Approved Foreign Investments Higher by 17.3 Percent in Q4 2019 | Philippine Statistics Authority

Release Date :

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Reference Number :

2020-038

Approved Foreign Investments Total foreign investments (FI) approved in the fourth quarter of 2019 reached PhP 112.1 billion or 17.3 percent higher compared with PhP 95.6 billion in same period in 2018. This growth in investment pledges came from the seven investment promotion agencies (IPAs), namely: Board of Investments (BOI), Clark Development Corporation (CDC), Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), and Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) as well as the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB), BOI-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BOI-BARMM), and Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA).

FI for the fourth quarter of 2019 were mainly driven by investments from China (PROC) which accounted for 77.0 percent, followed by South Korea and the United States of America (USA). China (PROC) committed PhP 86.3 billion. Meanwhile, South Korea and USA pledged PhP 6.0 billion and PhP 5.5 billion or 5.3 percent and 4.9 percent of the total approved FI, respectively.

Approved investments of foreign and Filipino nationals in the fourth quarter of 2019 were expected to generate 55,946 jobs, lower by 23.0 percent compared with the previous year’s projected employment of 72,630. Out of these total anticipated jobs, 78.8 percent would be absorbed by projects with foreign interest.

CLAIRE DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph.D.
Undersecretary
National Statistician and Civil Registrar General

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Total Approved Foreign Investment by Investment Promotion Agency Q1 1996-Q4 2006.xlsx	152.95 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investment by Investment Promotion Agency Q1 2007-Q4 2017.xlsx	394.44 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investment by Investment Promotion Agency Q1 2018-Q4 2019.xlsx	142.88 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investment by Investment Promotion Agency Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.xlsx	136.02 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investment by Investment Promotion Agency 2018 to 2019.xlsx	134.96 KB
Total Approved Investment by Country of Investor Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.xlsx	134.84 KB
Total Approved Investment by Country of Investor 2018 to 2019.xlsx	133.27 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investment by Industry Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.xlsx	132.96 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investment by Industry 2018 to 2019.xlsx	136.48 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investment by Region Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.xlsx	150.36 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investment by Region 2018 to 2019.xlsx	145.23 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Projects with Foreign Interest Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.xlsx	130.12 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Projects with Foreign Interest 2018 to 2019.xlsx	130.84 KB
Total Approved Investment of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Investment Promotion Agency Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.xlsx	134.19 KB
Total Approved Investment of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Investment Promotion Agency 2018 to 2019.xlsx	133.46 KB
Total Approved Investment by Nationality (Filipino and Foreign) and by Investment Promotion Agency Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.xlsx	133.98 KB
Total Approved Investment by Nationality (Filipino and Foreign) and by Investment Promotion Agency 2018 to 2019.xlsx	133.18 KB
Total Approved Investment of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Industry Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.xlsx	137.21 KB
Total Approved Investment of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Industry 2018 to 2019.xlsx	137.02 KB
Total Approved Investment of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Region Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.xlsx	150.2 KB
Total Approved Investment of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Region 2018 to 2019.xlsx	141.61 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.xlsx	140.16 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals 2018 to 2019.xlsx	139.5 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Industry Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.xlsx	145.72 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Industry 2018 to 2019.xlsx	145 KB
Total Approved Foreign and Filipino Investments in the ICT Industry by Investment Promotion Agency Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.xlsx	146.8 KB
Total Approved Foreign and Filipino Investments in the ICT Industry by Investment Promotion Agency 2018 to 2019.xlsx	143.94 KB
Total Approved Foreign Invesments in the ICT and Non-ICT Industry by IPA Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.xlsx	150.54 KB
Total Approved Foreign Invesments in the ICT and Non-ICT Industry by IPA 2018 to 2019.xlsx	147.54 KB
Total Approved Foreign and Filipino Invesments in the ICT Industry by ICT Sub Industry Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.xlsx	153.68 KB
Total Approved Foreign and Filipino Invesments in the ICT Industry by ICT Sub Industry 2018 to 2019.xlsx	150.59 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Foreign and Filipino Investment in the ICT by Sub Industry Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.xlsx	154.49 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Foreign and Filipino Investment in the ICT by Sub Industry 2018 to 2019.xlsx	154.99 KB
Balance of Payments Foreign Direct Investments Q1 2018 to January to November 2019 in million pesos.xlsx	137.91 KB
Balance of Payments Foreign Direct Investments January to November, 2018 to 2019 in million pesos.xlsx	137.63 KB
Balance of Payments Foreign Direct Invesments Q1 2018 to January to November 2019 in million US$.xlsx	125.34 KB
Balance of Payments Foreign Direct Invesments January to November, 2018 to 2019 in million US$.xlsx	124.85 KB

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Total Approved Foreign Investment by Investment Promotion Agency Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.csv	1.79 KB
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Total Approved Foreign Investment by Region Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.csv	3.4 KB
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Projected Employment from Approved Projects with Foreign Interest Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.csv	1.92 KB
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Projected Employment from Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.csv	1.8 KB
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Total Approved Foreign and Filipino Investments in the ICT Industry by IPA Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.csv	3.26 KB
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Projected Employment from Approved Foreign and Filipino Investment in the ICT by Sub Industry Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.csv	1.9 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Foreign and Filipino Investment in the ICT by Sub Industry 2018 to 2019.csv	1.55 KB
Balance of Payments Foreign Direct Investments Q1 2018 to January to November 2019 in million pesos.csv	2.05 KB
Balance of Payments Foreign Direct Investments January to November, 2018 to 2019 in million pesos.csv	1.78 KB
Balance of Payments Foreign Direct Invesments Q1 2018 to January to November 2019 in million US$.csv	1.56 KB
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