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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)

  • Foreign direct investment increases by 68.3% in first half

    Foreign direct investment increases by 68.3% in first half

    KARACHI: The foreign direct investment (FDI) into Pakistan has increased by 68.3 percent during first six months (July – December) of 2019/2020 owing to lower outflows during the period, according to data released by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday.

    The FDI increased to $1.34 billion during first six months of current fiscal year as compared with $796.8 million in the corresponding months of the last fiscal year.

    The inflows under the head were at $1.71 billion during the period under review as compared with $1.84 billion in the same period in the last fiscal year.

    The outflows were at $391.2 million during first half of the current fiscal year as compared with $1.05 billion in the corresponding half of the last fiscal year.

    The portfolio investment in the equity market witnessed increased by $18.8 million in July – December 2019/2020 as compared with outflows of $419.8 million in corresponding period of the last fiscal year.

    The total foreign private investment surged by 260.6 percent to $1.36 billion during the first half of the current fiscal year as compared with $377 million in the same half of the last fiscal year.

    During the period under review an investment of $452 million was witnessed in the debt securities as foreign public investment.

    The total foreign investment increased to $1.81 billion during first six months of current fiscal year as compared with $377 million in the corresponding months of the last fiscal year.

  • Foreign investment grows by 51pc during first quarter

    Foreign investment grows by 51pc during first quarter

    KARACHI: The total inflow of foreign private investment increased by 51 percent growth during first quarter (July-September) of 2019/2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

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  • Foreign direct investment falls by 58.4pc in July – August

    Foreign direct investment falls by 58.4pc in July – August

    KARACHI: The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) has declined 58.4 percent in the first two months of current fiscal year, according to data released by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday.

    The total inflows under FDI reduced to $156.7 million during July – August 2019 as compared with $377 million in the same period of the last year.

    However, portfolio investment registered 182.8 percent growth during the first two months of the current fiscal year.

    The investment into the capital market grew to $107.3 million during July – August 2019 as compared with outflows of $129.6 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.

    The total foreign private investment posted 6.8 percent increase to $264 million during July – August 2019 as compared with $247.3 million in the corresponding period of the last year.

  • Foreign direct investment declines by 59 percent in July

    Foreign direct investment declines by 59 percent in July

    KARACHI: The net inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) has declined by 59 percent in the month of July 2019, according to data released by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday.

    The FDI declined to $73 million in July 2019 as compared with $178.9 million in the same month of the last year.

    The inflows under FDI declined to $168.4 million in the first month of current fiscal year as compared with $264.6 million in the corresponding month of the last fiscal year. The outflows were at $95 million as compared with $85.6 million.

    The total foreign private investment witnessed decline of 21.6 percent to $107.2 million during the month under review as compared with $136.8 million in July 2018.

    The inflow of portfolio investment in capital market increased by 180 percent to $34 million in July 2019 as compared with outflow of $42 million in the same month of the last year.

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    Foreign direct investment falls by 50 percent in 2018/2019

  • Foreign direct investment falls by 50 percent in 2018/2019

    Foreign direct investment falls by 50 percent in 2018/2019

    KARACHI: The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to the country has declined by 50 percent to $1.73 billion during fiscal year 2018/2019 as compared with $3.47 billion in the preceding fiscal year, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Monday.

    The inflows under FDI recorded growth of 24.5 percent to $3.16 billion during last fiscal year as compared with $4.185 billion in the fiscal year 2017/2018. On the other hand the outflows recorded 99 percent increase to $1.422 billion during fiscal year 2018/2019 as compared with $714.2 million in the preceding fiscal year.

    The total foreign private investment into the country fell by 59.10 percent to $1.32 billion in the last fiscal year as compared with $3.23 billion in the preceding fiscal year.

    The inflows of portfolio investment into the capital market were declined by 72.5 percent during the fiscal year under review. The market witnessed outflows of $415.2 million during the last fiscal year as compared with the outflows of $240.7 million in the preceding fiscal year.

    The total foreign investment including foreign public investment fell by 94.2 percent to $330 million in 2018/2019 as compared with $5.68 billion in the preceding fiscal year.

  • 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.