Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the EU27 to the rest of the world reached EUR171 billion in 2012, while investment from the rest of the world into the EU27 was EUR159 billion in 2012, EUR99 billion of which was invested by the US, according to data from the first FDI results for 2012 by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Following the US, the main investors into the EU27 were Canada (EUR19 billion), Japan (EUR8 billion), Russia and Hong Kong (both EUR7 billion). Disinvestments were registered with Switzerland (-EUR6 billion), India (-EUR3 billion) and Brazil
(-EUR1 billion).
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Investment from the euro area (EA17) to the rest of the world amounted to EUR238 billion while investment from the rest of the world into the euro area was EUR193 billion.
In 2012, the main destinations of EU27 investments were the offshore financial centres (EUR18 billion), Canada and India (both EUR16 billion), the US (EUR15 billion), China and Hong Kong (EUR10 billion), and Russia (EUR9 billion). Disinvestments were recorded with Switzerland (-EUR3 billion) and Japan (-EUR2 billion).
The EU27 includes Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
The euro area (EA17) includes Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.
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