Chinese Investment Jumps 45.26% In First Half Of FY19
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published January 18, 2019 | 07:51 PM
The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from China in Pakistan increased by 45.26 percent to US$1,104.2 million in first half (July-December) of current fiscal year against the investment of $760 million recorded during same period of last year
According to latest data released by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), FDI from United Kingdom also increased to $116 million in first half of FY19 compared to investment of $113.2 million in same period of the preceding year.
Similarly, FDI from United Arab Emirates (UAE) also surged to $49.2 million in Jul-Dec (2018-19) from $16.2 million in same period of the year 2017-18, the data revealed.
Meanwhile, spokesperson of Ministry of Finance in a tweet said that due to investment friendly policies of government of Pakistan, FDI has increased in December by 17 percent. He said, Pakistan witnessed a 17 percent increase in FDI to $319.2 million in December 2018 compared to $272.8 million during December 2017. China invested $120.6 million followed by Norway and Netherlands with investment of $65.2 million and $47.6 million respectively, he added.
The investment from the Netherlands increased to $52.8 million compared to FDI of $49.9 million recorded during Jul-Dec (2017-18). The SBP data revealed that South Korean investment in Pakistan during the period under review swelled to $59.6 million against the FDI of $2.7 million recorded during July-December (2017-18).
Likewise, the FDI from Germany went up from $14.
2 million in first half of current fiscal year to $20.7 million, whereas FDI from Hongkong also made a stride from $2.1 million FDI in Jul-Dec of FY18 to $37.8 million in same period of current fiscal year.
The FDI from Bahrain in Pakistan increased from $7.5 million to $15.9 million while the investment from Japan surged to $54.2 million from $28.3 million during the period under review. The FDI from United States, however declined from $72 million in first six months of the year 2017-18 to $54 million in same period of current fiscal year.
Similarly investment from Switzerland also declined from $37.3 million to $15.6 million, the data revealed.
The sector wise data shows that the FDI in oil and gas exploration rose to $134.7 million in Jul-Dec FY19 compared to the FDI of $106.7 million in same sector during same period of last year.
Similarly, in textile sector the FDI also rose to $32.2 million from $25.8 million, whereas in electrical machinery, the FDI jumped to $124.7 million in the corresponding period of current fiscal year against $10.9 million investment during same period last year.
In transport equipment (automobile) sector, the FDI also increased from just $1.5 million to $54.5 million.
The FDI in financial business however recorded a decline as it decreased to $203 million from $276.1 million, whereas, the FDI in power sector also fell to $201.9 million in first half of FY19 from $611.9 million in same period of last year.
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