This year's first quarter global foreign direct investment has dropped significantly

United Nations Conference on trade and development (UNCTAD) in Geneva on 24 may, in the first quarter of 2009, the global foreign direct investment and the significant decline compared to the same period last year, the situation is expected for the full year is not optimistic.

UNCTAD noted that according to the total global FDI inflows of 60% of the 57 countries providing data, the first quarter of this year, the country's foreign direct investment inflows compared with 54% on average, including China, Brazil and Russia, and other major investment absorption power, 43 countries of investment inflows have emerged. In the first quarter of this year, foreign direct investment in the main form – cross-border mergers and acquisitions on a year-on-year decline in 77% compared to the previous quarter fell by 62%.

According to the total global FDI outflow of 60% of the 47 national statistics, the first quarter of this year, the country's foreign direct investment and the overall decline compared with 57%, the United States, France, Germany, Japan and other major foreign investment countries foreign investment decline occurred.

UNCTAD said that if the first quarter trends continue, it is expected that in 2009 the global foreign direct investment inflows will reduce by half than last year.

UNCTAD noted that developed countries 2009 foreign direct investment (FDI) is expected to decline 60%, is the leading global foreign direct investment. However, and in 2008, this year, developing countries and transition economies to foreign direct investment will also appear from 25% to 40% drop.