Foreign direct investments in North Rhine-Westphalia

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Foreign direct Investments

North Rhine-Westphalia is number one in Germany in terms of foreign capital: With 28.4 percent (EUR 184.6 billion), the state accounted for the highest share of all 16 federal states in terms of direct investments in Germany (EUR 650.7 billion) at the end of 2009. NRW is particularly attractive for financial investors.


Germany's no. 1 investment location

Foreign direct investments in Germany 2009 (in EUR billion)

Bar diagramm; foreign direct investments according to German states.

Source: Deutsche Bundesbank 5/2011, position: end of 2009

 

Yet even without pure financial investment, NRW is still by far the most important investment location in Germany. This is shown by the rankings for direct investments, excluding purely financial investments, with NRW currently running to EUR 132.2 million, equivalent to a national share of 28.8 percent.

If Luxembourg is disregarded on the grounds of its special status as a tax haven, then the Netherlands the biggest investor in North Rhine-Westphalia, accounting for 21.2 percent of the direct investment volume in the state, followed by France (9.7 %) and the USA (7.5 %).


The Netherlands and France are the important investor countries

The biggest foreign investor countries in NRW in 2009 (in EUR billion)

Bar diagramm; foreign direct investments in North Rhine-Westphalia according to countries

Source: Deutsche Bundesbank 5/2011, as of end of 2009, special case Luxemburg: mainly financial investments

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