Know which countries come direct investment in Brazil; USA lead to

Country that implemented in August the tariff of up to 50% against Brazilian exports, the United States is the origin of the largest share of direct investments that arrive in Brazil.

The finding is in the Central Bank’s foreign capital census (BC), released on Friday (26) in Brasilia.

The survey points out that, In 2024, Brazil reached a stock of US $ 1,141 trillion in foreign direct investment in the countrywhich represents 46.6% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), set of goods and services produced in the country. The percentage is the largest recorded.

In analyzing foreign investment, the BC divides this amount into two parts:

• US $ 884.8 billion are participation in the capital of almost 19 thousand companies, ie partners;
• US $ 256.4 billion are intercoming operations, that is, loans between companies.

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Countries

The BC Census identifies which countries came from US $ 884.8 billion that are part of the corporate capital of companies here in Brazil. The list is led by the United States, with $ 244.7 billion, ie 28% of the total.

See the main countries:

1. United States: US $ 244.7 billion (28% of the total)
2. Netherlands: US $ 145.5 BI (16%)
3. Luxembourg: $ 79.2 billion (9%)
4. France: US $ 63.3 billion (7%)
5. Spain: US $ 61.0 billion (7%)
6. United Kingdom: US $ 31.0 billion (4%)
7. Japan: US $ 27.8 BI (3%)
8. Germany: US $ 21.9 billion (2%)
9. Canada: US $ 21.1 billion (2%)
10. Cayman Islands: $ 20.7 billion (2%)

Tax havens

BC Statistics Department, Fernando Rocha, explains that this list considers the place of origin of the “immediate investor”, that is, where the resources came from.

“In fact, it is the country where is the company that immediately owns the company here.”

It contextualizes that, in some cases, the foreign company originates in another country, but keeps thirsty in a third party, for tax reasons.

“These are the so -called tax havens, places [para] Where companies send their resources, centralize their financial operation there, because they pay less taxes, and from there comes to Brazil, ”he details.

According to him, That’s why Luxembourg and Cayman Islands in the Caribbean Sea appear on the list.

In considering the controlling country of foreign investment, which disregards whether there were subsidiaries or tax havens along the way, the BC list presents:

1. United States: US $ 232.8 billion (26% of the total)
2. France: US $ 69.3 billion (8%)
3. Uruguay: US $ 58.4 billion (7%)
4. Spain: US $ 50.0 billion (6%)
5. Netherlands: US $ 48.6 billion (5%)

Sectors

The Central Bank mapped the sectors of the economy that most attract foreign direct investment. The services lead the attraction, with 59%of the total, ahead of industry (29%) and agriculture and mineral extractivism (12%)

When analyzing within these sectors, the champion activities of attraction of abroad are:

1. Financial services and auxiliary activities: 22%
2. Oil and natural gas extraction: 8%
3. Commerce, except vehicles: 7%
4. Electricity, gas and other utilities: 5%
5. Chemicals: 4%
6. Motor vehicles, trailers and bodies: 4%

The BC Census also points to which activity each country directs direct investment. In the case of the United States as a final controller, 25% go to the transformation industry (transforms raw materials into a final or intermediate product, which will be modified again by another industry) and 22% to financial, insurance and related services.