Direct investments
How large are the investments of Danish companies abroad? And how large are foreign investments in Denmark? Direct investments cover transactions, stock, and investment income of foreign corporate investments.
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Investment in enterprises across Danish borders where the investor has an ownership interest that provides significant influence on the decisions of the enterprise in which they are investing. Outward investments refer to Danish investments in foreign enterprises, while inward investments refer to foreign investments in Danish enterprises.
The parent company is considered to be the parent company of one or more subsidiary companies, if the parent company directly or indirectly through a subsidiary owns more than half of the voting rights in a company and thus has a controlling influence in the subsidiary company.
A company that is subject to the controlling influence of a parent company. A subsidiary company is an independent and autonomous entity with its own management, which can hire and fire employees and prepare independent financial statements, etc. A subsidiary company can have only one direct parent company. A branch is not considered a subsidiary company.
A company abroad (subidiary or branch) that is subject to the controlling influence of a parent company from Denmark.
Selected statistics on Direct investments
Danmarks Nationalbank produces and publishes the statistics 'Direct investments'. Statistics Denmark makes data available to users on this subject page and in Statbank Denmark.
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The balance of payments describes the economic movements between Denmark and the rest of the world. The balance of payments for Denmark has been compiled since 1934. Today the main emphasis is placed upon income and expenditures in relation to foreign countries. Originally the most important item was the foreign debt, which is compiled as part of the International Investment Position (IIP) - Denmark's external assets and liabilities. Since 1991 the IIP has been compiled by Danmarks Nationalbank. The balance of payments statistics are compiled in cooperation between Danmarks Nationalbank and Statistics Denmark, the latter being responsible for publishing the consolidated statistics.
The statistics shows the development in Denmark's external trade in goods at a detailed level (imports and exports) by country and type of commodity. The statistics have been compiled regularly since 1838 covering 1836 and onwards.