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Table 2a: Geographical breakdown of the euro area international investment position

(EUR billions; outstanding amounts at the end of 2006)

Total European Union Offshore financialcentres Internationalorganisations
Total Denmark Sweden UnitedKingdom Other EUcountries EUinstitutions of which:Hong Kong
Net international investment position -1,024.4 - - - - - - - - -
Direct investment 417.1 -47.3 -7.2 -21.0 -218.6 199.8 -0.3 -5.6 44.3 -0.2
Abroad 3,075.9 1,147.6 35.1 83.4 803.8 225.2 0.0 329.1 48.9 0.0
Equity/reinvested earnings 2,510.5 934.2 32.0 58.1 644.5 199.5 0.0 306.8 47.1 0.0
Other capital 565.4 213.4 3.1 25.3 159.3 25.7 0.0 22.2 1.7 0.0
In the euro area 2,658.8 1,194.9 42.3 104.4 1,022.5 25.4 0.3 334.7 4.6 0.3
Equity/reinvested earnings 2,039.8 958.9 36.8 86.2 825.4 10.2 0.2 208.9 1.3 0.0
Other capital 619.0 236.0 5.5 18.2 197.1 15.2 0.1 125.8 3.3 0.3
Portfolio investment -1,523.9 - - - - - - - - -
Assets 4,441.3 1,375.2 65.5 140.8 1,002.5 97.9 68.6 527.7 37.0 32.1
Equity 2,012.0 487.1 12.3 58.0 393.0 23.6 0.1 216.5 34.4 1.4
Debt 2,429.3 888.1 53.2 82.8 609.5 74.2 68.4 311.2 2.6 30.7
Bonds and notes 2,051.5 730.9 48.4 70.9 471.2 72.3 68.2 271.9 2.3 29.7
Money market instruments 377.8 157.2 4.8 11.9 138.3 2.0 0.2 39.4 0.3 1.0
Liabilities 5,965.2 - - - - - - - - -
Equity 2,932.5 - - - - - - - - -
Debt 3,032.7 - - - - - - - - -
Bonds and notes 2,738.8 - - - - - - - - -
Money market instruments 293.9 - - - - - - - - -
Financial derivatives -43.5 - - - - - - - - -
Other investment -200.0 103.9 86.3 13.3 121.7 31.3 -148.7 -212.8 -22.1 -20.0
Assets 4,392.0 2,306.6 111.2 69.0 1,986.6 130.4 9.4 438.3 33.8 45.7
General government 117.1 25.2 2.1 0.1 14.2 1.5 7.4 1.4 0.0 38.5
MFIs 2,947.1 1,730.6 95.5 47.7 1,489.5 97.2 0.6 274.4 15.9 6.6
Other sectors 1,327.9 550.9 13.6 21.2 482.9 31.7 1.4 162.5 17.9 0.6
Liabilities 4,592.0 2,202.8 25.0 55.7 1,864.9 99.1 158.1 651.1 56.0 65.6
General government 47.8 24.1 0.0 0.3 2.4 0.0 21.4 0.2 0.0 2.7
MFIs 3,567.5 1,662.0 19.4 35.0 1,433.5 77.1 97.0 580.4 49.7 60.4
Other sectors 976.8 516.7 5.5 20.4 429.0 22.0 39.8 70.5 6.3 2.6
Reserve assets 325.8 - - - - - - - - -

Table 2a: Geographical breakdown of the euro area international investment position(continued)

Brazil Canada China1) India Japan Russia Switzerland United States Other countries
Source: ECB.
( 1 ) Data for mainland China, excluding Hong Kong.
Net international investment position - - - - - - - - -
Direct investment 72.6 37.3 22.1 9.5 -6.2 28.8 78.1 -24.5 252.3
Abroad 78.9 90.2 24.9 9.7 68.2 40.0 300.0 608.0 379.4
Equity/reinvested earnings 71.4 71.0 20.1 8.2 63.5 28.0 250.1 453.1 304.0
Other capital 7.5 19.2 4.8 1.5 4.7 12.0 49.9 154.9 75.3
In the euro area 6.3 52.8 2.7 0.2 74.4 11.2 221.8 632.5 127.1
Equity/reinvested earnings 4.3 47.0 0.3 0.2 60.7 9.1 163.9 477.0 109.5
Other capital 2.0 5.8 2.5 -0.1 13.7 2.0 57.9 155.5 17.6
Portfolio investment - - - - - - - - -
Assets 44.3 84.5 37.5 28.1 262.7 50.0 141.1 1,452.6 405.4
Equity 26.3 22.6 35.2 26.9 181.0 43.7 128.6 670.9 171.7
Debt 18.0 61.9 2.3 1.2 81.7 6.3 12.5 781.7 233.6
Bonds and notes 17.6 59.7 2.3 1.1 62.2 5.8 8.4 657.6 204.2
Money market instruments 0.4 2.2 0.0 0.1 19.6 0.4 4.0 124.1 29.4
Liabilities - - - - - - - - -
Financial derivatives - - - - - - - - -
Other investment 6.5 -1.4 3.9 -0.3 -37.5 -11.7 -49.3 -5.4 24.3
Assets 20.8 19.4 25.2 15.0 73.6 68.1 263.1 585.9 530.4
General government 0.1 0.0 1.9 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 3.1 45.8
MFIs 13.2 11.0 12.0 8.6 38.8 40.1 162.3 344.0 305.7
Other sectors 7.5 8.4 11.4 5.7 34.7 27.9 100.7 238.8 178.9
Liabilities 14.3 20.8 21.3 15.3 111.2 79.8 312.4 591.4 506.1
General government 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 6.2 13.7
MFIs 11.0 13.9 8.5 12.3 60.2 71.4 252.4 416.2 418.7
Other sectors 3.3 6.8 12.8 3.0 50.3 8.4 59.9 169.0 73.6
Reserve assets - - - - - - - - -