Weekly Report - 18 August 2016 (WR-16-32)

MEXICO | FDI on the rise. Mexico received US$14.4bn in net foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first half of 2016, the economy ministry (SE) reported on 16 August, a 4.6% increase on the same period in 2015. The result reflects a gross inflow of US$17bn in assets and liabilities from non-resident investors less US$2.6bn in outward transfers of assets and liabilities to this group. Of the US$14.4bn total, 43.5% represented reinvestment of earnings, 33.3% new investments and 23.2% internal transfers between non-resident and resident operations of multinational enterprises. In terms of the country source, 35% originated from the US, 14% from Israel, 12.9% from Spain, 7.6% from Germany, 5.9% from Canada, and the remaining 24.6% from 50 other countries.

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