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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8489

24 June 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Further slump in EU foreign direct investment in third countries in 2002

Luxembourg, 23/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - According to initial data published by Eurostat on 20 June, EU fdi (Foreign Direct Investment) with non-EU countries fell for the second year in a row in 2002. Outflows of EU fdi fell by 48% to EUR 140 billion, while inflows fell 35% to EUR 76 billion. In 2001, outflows fell 34% and inflows fell 22% on 2000. The EU remained a net investor in the rest of the world in 2002 although the gap between outflow and inflow narrowed to EUR 64 billion (0.7% of...

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