In 2006, the EU27 was a net investor in the rest of the world, with outflows higher than inflows by 48 bn euro (0.4% of GDP). In 2005 outflows were also higher than inflows, by 40 bn (0.4% of GDP). Among the Member States, France was the highest net investor outside the EU27 in 2006, with a difference of 26 bn. With inflows higher than outflows by 50 bn, United Kingdom was the largest net recipient of FDI from extra-EU27.
Spain, France, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom main actors in intra-EU27 FDI: Spain (60 bn euro), the United Kingdom (57 bn) and France (48 bn) were the main investors inside the EU27 in 2006. The main recipients of investments from other Member States were Luxembourg (57 bn), the United Kingdom (55 bn) and France (45 bn).
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