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Foreign Investment in UK

Volume 457: debated on Monday 5 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which 20 countries provided the largest amounts of foreign direct investment into the UK in each year since 2000. (125203)

Information on the UK's 20 largest sources of foreign direct investment for each year since 2000 is shown in the following table. The table excludes countries for which data are disclosive.

Net foreign direct investment flows into the UK 2000-05

£ million

2000

France

31,722

USA

12,741

Germany

10,564

Japan

5,765

Netherlands

4,629

Canada

1,882

Australia

1,440

Switzerland

1,119

Hong Kong

921

Singapore

800

Luxembourg

688

Sweden

657

Denmark

481

Jersey

481

Italy

469

Republic of Ireland

384

South Africa

378

Netherlands Antilles

208

Bermuda

205

Austria

175

2001

USA

15,025

France

8,779

Netherlands

4,256

Italy

2,848

Japan

2,572

British Virgin Islands

784

Republic of Ireland

755

Bermuda

402

Germany

279

Spain

224

Channel Islands

216

Luxembourg

196

Denmark

195

Isle of Man

162

Cayman Islands

146

Jersey

143

Australia

112

Sweden

106

Guernsey

101

Singapore

78

2002

Germany

11,340

Japan

2,352

Netherlands

1,756

France

1,460

Canada

562

Sweden

493

Spain

232

Republic of Ireland

210

Singapore

157

Denmark

114

Bermuda

69

Hong Kong

63

South Africa

63

Cayman Islands

55

Isle of Man

52

New Zealand

18

Australia

14

Taiwan

12

Greece

7

Turkey

7

2003

USA

2,676

Netherlands

2,452

Germany

1,437

Switzerland

1,411

British Virgin Islands

664

Spain

518

France

414

Sweden

406

Denmark

321

Australia

309

Bermuda

236

Cayman Islands

221

Belgium

218

Republic of Ireland

206

Iceland

155

Hong Kong

63

Channel Islands

51

Greece

33

Finland

26

Liechtenstein

22

2004

Germany

11,131

Switzerland

3,488

France

1,703

Belgium

1,542

Australia

1,412

Italy

1,327

Netherlands

1,226

Republic of Ireland

936

Cayman Islands

886

Japan

817

Canada

683

Jersey

317

Iceland

310

Isle of Man

204

South Korea

193

Iran

97

Finland

32

Liechtenstein

18

Singapore

14

Greece

13

2005

Netherlands

51,238

USA

15,565

France

9,634

Switzerland

7,543

Germany

6,802

Spain

3,816

Australia

3,429

Canada

1,593

Japan

1,547

Republic of Ireland

1,031

Norway

962

Cayman Islands

791

Iceland

679

Guernsey

446

Bermuda

445

Sweden

394

Hong-Kong

315

Belgium

252

Finland

252

Austria

172

Source:

National Statistics