Japan was the top source of approved FDI in the fourth quarter of 2009 as it contributed 72.1 percent of the total FDI commitments valued at PhP 63.1 billion. Trailing far behind are the United States of America (USA) and Korea pledging PhP 7.6 billion and PhP 3.9 billion which accounted for 8.7 percent and 4.5 percent, respectively of the total FDI committed during the last quarter of 2009.

Manufacturing, a consistent top recipient of FDI commitments, again bested all other industries as it stands to receive 84.5 percent of the total approved FDI for the quarter or PhP 74.0 billion worth of investments.  The rest of the investment pledges were shared by finance and real estate, accounting for 6.5 percent or PhP 5.7 billion; water, particularly projects on water supply and distribution at 3.1 percent or PhP 2.8 billion; agriculture at 2.7 percent or PhP 2.4 billion; and private services at 2.0 percent or PhP 1.7 billion

FDI projects approved in the fourth quarter of 2009 are expected to generate a total of 81,595 jobs, expanding by 291.7 percent from last year’s projected employment of 20,830  jobs

Actual FDI in the BOP for October to November 2009 reached US$ 141.0 million, 4.7 percent lower than last year’s net FDI inflow of US$ 148.0 million

The combined investment commitments of foreign and Filipino investors reached PhP 196.6  billion in the fourth quarter of 2009, three times the PhP 73.9 billion committed in the same period in 2008.  Prospective ventures from both foreign and Filipino nationals posted significant increases, expanding by 309.3 percent and 107.7 percent, respectively

Proposed investments in ICT of foreign and Filipino nationals weakened during the quarter as it dropped by 29.7 percent from PhP 4.3 billion in 2008 to PhP 3.0 billion.  Foreign nationals continued to dominate investment commitments in ICT with 80.0 percent share to total approved ICT investments.   Filipino nationals only contributed PhP 604.6 million during the quarter from PhP 168.2 million

The ICT industry accounted for 1.5 percent of the total approved investments of foreign and Filipino nationals during the quarter.