Coordinated Direct Investment Survey
Last Updated: July 24, 2008The IMF is conducting the 2009 Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS) in conjunction with its interagency partners, including the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, the European Central Bank, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. As of the end of May 2008, more than 130 economies had indicated interest in the CDIS, including virtually every major FDI investing and FDI receiving economy.
The purpose of the CDIS is to improve the quality of direct investment position statistics in the international investment position and by immediate counterpart economy. Specifically, the objectives of the CDIS are to collect comprehensive and harmonized data, with geographic detail, on direct investment positions, with equity reported separately from debt investment. The measurement date is end-2009. Data for both inward and outward direct investment positions are sought. Nonetheless, for countries where outward direct investment is not material, data on inward direct investment positions are sufficient for participation in the CDIS.
The first estimates are to be reported to the IMF by the end of September 2010, and are expected to be published by the end of 2010 or early in 2011. More comprehensive data will become available later in 2011.
Methodological Material: How to Compile Direct Investment Data
The Coordinated Direct Investment Survey Guide (English)
Framework of Direct Investment Relationships(FDIR)
Implementation Plan and Related Documents
Implementation Plan for 2009 Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (January 2008 CDIS Task Force Meeting, Hong Kong SAR)
Japan's Experience in Compiling a Mailing List
United Kingdom's Experience in Building a Register
Experience of the United Kingdom in Use of Electronic Direct Investment Questionnaire
Data Template for Reporting to the IMF
Items Compilers May Wish to Collect, in Addition to Direct Investment Positions
Country Codes and Regional Groupings
IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics
IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics: Home Page
2007 meeting: Progress on the Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS) (BOPCOM-07/03)
2006 meeting: Coordinated Direct Investment Survey: Report by the IMF (BOPCOM-06/10)
2005 meeting: Update on Feasibility Study on Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (BOPCOM-05/3)
2004 meeting: Update on Feasibility Study on Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (BOPCOM-04/4)
2003 meeting: Recent Work by the IMF's Statistics Department in the Area of FDI Statistics (BOPCOM-03/30)
Contact
For further information on the CDIS, please contact cdis@imf.org.