Summary

Investment of UK companies abroad (outward) and foreign companies into the UK (inward), including investment flows, positions and earnings, by country, component and industry.

Publications

• Foreign direct investment involving UK companies: 2022

  Investment of UK companies abroad (outward) and foreign companies into the UK (inward), including investment flows, positions and earnings, by country, component and industry.

Data

• Foreign direct investment involving UK companies (directional): outward

  Annual statistics on the investment of UK companies abroad, including for investment flows, positions and earnings.

• Foreign direct investment (FDI) indicative asset and liability statistics

  Indicative FDI statistics using the asset and liability measurement principle to show the possible trends in the balance of payments when these annual FDI Survey data are included: 2014 to 2022.

• Foreign direct investment involving UK companies (directional): inward

  Annual statistics on the investment of foreign companies into the UK, including for investment flows, positions and earnings.

Contact details

Changes to this release date

1. Previous date

   28 February 2024 9:30am

   Reason for change

   Our foreign direct investment results for 2022 have been delayed to allow us to address challenges experienced in producing FDI outputs. We have paused our processes to review our operations and then ensure timely statistics that meet our quality standards ongoing

2. Previous date

   9 August 2024 9:30am

   Reason for change

   More time is needed for further quality assurance.

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