Fewer but larger
Manufacturing picks up Manufacturing activity (FDI capital)
FDI projects
-1%
FDI capital
+135% Jobs created by FDI
+37
%
Highest ever FDI capital per project
US$91m Source: fDi Markets, September 2015.
US$24.8b +221%
80%
share in FDI capital
+22%
Top cities
Top sources
Second-tier cities blossom ‌
US investors scale up their projects
Second-tier cities FDI capital
FDI capital
+142% FDI projects
+30%
+252%
FDI projects
+6% China and UK inch up
FDI projects
‌ but metropolises remain favorites.
China initiated 16 FDI projects (+220%), worth US$4.1b.
Energy, metals and mining were the most active manufacturing sectors.
Bengaluru received the highest (57) number of FDI projects, worth US$5.2b.
The UK initiated 44 FDI projects (+91%), worth US$3.6b.