Inversión Extranjera Directa en Paraguay : segunto trimestre 2012

Abstract

This report presents the preliminary results of the flows and balances of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Paraguay during the second quarter of 2012. For the purposes of this report, 54% coverage of total equity, assets, and liabilities of non-financial companies, banks, and insurance companies has been achieved. Non-financial companies have an equity-related coverage of 46.3%, 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 65% 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 report, a directory of 116 entities was considered, of which 103 are non-financial entities, 10 are banks, and 3 are insurance entities. The report is structured as follows: Initially, an analysis is made of the flows that have entered the economy, followed by an analysis of the level of FDI stocks. 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.