FDI snapshot
The where, what and how of Los Angeles County’s foreign direct investment
Foreign investors cite Los Angeles County’s consumer market size, international market access, size of regional business base, fabulous weather and proximity to industry clusters as top reasons for selecting the region for investment projects.
where does it come from?
where does it go?
geographic sources of FDI
top five L.A. County cities by number of FDI establishments
FOREIGN-OWNED ESTABLISHMENTS BY REGION
TOP SOURCES BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
49% EUROPE
7% NORTH AMERICA
43% ASIA & OCEANIA
50,000
134
JAPAN
127
SANTA MONICA
UNITED KINGDOM FRANCE GERMANY CANADA
310
SWITZERLAND TOP SOURCES BY NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
1,500
TORRANCE
JAPAN
1,591 LOS ANGELES
UNITED KINGDOM MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA & LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN REGIONS ACCOUNT FOR LESS THAN 1 PERCENT EACH
The top six sources of FDI account for 75 percent of foreign-owned establishments and 82 percent of FDI jobs.
FRANCE
212
GERMANY
LONG BEACH
CANADA
wholesale & retail trade
11% 5%
employment and dollars generated by FDI
transportation & warehousing
6%
professional, scientific & technical services
other sectors
indirect FDI employment
FDI sustains 1 IN 10 JOBS in L.A. County
223,000 jobs
accommodation & food services
8%
15%
In turn, California also leads North America in outward FDI with 513 projects in 2012, investing an estimated US$16.8 billion overseas.
how does it impact L.A. economy? finance & insurance
42%
California as a whole receives more foreign investment than any other state or province in North America, with 205 FDI projects in 2012, about 12 percent of the North American total.
SOURCE: 2013 FINANCIAL TIMES FDI INTELLIGENCE REPORT
SWITZERLAND
what does it do? distribution of FDI by sector
give & take
PASADENA
13%
manufacturing
TOTAL FDI EMPLOYMENT
359,000 JOBS FOREIGN INVESTMENT GENERATES
direct FDI employment
136,000 jobs
US$1 BILLION in sales and personal income taxes
SOURCE: 2009 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT REPORT, LOS ANGELES COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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