Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2017
This publication sets out and analyses the main foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The 2017 edition shows that the region is at a difficult juncture. FDI inflows declined by 7.9% in 2016, to US$ 167.043 billion, representing a cumulative fall of 17.0% since the peak in 2011. The fall in commodity prices continues to affect investments in natural resources, sluggish economic growth in several countries has slowed the flow of market-seeking capital, and the global backdrop of technological sophistication and expansion of the digital economy has concentrated transnational investments in developed economies.
This publication sets out and analyses the main foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The 2017 edition shows that the region is at a difficult juncture. FDI inflows declined by 7.9% in 2016, to US$ 167.043 billion, representing a cumulative fall of 17.0% since the peak in 2011. The fall in commodity prices continues to affect investments in natural resources, sluggish economic growth in several countries has slowed the flow of market-seeking capital, and the global backdrop of technological sophistication and expansion of the digital economy has concentrated transnational investments in developed economies.
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<strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Direct</strong> <strong>Investment</strong> <strong>in</strong> Lat<strong>in</strong> <strong>America</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Caribbean</strong> • <strong>2017</strong><br />
Chapter I<br />
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Table I.5<br />
Lat<strong>in</strong> <strong>America</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Caribbean</strong>: 20 largest cross-border mergers <strong>and</strong> acquisitions, 2016<br />
Firm/<br />
country of orig<strong>in</strong><br />
Assets acquired/<br />
country of assets<br />
Sector<br />
Amount<br />
(millions of dollars)<br />
Country<br />
of seller<br />
Brookfield Renewable Partners<br />
Canada<br />
Statoil ASA<br />
Norway<br />
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.<br />
Israel<br />
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.<br />
United States<br />
V<strong>in</strong>ci SA<br />
France<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>a Molybdenum Co. Ltd.<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>a<br />
I Squared Capital Advisors US LLC<br />
United States<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>a Three Gorges Corporation<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>a<br />
FleetCor Technologies Inc.<br />
United States<br />
Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V.<br />
Mexico<br />
Abertis Infraestructuras S.A.<br />
Spa<strong>in</strong><br />
Coty Inc.<br />
United States<br />
Infraestructura Energética Nova,<br />
subsidiara de Sempra Energy<br />
United States<br />
F<strong>in</strong>tech Telecom LLC<br />
United States/Mexico<br />
Enel S.p.A.<br />
Italy<br />
Prudential F<strong>in</strong>ancial Inc.<br />
United States<br />
Grupo de Inversiones<br />
Suramericana S.A.<br />
Colombia<br />
Cubico Susta<strong>in</strong>able <strong>Investment</strong>s Ltd.<br />
United K<strong>in</strong>gdom<br />
Compass M<strong>in</strong>erals International Inc.<br />
United States<br />
Ha<strong>in</strong>an Airl<strong>in</strong>es Co. Ltd.<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>a<br />
ISAGEN S.A., E.S.P. (99.6%)<br />
Colombia<br />
Cuenca de Santos exploration block (66%)<br />
Brazil<br />
Representaciones e Investigaciones Médicas S.A.<br />
Mexico<br />
Freeport-McMoRan-Gulf of Mexico<br />
Mexico<br />
Línea Amarilla concession<br />
Peru<br />
Anglo <strong>America</strong>n-niobium <strong>and</strong> phosphates<br />
Brazil<br />
Duke Energy Lat<strong>in</strong> <strong>America</strong><br />
Argent<strong>in</strong>a, Chile, Ecuador,<br />
El Salvador, Guatemala <strong>and</strong> Peru<br />
Duke Energy International Brazil<br />
Brazil<br />
Serviços e Tecnologia de Pagamentos S.A.<br />
Brazil<br />
Vonpar S.A.<br />
Brazil<br />
Autopista Central concession (rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g 50%)<br />
Chile<br />
Hypermarcas, beauty <strong>and</strong> personal care section<br />
Brazil<br />
Ventika I <strong>and</strong> II w<strong>in</strong>d farms<br />
Mexico<br />
Telecom Argent<strong>in</strong>a S.A. (46.31%)<br />
Argent<strong>in</strong>a<br />
CELG Distribuição S.A. (94.8%)<br />
Brazil<br />
Adm<strong>in</strong>istradora de Fondos de Pensiones<br />
Habitat S.A. (40.23%)<br />
Chile<br />
RSA Insurance Group Lat<strong>in</strong> <strong>America</strong><br />
Argent<strong>in</strong>a, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,<br />
Mexico <strong>and</strong> Uruguay<br />
Two w<strong>in</strong>d farms from Casa dos Ventos<br />
Energias Renováveis (total 392 MW)<br />
Brazil<br />
Produquímica Indústria e Comercio S.A.<br />
(rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g 65%)<br />
Brazil<br />
Azul S.A. (23.7%)<br />
Brazil<br />
Energy<br />
Oil <strong>and</strong> gas<br />
Pharmaceuticals<br />
Oil <strong>and</strong> gas<br />
Services<br />
M<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
Energy<br />
Energy<br />
Services<br />
Beverages<br />
Services<br />
Manufactur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> retail<br />
Energy<br />
Telecommunications<br />
Energy<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ance<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ance<br />
Energy<br />
Chemicals<br />
Transport<br />
Source: Economic Commission for Lat<strong>in</strong> <strong>America</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Caribbean</strong> (ECLAC), on <strong>the</strong> basis of Bloomberg figures.<br />
3 528 Colombia<br />
2 500 Brazil<br />
2 300 Mexico<br />
2 000 United States<br />
1 661 Brazil<br />
1 500 United K<strong>in</strong>gdom<br />
1 200 United States<br />
1 200 United States<br />
1 089 Brazil<br />
1 029 Brazil<br />
1 028 Canada<br />
985 Brazil<br />
852 United States<br />
849 Argent<strong>in</strong>a<br />
647 Brazil<br />
625 Chile<br />
619 United K<strong>in</strong>gdom<br />
494 Brazil<br />
480 Brazil<br />
450 Brazil
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