Between 2016 & 2017, the Value of Foreign Investments in the UK Increased by £149 Billion

Between 2016 & 2017, the Value of Foreign Investments in the UK Increased by £149 Billion

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Between 2016 and 2017, the value of foreign investments in the UK increased by: £149 billion

Source: ONS, FDI 2017, stocks

The value of the UK’s FDI stocks as a whole increased by 12.6% (£149 billion) to £1,337 billion in 2017.

Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show stocks from across Asia have increased by more than 33% in 2017 to £128 billion and stocks from Japan increased by 71% to £78 billion.

The greatest growth from any country has come from Indian investors, rising 321% to £8 billion.

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