New industries such as bio, eco-friendly vehicles, online platforms, etc., increased by 9.3% to 84.2 billion dollars
[파이낸셜경제=전병길 기자] According to the announcement of the foreign direct investment trend of the Ministry of Industry, foreign direct investment (FDI) in 20 years decreased by 11.1% from the previous year to 20.75 billion dollars, and the arrival criteria decreased by 17% to 11.90 billion dollars.
The Ministry of Industry said that foreign direct investment in 20 years decreased sharply in the first half amid the Corona 19 situation, but entered a recovery trend in the second half and set a record of “attaining $20 billion for six consecutive years” after 15 years.
As the spread of Corona 19 began in earnest, foreign direct investment in the first half decreased significantly, but the decline in the second half was greatly mitigated through online IR such as video counseling and webinars, as well as K-defense, and strategic attraction efforts for promising companies.
The Ministry of Industry reports that the decline in Korea is relatively good while global foreign direct investment has declined significantly due to the Corona 19 epidemic and re-proliferation around the world.
In fact, UNCTAD predicted that global FDI in 20 years will decrease by 30-40% compared to the previous year, and in fact, in the first half of 20, global FDI in the first half of 20 was $399.9 billion, down 49% from the same period last year ($77 billion). Appeared.
Despite the global economic crisis caused by Corona 19, it seems that it has attracted foreign direct investment of 20 billion dollars for six consecutive years, confirming that it is a safe investment destination.
The characteristics of foreign direct investment in Korea are the increase in investment in new industries related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and the cutting-edge subsidiary sector for securing advanced technology and stable supply turned to an increase in the second half. It is also contributing to the expansion of the foundation for our future growth, such as expanding investment in the green new deal for a carbon-neutral society.
Foreign direct investment in new industries such as autonomous vehicles, robots, artificial intelligence, big data, mobile, blockchain, fintech, medicine, and e-commerce is related to the 4th industrial revolution such as AI, big data, cloud, eco-friendly vehicles, and biotechnology. Both the scale and proportion of investments based on reporting standards for new industries increased.
On the basis of reporting, manufacturing industries such as secondary batteries and medicines and service industries such as e-commerce and research and development both increased compared to the previous year.
Interest of foreign investors continues to be interested in new industries such as high-tech applications with high added value and high technology intensiveness, and new services based on ICT.
In addition, foreign direct investment continues to invest in cutting-edge materials, parts, and equipment such as semiconductors, secondary batteries, and eco-friendly car parts, contributing to responding to Japanese export regulations and localizing high-tech technologies.
In particular, foreign direct investment in the field of general managers, which decreased sharply in the first half, increased sharply in the second half, and the decline was easing compared to the previous year.
There have also been cases of investment reports using existing foreign-invested companies’ undisposable retained earnings to preemptively invest in the future market, such as next-generation secondary battery materials and parts for eco-friendly vehicles.
In the field of new renewable energy and resource recycling, which is a green new deal, foreign investment is contributing to the transformation of an eco-friendly and low-carbon society by increasing investment to expand infrastructure and services, and green industry-related fields such as wind power and solar power, water treatment, and resource recycling. The amount of investment in Korea has more than doubled compared to the previous year.
Financial Economy / Reporter Jeon Byung-gil [email protected]
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