Total Approved Foreign Investments Reached PhP 30.9 billion in Q2 2018

Release Date :

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Reference Number :

2018-145

Total foreign investments (FI) approved in the second quarter of 2018 amounted to PhP 30.9 billion from PhP 18.2billion recorded in the same period last year. The total approved FI by five out of seven investment promotion agencies (IPAs), namely the Board of Investments (BOI), Clark Development Corporation (CDC), Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) and Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) as well as Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) was 70.4 percent higher compared with the same period in the previous year. No reports were submitted by the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) and BOI-Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BOI-ARMM). Meanwhile, the total approved FI for the first six months of the year reached PhP 45.2 billion or an increase of 10.0 percent from PhP 41.0 billion in the previous year.

The top three prospective investing countries for the second quarter of 2018 are Indonesia, Japan, and the United States of America (USA). Pledges from Indonesia reached PhP 6.4 billion or 20.8 percent of the total FI during the quarter while Japan and USA committed PhP 5.1 billion and PhP 4.0 billion, or 16.5 percent and 12.9 percent of the total approved FI, respectively.

Manufacturing continued to be the industry that would receive the largest amount of foreign investments in the second quarter of 2018. Investment commitments for Manufacturing stood at PhP 12.8 billion or 41.5 percent share. Construction came in second with investment pledges valued at PhP 7.1 billion or 23.0 percent share. Administrative and Support Service Activities followed at PhP 5.4 billion or 17.4 percent share.

The biggest approved foreign investments in the second quarter of 2018, amounting to PhP 12.9 billion or 41.6 percent, would be intended to finance projects in the National Capital Region (NCR). The second biggest, amounting to PhP 8.0 billion or 25.7 percent, was pledged to CALABARZON. Central Luzon followed with PhP 4.3 billion or 13.8 percent approved FI.

Investment commitments of foreign and Filipino nationals reached PhP 114.7 billion in the second quarter of 2018, down by 50.2 percent from previous year’s PhP 230.4 billion. Filipino nationals shared 73.0 percent of the total investment pledges during the quarter.

Total amount of projects by foreign and Filipino investors in the second quarter of 2018 are expected to generate 44,526 jobs. This is 53.2 percent lower than the projected employment of 95,131 jobs in the same quarter in 2017.

LISA GRACE S. BERSALES, Ph.D.

Undersecretary

National Statistician and Civil Registrar General

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Total Approved Foreign Investments by Investment Promotion Agency Q1 1996 - Q2 2018.xlsx	31.44 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investments by Country of Investor 1st Sem 2017 and 2018.xlsx	25.72 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investments by Country of Investor Q1 2017 - Q2 2018.xlsx	25.19 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investments by Region Q1 2017 - Q2 2018.xlsx	38.38 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investments by Region 1st Sem 2017 and 2018.xlsx	30.94 KB
Total Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Investment Promotion Agency Q1 2017 - Q2 2018.xlsx	22.96 KB
Balance of Payments Foreign Direct Investments Q1 2017 to May 2018.xlsx	17.57 KB
Total Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Investment Promotion Agency 1st Sem 2017 and 2018.xlsx	22.34 KB
Balance of Payments Foreign Direct Investments January to May 2017 and 2018.xlsx	16.34 KB
Balance of Payments Foreign Direct Investments in million pesos Q1 2017 to May 2018.xlsx	12.32 KB
Balance of Payments Foreign Direct Investments in million US dollars January to May 2018.xlsx	13.27 KB
Total Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Region Q1 2017 - Q2 2018.xlsx	33.91 KB
Total Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Region 1st Sem 2017 and 2018.xlsx	26.16 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Investments in the ICT by Sub-Industry Q1 2017 to Q1 2018.xlsx	16.75 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals 1st Sem 2017 and 2018.xlsx	30.54 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals 1st Sem 2017 and 2018.xlsx	30.54 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Industry Q1 2017 - Q2 2018.xlsx	24.4 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Industry 1st Sem 2017 and 2018.xlsx	23.84 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investments by IPA Q1 2017 to Q2 2018.xlsx	45.39 KB
Total Approved Investments in the Information and Communication Technology by IPA Q1 2017 - Q2 2018.xlsx	25.96 KB
Total Approved Investments in the Information and Communication Technology by IPA 1st Sem 2017 and 2018.xlsx	24.16 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investments by IPA 1st sem 2017 and 2018.xlsx	44.67 KB
Total Approved FI in the ICT and Non-ICT Industry by IPA Q1 2017 - Q2 2018.xlsx	23.49 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Projects with foreign interest Q1 2017 - Q2 2018.xlsx	39.98 KB
Total Approved Foreign and Filipino Investments in the ICT Industry by sub-industry Q1 2017 - Q2 2018.xlsx	25.53 KB
Total approved Investments by Nationality by IPA Q1 2017 to Q2 2018.xlsx	43.1 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investment by Industry Q1 2017 to Q2 2018.xlsx	42.4 KB
Total Approved Foreign Investments by Industry 1st sem 2017 and 2018.xlsx	46.09 KB

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Total Approved Foreign Investments by Country of Investor Q1 2017 - Q2 2018.csv	3.13 KB
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Total Approved Foreign Investments by Region 1st Sem 2017 and 2018.csv	2.09 KB
Balance of Payments Foreign Direct Investments Q1 2017 to May 2018.csv	1.97 KB
Balance of Payments Foreign Direct Investments January to May 2017 and 2018.csv	1.74 KB
Total Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Investment Promotion Agency 1st Sem 2017 and 2018.csv	1.14 KB
Total Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Investment Promotion Agency Q1 2017 - Q2 2018.csv	1.53 KB
Balance of Payments Foreign Direct Investments in million US dollars January to May 2018.csv	1.39 KB
Total Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Region Q1 2017 - Q2 2018.csv	3.29 KB
Total Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals by Region 1st Sem 2017 and 2018.csv	2.44 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Investments in the ICT by Sub-Industry Q1 2017 to Q1 2018.csv	1.66 KB
Projected Employment from Approved Investments of Foreign and Filipino Nationals Q1 2017 - Q2 2018.csv	5.2 KB

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