The German Federal Bank reports
Europe leads: Regional origin and sectoral distri buti on of
foreign direct investment in Germany
The German Federal Bank reports that China holds only
0. 3 percent of Germany’ s total FDI stock, whereas Asian
countries together hold about 6 percent. Of this, Japan
alone accounts for 3. 8 percent percentage points. Asian
investment in Germany has taken place mainly in whole-
sale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcy-
cles; manufacturing; and financial and insurance activities.
In some sectors, over half of the Asian FDI stockhas been
cumulated by Japan, which is the onlyAsian country to be
listed in this section separately.
The German Federal Bank
data therefore offer no specifics on the sectoral distribution
of China’ s FDI stock in Germany.
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