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March 2023
Chile’s Central Bank revises figures upward: Foreign investment grew by 31% in 2022 to highest level since 2014
21 March 2023
Chile’s Central Bank revised its previous report and corrected figures on incoming foreign investment to the country last year, which reached US$20.9 billion. Yesterday, Chile’s Central Bank published balance of payments, international investment position and external debt figures for the fourth quarter of 2022, rectifying the amount of incoming foreign investment to the country […]
February 2023
InvestChile’s Portfolio reached US$28,345 million in 2022, together with US$29,000 million in Green Hydrogen projects
14 February 2023
“We secured investments totaling US$12,296 million for Chile last year, which created over 5,300 jobs, an increase of 32% over 2021. This reaffirms foreign investors’ confidence in Chile,” said Karla Flores, the Agency Director. InvestChile is Chile’s Foreign Investment Promotion Agency and its portfolio was valued at US$28,345 million as of December 2022, comprised of […]
Foreign investment rises 12% in 2022, reaching US$17.1 billion
10 February 2023
Chilean Economy Minister Nicolás Grau said the figures are a “good sign for the Chilean economy,” as they reflect investor confidence in the country and help create more and better jobs. Chile’s Central Bank reported this morning that between January and December 2022, Chile received US$17.10 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI). According to InvestChile’s […]
January 2023
President appoints investment attachés to France, Italy and Canada
31 January 2023
Their role will be to support the management and coordination of activities between Chilean public services and their local counterparts, in order to identify and establish contact with investors and priority projects for the Chilean State. The President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, has appointed attachés in technology, investment, culture, cooperation, human rights and the press. […]
InvestChile Executive Director participates in FEN and AWS course to improve public management
27 January 2023
The event was organized by the Faculty of Economy and Business at the Universidad de Chile in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the AWS Institute. InvestChile Executive Director Karla Flores participated this Wednesday as a speaker on the “Executive Education: Digital Transformation for the Public Sector” course, given by the Faculty of Economy […]
Foreign investment reaches US$ 16.85 billion in November
10 January 2023
Economy, Development and Tourism Minister Nicolás Grau highlighted the elevated figures and pledged that the government will continue to work hard to maintain this trend. Chile’s Central Bank reported this morning that between January and November of 2022, Chile received US$16.85 in foreign direct investment (FDI). According to InvestChile’s analysis, this is 11% higher than […]
December 2022
International InvestChile Forum in pictures
16 December 2022
Over one hundred representatives of companies from 28 countries with 56 investment projects worth US$4 billion and 1,900 potential jobs participated in the International InvestChile Forum 2022, which is Chile’s most important event for attracting foreign investment. The first such Forum was held in 2014, and it aims to provide participating companies with first-hand knowledge […]
InvestChile opens offices in the USA and Germany
09 December 2022
Beatriz Herrera and Vanessa Séverin were selected as investment attachés for Washington D.C. (USA) and Berlin (Germany), respectively. As part of the measures to encourage investment that were introduced by Chilean President Gabriel Boric under the «We Invest in Chile Plan», InvestChile announced this week the appointment of new investment attachés for Europe and the […]
Foreign investment reached US$ 15 billion as of October
07 December 2022
The Economy, Development and Tourism Minister, Nicolás Grau, said that «investment trends and dynamics have been better than expected.» Chile’s Central Bank reported this morning that Chile received US$15.3 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) between January and October this year. This was 27% higher than the average for 2003 to 2022 and 19% higher […]
President Boric: «Foreign investment plays a tremendously important role in reviving the economy»
07 December 2022
The President made this statement at the InvestChile 2022 International Forum, an event that brings together more than one hundred representatives of companies from 28 countries with investment projects worth US$ 4 billion. Over one hundred representatives of companies from 28 countries with 56 investment projects worth US$4 billion and 1,900 potential jobs are participating […]