Inversión extranjera directa en Paraguay : cuarto trimestre 2012

Abstract

This report presents the preliminary results of the flows and balances of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Paraguay during the fourth quarter of 2012. For the purposes of this report, total coverage of 46% of the total equity, assets, and liabilities of non-financial companies, banks, and insurance companies has been achieved. Non-financial companies have a coverage ratio of 74% of their equity, while in the banking and insurance sectors, this coverage is 100%. It is also worth mentioning that for 2010 and 2011, coverage rates of 85% and 80% were achieved, respectively. Coverage for these periods will be increased in subsequent reports as greater response is obtained from non-financial sector entities. Therefore, the figures for these periods may vary from previous reports due to the increase in coverage. For this publication, a directory of 117 entities was considered, of which 104 are non-financial entities, 10 are banks, and 3 are insurance entities. The structure of this report is as follows: Initially, an analysis is conducted of the flows that have entered the economy, then the level of FDI stocks is assessed. Finally, the behavior of overall FDI flows and those by economic sector is compared with the quarterly GDP of the economy and by economic sector.