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Foreign direct investment in Latin America
2014
Both these trends were driven by the decline in prices
of export commodities and the economic slowdown in the region.
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Largest investors in Latin America
20%
Netherlands
17%
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Source: Economic Commission
for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Invested 14%
24% 7%
FDI inflow of
FDI inflow of
US $ 62.495 billion
Mexico
FDI in natural resources dropped to 17%, compared with an average of 24% in 2009-2013.
-49%
2013 FDI figures were inflated by the US $13.249 billion acquisition of beer maker Grupo Modelo by a European firm and U.S -based AT&T divestment of its holdings
in América Móvil, worth US $ 5.57 billion.
US $ 22.795 billion.
Global FDI
-7%
LACFDI
-16%
Outflow
-8%
Caribbean
The drop in investments in Central America and Mexico is due primarily to lower commodity prices and a drop in cross-border M&As in Central America
and the Caribbean
Brazil
is the largest recipient of FDI
-5%
Invested 29%
Oil prices have been stable for years, but in the latter months of 2014, they began to drop dramatically.
Latin America and the Caribbean: inward foreign direct investment, 2013-2014 (billions dollars)
2013
2014
29% 37%
Increase Equal
Brazil
-2%
Brazil Mexico
Chile Colombia Peru Argentina
Central America
The Caribbean
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
16%
Decrease
2009-2013 2014
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