investment registered 32 percent contraction in outflows during the period under review. The outflows from the capital market recorded $281.7 million during fiscal year 2019/2020 as compared with the outflow of $415 million in the preceding fiscal year.

    The total foreign private investment posted 140.7 percent growth to $2.279 billion during July-June 2019/2020 as compared with $947.2 million in the preceding fiscal year.

    The foreign public investment in debt securities witnessed outflow of 241.3 million during fiscal year 2019/2020 as compared with $1 billion in the preceding fiscal year.

    The total foreign investment including public and private rose to $2.038 billion during fiscal year 2019/2020 as compared with outflow of $54.8 million in the preceding fiscal year.

  • Foreign direct investment surges 127 percent in ten months

    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.

  • Foreign direct investment increases by 66% in July – January

    Foreign direct investment increases by 66% in July – January

    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.

  • FDI data collected on fiscal year basis: Finance Division

    FDI data collected on fiscal year basis: Finance Division

    ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division on Friday clarified news reports and said that the data of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) collected on fiscal year basis not on calendar year basis.

    Finance Division has described as factually incorrect and misleading a news item published in a section of the press claiming that the foreign direct investment flows into Pakistan had dropped by 20 per cent in 2019.

    In an official statement, the Finance Division has clarified that a news report published in a segment of the press has highlighted that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into Pakistan declined by 20 percent to $1.9 billion in 2019 (calendar year) against $2.4 billion in 2018.

    In this context, it is clarified that FDI data is collected on the basis of fiscal years, whereas the quoted figure is taken on calendar year basis.

    Furthermore, on fiscal year basis, FDI has increased by 68.3 percent during July-December 2019 as compared to same period of last year (from $0.797 billion to $1.341 billion)