Annual Foreign Direct Investment Survey for the UK
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Summary
Annual Foreign Direct Investment Survey collects data from businesses on Foreign Direct Investment flows to foreign countries, and from abroad to the UK.
Description
These datasets are the microdata which underpin the Office for National Statistics Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) statistics, which focuses on when a cross-border investment is made with the objective of establishing a lasting interest in the host economy. FDI is defined by influence relationships, where a direct investor (parent company) controls at least 10% of the voting power (ordinary shares) of the direct investment enterprise. The control can be measured in two directions: outward and inward. Outward refers to the direct investments of UK-resident companies in other countries, while inward refers to the direct investments in the UK from non-resident companies.
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About this data
- Data creator
- Office for National Statistics
- Temporal coverage
- 01 January 1996 to 31 December 2019
- Frequency
- Annual
- Dataset theme
- Business and economy
- Restrictions for access
- Access for all accredited researchers
- Project approval
- Projects must be accredited
- Search keywords
- Business Economy Investment
Metadata
Metadata
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Dataset themeMain category for the topic of the resource
- Business and economy
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Dataset resource typeThe type of the dataset resource
- Survey
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Geographic coverageThe geographic area covered by the dataset
- UK
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Temporal coverageThe timeframes covered by these data
- 01 January 1996 to 31 December 2019
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FrequencyThe frequency at which the dataset resource is published or updated
- Annual
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Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset
- Country
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Data creatorThe name of the organisation that produced or published this resource
- Office for National Statistics
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Data contributorsThe name(s) of any organisation(s), other than the data supplier or provider, that have data which are included in this dataset resource
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Licensing statusThe license used for making this resource available and defining how it can be used
- Restricted
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Disclosure controlThe standard or bespoke disclosure control rules that apply to this dataset
- Standard disclosure rules apply
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Restrictions for accessRestrictions for users and researchers accessing data in Google Cloud Platform
- Access for all accredited researchers
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Research outputsThe approval route researchers must take for their outputs to be published
- No requirements
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Project approvalThe project approvals needed for this resource
- Projects must be accredited
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Research disclaimerThe disclaimer required to be published with the outputs for this dataset
- No requirements
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AcronymAny other names or acronyms used to refer to the data
- AFDI
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ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated
- Foreign Direct Investment Survey