FDI inflows into Turkiye up 13% YoY to $3.3 bn in Jan-Apr 2025: YASED

This takes the total FDI the country has received since 2002 to $278 billion.

FDI amounted to $408 million in April alone, YASED data showed. Of that, $327 million was made up of debt instruments and $140 million of real estate sales to foreign nationals. Investment liquidations had a downward effect worth $494 million in the month.

The top three countries that invested the most in Turkiye this January-April were Kazakhstan ($610 million), the Netherlands ($311 million) and the United States ($201 million).

Total investment capital inflows in April amounted to $435 million.

Textile and apparel manufacturing outperformed its previous cumulative performance and attracted 21.1 per cent of investment capital inflows in the month.

Wholesale and retail trade, with 19 per cent, was another sector with the highest number of investments.

European Union countries accounted for 48 per cent of the overall FDI flows into Turkiye in April. In the same month, Middle Eastern countries formed the second-largest investor region, with a share of 18 per cent.

In April, the Netherlands had the largest share of FDI inflows with 28 per cent, followed by the United Arab Emirates (17 per cent), the United Kingdom (10 per cent), France (8 per cent) and the United States with 7 per cent.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (DS)