28 March 2024
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)-related estimates for Quarters 3 and 4 2023 in this publication are subject to more uncertainty than usual as the ONS FDI survey data has been carried forward from Quarter 2 2023. This is because we have temporarily paused quarterly processing of ONS FDI survey data, to allow us to address recent processing challenges and safeguard timely and quality data going forward. As a result, users should be cautious when interpreting recent FDI data in the balance of payments (BoP) statistics.