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Practical exercice
ANALYSE SECTORS WHICH HAVE A POTENTIAL TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT
Identify industrial sectors for inward investment.
Note: Continue to base your research on the country you selected in question 74.
78. Which are the top three industrial sectors that have attracted the most investment in the
last year for which data is available Please also indicate the exports’ and imports’ values
for each industry, if they are available. For tertiary sectors trade data will not be available.
Note: By default, economic activities (or industries) are ranked in descending order
according to the amount of inward investment flows. Therefore, for the country which you
have selected, the industries that have attracted the most foreign investment in the last year
are displayed at the top of your screen.
Industry Inflows in $US Exports in $US Imports in $US
1.
2.
3.
79. What type of activity (primary in yellow, secondary in blue, tertiary in pink) has attracted
the most investment in the last year for which data is available Please also indicate
exports’ and imports’ values for each type of activity.
Note: You can analyze the information at the aggregate level, by type of activity (primary in
yellow, secondary in blue, services in pink) by clicking on the sign “+” at the top of the left
column.
Type of activity Inflows in $US Exports in $US
Imports in
$US
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
80. Which industrial sectors have exported the most Please also indicate inflows’ values for
each industry.
Note: Press the back button once. You can also sort the industries by different criteria (e.g.
exports, number of foreign affiliates etc), by clicking on the arrow located next to the
columns’ title which you want to rank. To answer this question, please click on the arrow
related to exports.