JETRO WHITE PAPER ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT 1997

Japan External Trade Organization

Table 1. Outflow of Foreign Direct Investment by Major Country/Region (Based on Balance of Payments)

Notes:

1. "NAFTA" includes only the U.S. and Canada.
   
2. "EU" indicates 13 states excluding Greece and Luxembourg.
   
3. "Germany" indicates former West Germany up to June 1990.
   
4. "Asia" includes only the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, and China.
   
5. "Latin America" includes only Brazil and Chile.
   
6. "World" totals are JETRO estimates.
   
7. "Reference" table shows figures announced by UNCTAD. "Industrialized countries" include Israel, South Africa, etc. "Developing countries" do not include former Soviet Union or Eastern Europe. Further, totals of industrialized countries and developing countries do not match with figures for direct investment of the world estimated by JETRO.
   

Source:

Prepared by JETRO from International Financial Statistics, IMF, World Investment Report 1996, UNCTAD, and individual nations' statistics.

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