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FDI drops in Saudi Arabia by 4.8 percent

24 Jan 2016

(MENAFN) Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Saudi Arabia reached USD 7.6bn last year compared to USD 8bn in 2014 a drop of 4.8 percent.

Accordingly, M&A cross-border sales in the Kingdom increased through the same period by 300 percent from USD 200mn in 2014 to USD 800mn in 2015.

FDI rose by 36 percent internationally in the cited year to reach USD 1.7tr the highest level of investment flow since the global economic slowdown seen in 2008-2009.

Additionally, the EU and the US have registered the strongest increase in investment flows in 2015 reaching the second highest level in history at USD 936bn.

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