FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
PERMITS BY COUNTRIES
($ MILLION OF DOLLARS)

                              1993                     1994                    1995*          

                    Number of    Amount of    Number of    Amount of    Number of   Amount of    
                    Permits      Capital      Permits      Capital      Permits     Capital      

I.OECD Countries    774          2.042.8      745          1,373.3      93          343.6        

A.EC Countries      546          1176.4       568          970.6        71          139.4        

Germany             205          158.4        210          223.5        28          16.7         

Belgium-Luxemburg   11           33.1         22           61.3         0           2.0          

Denmark             13           5.2          12           8.6          0           0.0          

France              82           225.6        94           256.3        8           54.4         

Netherlands         75           211.6        75           196.0        14          38.7         

United Kingdom      68           114.7        60           51.4         7           5.3          

Ireland             3            0.9          6            4.9          0           0.5          

Italy               73           419.3        77           164.0        10          21.5         

Greece              10           3.0          5            1.1          2           0.3          

Spain               6            4.7          7            3.4          2           0.1          

Portugal            0            0.0          0            0.1          0           0.0          

B.OT.OECD           228          866.4        177          402.7        22          204.2        
Countries                                                                                        

U.S.A.              100          399.7        79           157.3        2           20.4         

Japan               10           237.1        16           125.9        4           151.3        

Switzerland         65           141.9        46           54.3         8           10.7         

Austria             23           5.6          17           3.6          3           0.3          

Others              30           82.2         19           61.6         5           21.3         

II.Islamic          108          78.7         101          45.3         33          13.0         
Countries                                                                                        

A.Middle East       105          74.3         88           41.6         27          12.6         
Count.                                                                                           

Iran                21           5.8          20           4.0          6           1.0          

Iraq                9            1.8          17           2.8          5           0.8          

Saudi Arabia        21           15.1         13           8.4          4           0.3          

Kuwait              3            0.5          3            0.7          0           0.6          

Lebanon             7            2.3          4            1.0          3           0.7          

Syria               9            2.7          11           1.7          2           0.1          

Jordan              3            0.2          3            0.6          0           0.0          

Bahrain             5            25.9         5            12.0         1           6.0          

Qatar               1            8.4          1            3.8          0           0.0          

T.R.N.C.            13           5.7          3            5.2          2           2.0          

IDP                 7            1.2          6            0.8          4           1.2          

UAE                 2            3.4          1            0.3          0           0.0          

Yemen               0            0.0          1            0.2          0           0.0          

B.North African     0            3.8          4            0.5          3           0.3          
Count.                                                                                           

Libya               0            2.5          0            0.0          2           0.1          

Egypt               0            1.3          4            0.5          1           0.1          

Tunisia             0            0.0          0            0.0          0           0.0          

C.Others            3            0.6          9            3.2          3           0.2          

III.Other           238          149.9        243          66.0         43          4.0          
Countries                                                                                        

Grand Total         1120         2.271.3      1089         1,484.7      169         360.5        

(*)As of end of February