DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE AND SUCCESSFUL NATION BY STIMULATING INVESTMENTS AND EXPORTS

TALICA RATULEVU- ACTING INVESTMENT MANAGER

Foreign Investment Registration Certificate (FIRC) Applications

• Received 238 applications out of which 228 were registered .

• The 228 projects registered have a proposed value of $722.56million and proposed employment of 2903

• A noted increase of 39% in applications being registered compared to the same period last year

• The Services sector registered the highest of 110 projects, however, the Electricity, Gas & Water Supply sectors recorded the highest proposed value at $119,605,000

SECTOR SUMMARY JAN-AUG

Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4

2.4

4.4

1.8

2.8

2 2

3

5

Series 2 Series 3

    2015     2014  

SECTOR

PROJECT REGISTERE

DPROPOSED

INVESTMENTPROPOSED

EMPLOYMENTPROJECTS

REGISTEREDPROPOSED

VALUEPROPOSED

EMPLOYMENT

Tourism 26 $115,531,096 440 27 $70,876,769 428Wholesale & Retail 42 $50,105,584 250 30 $6,615,000 109Real Estate 14 $173,700,000 817 5 $40,022,463 65Education 3 $446,000 30 0    Financial Intermed 1 $250,000 14 2 $12,400,000 25Manufacturing 14 $111,881,000 341 9 $97,250,000 615Agriculture 5 $3,532,000 89 13 $16,647,000 274Mining & Quarrying 3 $7,600,000 27 2 $13,000,000 102Electricity, Gas & Water 4 $199,605,000 160 1 $750,000 5Construction 3 $23,000,000 130 5 $37,750,000 560Transport, Storage & Com 2 $152,875 5 3 $2,085,000 60Fishing 1 $220,000 3 0    Services 110 $36,517,222 597 67 $14,220,006 308

TOTAL 228 $722,540,777 2903 164$311,616,23

8 2551

SECTORS SUMMARY OF PROJECTS REGISTERED

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

5 3 114 14

110

26

4 3

42

3 213

0 29

5

67

27

15

30

2 3

2015 YTD AUG

2014 YTD AUG

Country Summary  2015 2014

COUNTRYNo. of

Investors Project

Proposed Investment by

sector ($)

Proposed employme

nt by sector

No. of Investor

s Project

Proposed Investment

by sector ($)

Proposed employme

nt by sector

Australia 62 $51,867,808 410 88 $25,716,000 400Bangladesh 1 $50,000 0 0 0 0British Virgin Island 3 $54,500,000 258 0 0 0Canada 5 $3,502,000 11 2 $0 0

China188 $177,122,000 1150 74

$106,475,000 511

Czech Republic 1 $950,000 3  0 0 0Fiji 88 $75,410,000 110 50 $7,400,000 31France 1 $0 0 3 $80,000 2Germany 0 0 0 2 $800,000 12Hong Kong 1 $210,000 20 2 $2,504,000 25India 22 $4,310,000 176 8 $640,000 7Japan 10 $1,250,000 11 2 $250,000 0Kiribati 1 $50,000 2 2 $100,000 4Korea 27 $93,650,000 87 15 $2,927,000 51Mexico  0  0  0 1 $270,000 5Malaysia 2 $2,000,000 5 1 0 0

New Zealand

49 $67,522,906 260 39 $9,897,469 129

Netherland 1 $200,000 3 1 $100,000 2Philippines 1 $120,500 2 2 $150,000 3Pakistan 2 $200,000 6  0  0  0PNG 1 $230,000 20 4 $26,505,000 494Russia 1 $1,000,000 10  0  0  0South Africa

2 $150,000 10 5 $6,050,000 66

Switzerland  0  0  0 1 $200,000 5Sri Lanka  0  0  0 1 0 0Solomon Is.  0  0  0 1 0 0Spain  0  0  0 1 $350,000 10Seychelle 1 $5,000,000 8  0  0  0Tonga  0  0  0 1 $50,000 4Tunisia 1 $200,000 8  0  0  0Turkey  0  0  0 1 $50,000 0Singapore 2 $18,429,049 30 3 $90,680,000 509Ukraine 2 $150,000 5 2 $100,000 0UK 12 $17,178,514 29 11 $150,000 21USA 26 $147,268,000 269 18 $24,560,000 254Vanuatu 1 $20,000 0  0 0  0Yemen  0  0  0 2 $25,000 2Total 514 $722,540,777 2903 343 $306,029,469 2547

Country summary of Projects

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 210

40

80

120

160

62

188

88

4926

1222 27

12 2 1 10 5 2 11

1 1 0 2 2

2014 YTD MAY2015 YTD MAY

FOREIGN INVESTMENT PROJECTS REGISTERED FOR NADI (Jan-Aug 2015)

• 16 out of 228 projects are to be located in Nadi

• Proposed total value of the projects s FD$26,444,523

• Two real estate projects with a proposed value of $13m

Sector ValueNo.

Projects

Real Estate $13m 2

Tourism $9.534.523m 6

Mining & Quarrying $3m 1

NADI PROJECTS PROPOSED VALUES BY SECTOR

TourismWholesale & Retail

Real EstateEducation

Financial IntermedManufacturing

AgricultureMining & Quarrying

$0 $5,000,000 $10,000,000 $15,000,000

$9,534,523

$200,000

$13,000,000

$210,000

$250,000

$150,000

$100,000

$3,000,000

PROPOSED VALUE

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