Resumen ejecutivo : periodo 2004 al cuarto trimestre de 2007

Abstract

This report presents the most relevant facts regarding Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Paraguay, covering the period from 2004 to the fourth quarter of 2007. It should be noted that the figures for flows and balances for the third quarter of 2007, published in the previous report, differ due to the increased coverage of the data received, specifically for FDI companies in the non-financial sector. At the time of writing this report, the published FDI figures represent 71% of the directory of FDI reporting companies and are measured in relation to the companies' total equity. The number of companies considered is 137, of which 121 are non-financial companies and 16 are financial entities and insurance companies (banks and insurance companies). It is noted that, in the second quarter of 2007, two new companies were included in the directory of reporting companies. It is also mentioned that a group of foreign-invested companies was fully acquired by a Latin American multinational in the same economic sector.