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Table 2a: Geographical breakdown of the euro area's international investment position at end- 2012

(EUR billions; outstanding amounts)

Total European Union (outside the euro area) Offshore financialcentres Internationalorganisations
Total Denmark Sweden UnitedKingdom Other EUcountries EUinstitutions of which:Hong Kong
Net international investment position -1,262.9 - - - - - - - - -
Direct investment 1,436.7 421.2 -16.2 19.6 135.0 284.0 -1.2 -223.4 47.3 -0.2
Abroad 5,881.3 1,689.6 29.4 171.7 1,156.7 331.7 0.1 585.4 83.9 0.1
Equity/reinvested earnings 4,374.3 1,250.6 22.8 103.9 867.4 256.4 0.0 486.6 76.9 0.1
Other capital 1,507.0 439.0 6.5 67.8 289.4 75.2 0.1 98.8 7.0 0.0
In the euro area 4,444.6 1,268.4 45.6 152.2 1,021.7 47.7 1.3 808.7 36.5 0.3
Equity/reinvested earnings 3,124.5 1,017.0 36.8 136.2 810.0 32.7 1.3 425.6 19.6 0.0
Other capital 1,320.2 251.4 8.7 16.0 211.8 14.9 0.0 383.1 17.0 0.2
Portfolio investment -3,110.5 - - - - - - - - -
Assets 5,265.0 1,678.1 99.7 227.9 1,044.3 120.0 186.3 433.2 54.7 33.1
Equity 1,947.3 391.2 17.2 48.9 310.4 14.4 0.1 237.0 50.0 0.9
Debt 3,317.7 1,286.9 82.4 178.9 733.8 105.6 186.1 196.2 4.6 32.2
Bonds and notes 2,852.0 1,135.7 75.8 148.5 621.7 104.7 185.0 184.4 3.4 31.6
Money market instruments 465.7 151.3 6.6 30.4 112.1 0.9 1.2 11.8 1.2 0.6
Liabilities 8,375.5 - - - - - - - - -
Equity 3,475.4 - - - - - - - - -
Debt 4,900.1 - - - - - - - - -
Bonds and notes 4,438.9 - - - - - - - - -
Money market instruments 461.2 - - - - - - - - -
Financial derivatives -17.6 - - - - - - - - -
Other investment -260.9 -240.7 10.7 -26.1 -47.1 45.0 -223.1 51.3 5.3 -77.1
Assets 4,818.4 2,188.4 77.4 85.7 1,840.4 165.6 19.3 537.3 62.5 36.6
General government 167.9 65.6 1.0 4.6 43.4 1.8 14.9 3.3 0.0 30.6
MFIs 2,963.9 1,530.7 58.4 49.8 1,292.0 128.2 2.2 392.6 44.3 5.2
Other sectors 1,686.6 592.0 18.0 31.2 505.0 35.6 2.2 141.4 18.2 0.8
Liabilities 5,079.3 2,429.0 66.8 111.7 1,887.5 120.6 242.4 485.9 57.2 113.7
General government 227.5 107.1 0.3 0.9 26.3 0.2 79.4 1.2 0.0 83.1
MFIs 3,392.7 1,644.5 56.3 86.6 1,306.0 92.9 102.7 387.9 47.6 28.1
Other sectors 1,459.2 677.4 10.1 24.2 555.1 27.6 60.3 96.8 9.6 2.5
Reserve assets 689.4 - - - - - - - - -

Table 2a: Geographical breakdown of the euro area international investment position at end- 2012 (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 137.6 103.4 79.0 25.2 -22.3 102.3 161.0 176.1 476.5
Abroad 228.0 211.4 99.6 31.4 79.2 173.6 597.2 1,322.6 863.4
Equity/reinvested earnings 192.8 165.3 81.3 26.4 57.1 107.1 451.3 929.8 626.0
Other capital 35.3 46.1 18.3 5.0 22.1 66.5 145.9 392.7 237.4
In the euro area 90.4 108.0 20.6 6.1 101.5 71.3 436.1 1,146.4 386.8
Equity/reinvested earnings 97.4 86.9 7.8 6.6 88.1 60.0 262.7 856.5 215.8
Other capital -7.0 21.1 12.7 -0.4 13.4 11.3 173.4 289.9 171.0
Portfolio investment - - - - - - - - -
Assets 89.8 102.1 61.2 38.8 215.1 52.3 131.4 1,637.4 792.5
Equity 55.5 39.6 57.2 35.6 105.7 37.7 117.1 621.1 248.7
Debt 34.3 62.4 4.0 3.2 109.5 14.6 14.3 1,016.3 543.8
Bonds and notes 34.0 58.1 2.6 3.0 36.8 14.5 11.2 855.2 484.8
Money market instruments 0.3 4.3 1.3 0.2 72.7 0.1 3.0 161.1 59.0
Liabilities - - - - - - - - -
Financial derivatives - - - - - - - - -
Other investment 13.9 1.7 -15.7 -28.9 5.1 -7.8 -32.8 54.5 15.6
Assets 28.9 27.9 48.9 25.6 81.9 88.8 268.0 676.7 809.5
General government 1.0 1.8 3.1 2.8 0.9 1.5 1.5 11.0 44.9
MFIs 15.0 16.4 24.3 13.2 65.9 57.0 146.8 394.7 302.2
Other sectors 12.9 9.7 21.5 9.5 15.1 30.3 119.8 270.9 462.4
Liabilities 15.0 26.2 64.6 54.5 76.8 96.6 300.8 622.1 793.9
General government -0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.5 1.1 29.6 2.6
MFIs 7.6 17.0 38.2 46.3 50.7 80.9 239.2 338.5 513.7
Other sectors 7.4 9.1 26.4 8.2 26.0 13.2 60.6 254.0 277.7
Reserve assets - - - - - - - - -