HC Deb 31 March 1994 vol 240 c1003W
Sir John Stanley

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what percentage of total(a) Japanese and (b) United States inward investment in the European Community has come to the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.

Mr. Sainsbury

Inward investment capital flows i n any one year can be erratic because of the varying treatment of profits and dividends.

1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Japan
Capital flows ($ millions) 3,956 5,239 6,806 3,588 2,948
Percentage of EC 46.5 37.4 51.2 40.1 44.4
Book value of assets held in the United Kingdom ($ millions) 10,554 15,793 22,599 26,186 29,134
Percentage of EC 38 37.7 40.5 40.9 41.2
United States
Capital flows ($ millions) 4,170 10,427 -606 1,723 n/a
Percentage of EC 49 60 1— 12.2 —
Book value of assets held in the United Kingdom ($ millions) 49,459 61,159 68,224 78,072 277,842
Percentage of EC 38 40.9 38.4 39.5 38.8
1 Negative.
2 Provisional.