Approved Foreign Investments Reach PhP 148.43 Billion in the First Quarter of 2024
Total foreign investments (FI) approved in the first quarter of 2017 by 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 Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB), BOI-Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BOI-ARMM), and Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA), amounted to
The Netherlands was the top investing country during the quarter with
Manufacturing bested all other industries as it stands to receive
In terms of location, bulk of the approved foreign investments would be intended to finance projects in Region IVA – CALABARZON, amounting to
Approved investments of foreign and Filipino nationals in the first quarter of 2017 grew by
Foreign and Filipino ventures approved by the seven IPAs in the first quarter of 2017 are expected to generate
FOR THE NATIONAL STATISTICIAN
ROMEO S. RECIDE
Assistant National Statistician
Sectoral Statistics Office
Officer-in-Charge