Investment Map helps investment promotion agencies (IPAs) in recognizing sectors that have successfully attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) in their country, assisting with the identification of priority sectors for investment promotion. It also helps IPAs identify the countries with whom they compete for foreign investment in a specific sector, and shows for each sector the most active investing countries. Moreover, information on domestic affiliates of international companies enables enterprises looking to supply multinational corporations in finding a local link to join global supply chains.

Investment Map is an online FDI tracking tool that, rather than offering only top-line aggregate figures, also supplies FDI sector and country breakdowns investment data at the sector level and combines information on investment flows and stocks, trade and tariff data, and activities of foreign affiliates under the UN ISIC rev 3 nomenclature. It also provides direct links to other tools, such as the World Investment Directory, Market Access Map and Trade Map, for a complete market assessment.

Investment Map includes:

• Total FDI flows and stocks for around 200 countries and territories
• FDI flows and stocks, broken down by industry and/or country for more than 110 countries
• Export and import data and indicators of trade performance for around 227 countries and territories
• Tariff data applied by 187 countries and faced by 200 exporting countries and territories
• Information on the location, sales, employment and parent company for over 130,000 foreign affiliates located in developing countries and economies in transition

A limited version of Investment Map is accessible without registration for the sector and country breakdown of FDI flows and stocks:

Foreign Direct Investment Statistics 2001-2010

Investment Map is part of a suite of ITC developed Market Analysis Tools, free to least developed and developing countries thanks to support from donors to ITC’s Trust Fund. The tools – Trade Map, Market Access Map, Investment Map and Standards Map – collectively help improve international trade transparency and enable companies and trade support institutions to identify export / import opportunities and compare market access requirements (e.g. tariffs, official market regulations and other non tariff measures as well as private voluntary standards like organic certification or FAIRTRADE). The tools also help trade policy makers monitor national trade performance and prepare for trade negotiations.

Free user support material, including video trainings, is also available online.