| | |  Business News | August 2008 
Mexico Direct Foreign Investment Drops 20 Percent
 Associated Press
go to original
Mexico City – Direct foreign investment in Mexico has fallen and officials blame it partly on the U.S. economic downturn.
Mexico's Economy Department says direct foreign investment fell to US$10.5 billion in the first six months of this year.
That's a 20 percent drop from the same period a year before.
Still, the amount puts Mexico on target to reach its US$20 billion goal for 2008.
More than half of Mexico's direct foreign investment comes from the United States. The European Union follows with a third of all investment, and Canada provides 8 percent.
More than 40 percent of the investment went toward manufacturing.
The figures were announced last Thursday. |
|
| |
Vallarta Weddings
Tell a Friend
Site Map
Print this Page
Email Us