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Foreign investment pledges fell 71% in 2020

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Amid the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic which caused business uncertainty and a recession, foreign investors’ commitments to set up shop in the Philippines fell 71 percent to P112.1 billion in 2020. | bendeveraINQ

During the fourth quarter alone, foreign businesses pledged P36.5-billion worth of projects to IPAs, a 67.5-percent drop from P112.1 billion during the fourth quarter of 2019.

Forthcoming Taiwanese investments reached P4.4 billion, while those from Japan were worth P4.3 billion, the PSA said. When the foreign pledges were combined with IPA-approved projects of Filipino investors, approvals during the fourth quarter of last year totaled P270.1 billion, down 34.5 percent from P412.2 billion a year ago.

 

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