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Foreign direct Investments

North Rhine-Westphalia is number one in Germany in terms of foreign capital: With 27.1 percent (EUR 189.8 billion), the state accounted for the highest share of all 16 federal states in terms of direct investments in Germany (EUR 648.7 billion) at the end of 2010. NRW is particularly attractive for financial investors.

Germany's no. 1 investment location

Foreign direct investments in Germany 2010 (in EUR billion)

Source: Deutsche Bundesbank 5/2012, position: end of 2010

 

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 143.1 million, equivalent to a national share of 27.4 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 21.3 percent of the direct investment volume in the state, followed by France (10.3 %) and the USA (7.1 %).

The Netherlands and France are the important investor countries

The biggest foreign investor countries in NRW in 2010 (in EUR billion)

Source: Deutsche Bundesbank 5/2012, as of end of 2010, special case Luxemburg: mainly financial investments

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