Datasource:
Foreign Private Capital Census
Period:
January, 2013 to December, 2013
The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) transactions during 2013 indicated an increase of 1.1 percent from US$ 255.0 million recorded during 2012 to US$ 257.6 million. Foreign Portfolio investment inflows increased from US$ 1.0 million in 2012 to US$ 1.7 million in 2013.
The inflows of other investments made of debt from foreign non-affiliates rose from US$153.3 million in 2012 to US$168.4 million in 2013, an increase of 9.9 percent, on account of higher net disbursement during the period.
Most of the flows were mainly from Switzerland (US$ 96.0 million) followed by South Africa (US$ 45.5 million), Preferential Trade Area (US$ 44.6 million) and Canada (US$ 38.5 million) accounting for 52.5 percent of total FPC in 2013.