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Indonesia: Growth of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Indonesia Slows in Q2-2016
Indonesia: Growth of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Indonesia Slows in Q2-2016
Sat, 30 July 2016 – Direct investment in Indonesia (both domestic and foreign) totaled IDR 298.1 trillion in the first half of 2016, up 14.8 percent from investment realization in the same period one year earlier. Foreign direct investment (FDI) was recorded at IDR 195.5 trillion?, up 12.3 percent (y/y) – and accounting for 65.6 percent of total investment realization in the first six months of 2016 – while domestic direct investment (DDI) rose 20.0 percent (y/y) over the same period. On a quarter-to-quarter basis, FDI into Indonesia rose 7.9 percent, considerably lower than the 17.1 percent (q/q) growth pace in the preceding quarter.
The most popular destinations of foreign direct investment in Indonesia in 1H-2016 were the paper and printing industry (USD $2.4 billion), the metal, machinery and electronic industry (USD $1.6 billion), and the chemical and pharmaceutical industry (USD $1.5 billion). The second-biggest investor in Indonesia in 1H-2016 was Japan with USD $2.90 billion. Read More?