EU Foreign Direct Investment in Croatia and Turkey

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Economy and finance
Target audience: Specialised/Technical

Sujets

• Foreign direct investment
• Turquía
• Croatia
• Member state of the European Union

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-EUROSTAT
• Nombre de lectures: 26
• Langue: English

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Economy and finance

Author:

Vladimira DEMIANOVA

68/2008

EU Foreign Direct Investment in Croatia and Turkey

This article gives an overview of the EU Foreign

Direct Investment (FDI) in these two Candidate

Countries for the period 1999 – 2006. EU FDI

outward and inward flows and stocks with

Croatia and Turkey have increased

considerably since 1999.

The outlook in the coming years is also

positive, as both countries began EU accession

negotiations in October 2005, which

traditionally has increased the attractiveness of

Candidate Countries in terms of FDI.

Although

investment

is

relatively

low

in

absolute values, EU FDI stocks in Croatia have

shown steady growth during the period 1999 to

2006. EU-25 FDI outward stocks increased by

308% during the period 2000 to 2006, reaching

EUR 11.8 bn in 2006.

Turkey recorded a substantial increase in the

level of EU FDI stocks from 1999 to 2006. EU-25

FDI outward stocks increased by 223% during

the period 2001-2006 (EUR 22.8 bn), reaching

EUR 33 bn in 2006.

Figure 1: EU FDI outward stocks in Croatia and Turkey and their annual growth rate

EU-27 for 2004-2006, EU-25 for 2001-2003, EU-15 for 1999-2000

+20% *

+36% *

-22%*

+45%*

+41%*

-17%*

+42%*

+9% *

+30%*

+41%*

+27%*

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

(EUR bn)

Croatia

Turkey

+69%*

+44%

*

+42% *

*annual growth rate