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2019 Corporate Annual Report
Enhancing Vanuatu’s economic well-being through quality approaches in how we engage with foreign investors and improvements in the country’s investment climate remains at the forefront of policy making remain our key focus for the year.
2018 Annual Report
Vanuatu continued to attract a high number of foreign investment applications. The number of new foreign investment approvals recorded in 2018 was 156, largely dominated by wholesale retail (WRT), accommodation and food services activities (AFSA) and construction activities representing close to VT9 billions of proposed investment.
Annual Report: 2017
Vanuatu’s Single Unique Proposition continues to deliver: Vanuatu’s value proposition to global investors and corporates as a “Tax Haven Country” continues to resonate. Post TC PA recovery projects have been attractive to investors because of the absence of income and corporate taxes. For example the number of new proposals in the “Construction” and related industries increased 86% compared to the previous year.
Annual Report: 2014
Our efforts have resulted in an increase of 17 percent in the number of new FDI applications received and approved in 2014. Between 2008 and 2013, the trend of FDI has been very sporadic maintaining a downward trend averaging 4 percent.
 | QTR 1 2019 Number of new foreign investment proposal increase during the quarter. China as a source market for Vanuatu continue to dominate. Read more |
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| QTR 1 2018 Number of new foreign investment approvals declined in Q1 of 2018 declined 10%. China as a source market for Vanuatu continue to dominate. Read more |
| QTR 4 2017 Number of new foreign investment approvals maintains steady growth. Q1 2017 new DFI proposals increased 39% over previous quarter. Read more |
