Large German firms invest roughly the same amounts at home and abroad

In 2014 a good half of German enterprises with an annual turnover of more than EUR 500 million invested abroad, each expending EUR 125 million on average. Nine in ten enterprises regard foreign investment as complementary and not as a substitute for their activities at home. This is consistent with the fact that they have invested more than the same amount at home in addition to their foreign investment. Companies intend to keep their current level roughly constant, with 52 % planning to invest outside Germany in the current three-year period 2015 to 2017 as well, each with average expenditure of EUR 340 million across the entire period. Expansion remains by far the most important motive for foreign investment.

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