Investment Policy Monitor
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for growth and development.
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Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
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Australia
Updates the Guidance Notes for foreign investment
13 Apr 2022On 13 April 2022, the Australian Treasury updated the Guidance Notes covering inter alia agriculture, commercial land, mining, residential land, and securities, available to investors to reflect the amendments made to the foreign investment framework and to address certain issues identified during the evaluation of the 2021 foreign investment reforms. For instance:
- The Guidance Note on agriculture provides relevant information on agricultural land and other topics such as definition of agricultural land, meaning of primary production business, concept of ‘could reasonably be used for’ a primary production business, issue of approval, etc.;
- The Guidance Note on commercial land provides information on commercial land and other topics such as the definition of commercial land; issue of approval; thresholds for commercial land investments, etc.
- The Guidance on mining, provides information on land for mining and other topics such as issue of approval, mining or production tenement, exploration tenements etc.;
- The Guidance Note on residential land the provides further information on residential land including the issue approval, acquisitions of vacant residential land, acquisitions of new (and near-new) dwellings, the various types of dwellings; and
- The Guidance Note on foreign investment in securities or assets provides further information on business investments and the topics such as approval, general Australian entities and businesses; agribusinesses, land entities, media businesses, national security businesses, and offshore acquisitions and takeovers.
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Type:
- Promotion and facilitation (Investment facilitation )
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Industry:
- Primary (Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Mining and quarrying)
- Services (Financial and insurance activities, Real estate activities)
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Sources:
- Government portal, Guidance Notes, Foreign Investment Review Board, 13 April 2022., https://firb.gov.au/guidance-notes, 13 Apr 2022
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for growth and development.
-
Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.