Foreign Investment in UK Mr. Crabb 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. Mr. McCartney 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. -------------------------------------- | |£ 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| | --------------------------------------