Statistics of Foreign Direct Investment in Malaysia 2016

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1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours, Friday, 27 October 2017 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE STATISTICS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN MALAYSIA, 2016
2. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN MALAYSIA RECORDED A HIGHER NET INFLOW OF RM47 .2 BILLION Malaysia's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) covering the investment by foreign companies which hold more than 10 per cent equity in Malaysia's companies. In 2016, FDI in Malaysia recorded a higher net inflow of RM47.2 billion (2015: RM39.4 billion) and the FDI position registered RM546.6 billion. This was supported by higher net inflow in equity & investment fund shares. 74.6 PER CENT SOURCE OF FDI FLOWS WAS FROM ASIA REGION Asia region was the main source of FDI flows accounted for RM35.2 billion (74.6%) and followed by Europe with 14.1 per cent. Hong Kong, Singapore and China were the top three countries from Asia region. In 2016, 50.9 per cent from FDI flows were channelled to Services sector, mainly in Utilities sub-sector and Financial & insurance/ takaful activities. Both Manufacturing and Mining & quarrying sectors constituted 43.3 per cent to the total FDI flows. Released By: THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA 27 October 2017 Contact person: Ho Mei Kei Public Relation Officer Corporate and User Services Division Department of Statistics, Malaysia Tel : +603-8885 7942 Fax : +603-8888 9248 Email : mkho[at]stats.gov.my