The US is the leading destination market for greenfield paper, printing and packaging FDI, while it is also the top source market. GlobalData’s paper, printing and packaging foreign direct investment (FDI) report highlights the current trends in paper, printing and packaging foreign investments. Buy the report here.
Between 2019 and 2022, the paper, printing and packaging sector was the twenty-second largest FDI sector in terms of the number of greenfield investments. The paper, printing and packaging sector accounts for 0.8% of global greenfield FDI projects.
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Greenfield foreign direct investment is when a company invests abroad to establish a new physical presence or expand an existing operation. Greenfield investments create jobs and/or involve a capital investment into the foreign location. Other forms of FDI, such as mergers and acquisitions, are not included as part of this definition.
Combined, the top ten destination countries account for 57.9% of total paper, printing and packaging FDI projects.
The leading destination country for paper, printing and packaging FDI is the US. Germany, France and Brazil are also popular paper, printing and packaging investment hubs.
According to GlobalData’s FDI Projects database, Canada-based companies were the leading source of greenfield paper, printing and packaging investments into the US.
With respect to outbound FDI, the US was the leading paper, printing and packaging source market. US-based companies held a 19.6% share of total outbound paper, printing and packaging FDI projects. The UK, Germany, Ireland and Austria are also top source markets for paper, printing and packaging FDI.
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