Fri. Nov 22nd, 2024
capital importation

By Adedapo Adesanya

Nigeria’s total capital importation rose by 66.3 per cent to $1.089 billion in the last quarter (Q4) of 2023 compared with the $654.65 million recorded in the third quarter of 2023.

The figure for the final quarter of last year was slightly higher than the $1.06 billion recorded in Q4 2022, indicating an increase of 2.6 per cent.

Capital importation refers to the funds brought in from abroad into Nigeria for investment, trade, and manufacturing within a country. They are often structured into three – Other Investment, Portfolio Investment, and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

In the period under review, Other Investment ranked top accounting for 54.6 per cent as it brought in $594.74 million of Nigeria’s total capital importation in Q4 2023, followed by Portfolio Investment with 28.5 per cent at $309.76 million and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) with 16.9 per cent, which amounted to $183.97 million.

The entirety of  Nigeria’s Other Investment in Q4 came from foreign loans while money market instruments ($231.78 million), bonds ($67.16 million), and equity ($10.83 million) made up the Portfolio Investment, while FDI saw a majority of its inflows come from equity ($183.96 million) and Other Capital ($0.01 million).

By sectors – the production/manufacturing sector recorded the highest inflow with $450.11 million, representing 41.4 per cent of total capital imported in Q4 2023, followed by the banking sector, valued at $283.30 million (26.0 per cent), and financing with $135.59 million (12.5 per cent).

The majority of foreign capital inflows came from the United Kingdom with $267.24 million, and recorded a 24.6 per cent share. This was followed by Mauritius with $226.18 million (20.8 per cent) and the Netherlands with $149.93 million (13.9 per cent).

Others include Singapore’s $144.25 million ( 13.3 per cent) and South Africa with $116.37 million (10.7 per cent).

Only four states brought any foreign capital into the country in the three months as Lagos State remained the top destination in Q4 2023 with $771.68 million, accounting for 65.3 per cent of total capital importation, followed by Abuja (FCT) with $370.80 million (34.1 per cent), Rivers state with $6.00 million (0.6 per cent) while Ekiti State brought in ~$10,000.

Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc received the highest capital importation into Nigeria in Q4 2023 with $499.45 million (45.9 per cent) by banks, followed by Citibank Nigeria Limited with $229.06 million (21.0 per cent) and Rand Merchant Bank Plc with $85.85 (7.9 per cent).

By Adedapo Adesanya

Adedapo Adesanya is a journalist, polymath, and connoisseur of everything art. When he is not writing, he has his nose buried in one of the many books or articles he has bookmarked or simply listening to good music with a bottle of beer or wine. He supports the greatest club in the world, Manchester United F.C.

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