The total value of foreign investment or capital importation into Nigeria declined on a quarter-on-quarter basis by 28.1 percent to $1.6billion in the first quarter of (Q1) of 2022 from $2.2 billion in Q4 of last year, according to the latest Capital Importation report.
The report published by the National Bureau of statistics today, also showed that on a year-on-year basis, it declined by 17.5 percent from $1.9billion in Q1 2021
“The largest amount of capital importation by type was received through Portfolio Investment, which accounted for 60.9 percent ($957.6 million). This was followed by Other Investment with 29. 3 percent ($460.6 million) and Foreign Direct Investment accounted for 9.9 percent ($154.9 million) of total capital imported in Q1 2022,” the report stated.
The report also highlighted that in terms of Sectors, capital importation into banking had the highest inflow of $818.8 million amounting for 52.1 percent of total capital imported in the first quarter of 2022.
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This was followed by capital imported into the production sector, valued at $223.7 million (14.2 percent) and the financing sector with $199.37 million (12.7 percent).
In terms of country of origin, the United Kingdom ranked top as the source of capital imported into Nigeria in Q1 2022 with a value of $1.021.2 million, accounting for 64.9 percent.
This was followed by the Republic of South Africa and the United States of America valued at $117.5 million (7.5 percent) and $82.1million (5.2 percent) respectively.
