A Foreign investments in Aragon reached 793.9 million euros in 2024The field is a figure that represents Annual 201.5% increasesSince the previous year, in 2023, it was closed at 263.3 million euros.
This figure is also The highest is recorded over the past ten yearsThe transition from almost 100 million euros to almost 794 million, with the help of which it ended 2024, according to the information of the Datanex database of the Ministry of Economics and was analyzed in the last ballot of the Aragon economic clay conducted by the executive aragon.
This fact, in addition, exceeds registered peaks of 2018 and 2022Which have reached maximum foreign investments in the Aragon community, exceeding 300 million and 450.2 million euros, respectively, and allows you to resume the ascending path after a decrease, registered in 2023, it was located at 263.3 million -to 2022.
Thus, Aragon reached a historical maximum not only in the last decade, but also A higher level in the historical series, which begins in 1993In addition, it records the percentage increase much higher than on average in the Spanish language, by only 2%, a total of 31,966.2 million euros in 2024 throughout the national territory.
In Spain, Aragon became The sixth community as a destination of foreign investment In 2024. This is so Only behind the Madrid, Catalonia community, the Basian country, public Valencia and AndalusiaThe field and that, as a rule, the foreign headquarters, through which the investments are made, are located mainly in Madrid and Catalonia.
He The weight of foreign investment in Aragon amounted to 2.6% for the total total Last year. The percentage, which has also increased since then, traditionally, it was in previous years below 1%, with the exception of 2022, when it reached 1.4%.
Intragroup financing
The evolution of foreign investment in Aragon is even more if it is involved in the data of the intragroup financing component (before the Datainvex update only capital and heritage were included). In this case, Direct foreign investments in Aragon are growing to 911.99 million. Euro.
A fact that is 2.5% of the total and with which Aragon will be placed as the fifth autonomous community for taking foreign investment last year.
Investments by sectors and countries
And where do investments come from? In response to the activity sector, it is observed that 45.4% General foreign investment in Aragon last year is concentrated on the segment Supply of electricity, gas, steam and airField
After it, wholesale and intermediary trade, with the exception of cars, from 19% of the total; The food industry with 1.52% of the total and education with 6.3%.
TO A direct countryHighlight those countries that are usually used as an intermediary for their low taxation, for example, as NetherlandsWhich reach 45.5% of the total number of foreign investments in Aragon, followed by Luxembourg, from 29.7% and the UK, from 11.5 of the total. It is also significant France, with 4%.
The situation is changing if addressed The last country This makes investments. In this case, the first position occupies its Denmarkwith 40.6%, followed by Hong Kong, with 11.6%, France with 8.2%and the United States with 6.9%.
Even in this list, Spain makes his way as an end country, concentrating 18.9% of the total investment, since they are subsequently carried out through companies, for example, the Netherlands or Luxembourg.
How do the latest investments affect?
The figures collected in this situation were achieved by an announcement of consistent business investments in the community, although a nuance is made in the report.
As explained You cannot directly connect some announcements about large investment projects and their economic value with these positive data using the SO -in -called “headquarters” effect ” As a result, investments are assigned to the location of the fiscal housing of the company, which invests and should not be in Aragon.
Thus, it is indicated that most of the foreign investments that will be carried out in the Arabic community in the following exercises will probably be calculated in the Arabic community for the purposes of this statistics for obtaining The Spanish subsidiary of the multinational company, which makes investments to its headquarters in another communityField
The report did not take into account investments made by organizations to own foreign values (etc.), that is, companies created in Spain, whose “main” object is the possession of companies located abroad.
In addition, it should be borne in mind that the level of autonomous communities can only be proposed information about gross investments, since inaccessible data on net investments, which is the result of subtracting gross investments from the transmission between residents and unrealized, as well as partial liquidation (reduction of capital) or total number (solutions or bankruptcy).
Despite these governing principles of research, The report concludes that the data obtained from foreign investment in Aragon confirm the ability of the community to attract investments Outside this autonomy.
