"Figure 1: EU companies immediately and ultimately controlled the highest value of inward FDI positions in the UK","" "Inward foreign direct investment positions by continent on immediate and ultimate investing country basis, 2014 to 2016","" "","" "Notes","1. Office for National Statistics values for the UK are converted to US dollars using [International Monetary Fund (IMF)](http://data.imf.org/?sk=4C514D48-B6BA-49ED-8AB9-52B0C1A0179B) year-end exchange rates." "Unit","$ billion" "","" "","Immediate position","Ultimate position" "EU - 2014","765.2","569.9" "EU - 2015","653.3","527.4" "EU - 2016","678.8","575.6" "N Americas - 2014","410.4","567.1" "N Americas - 2015","484.2","558.9" "N Americas - 2016","385.4","538.2" "Asia - 2014","115.5","127.6" "Asia - 2015","121.6","130.9" "Asia - 2016","118.5","136.6" "Non-EU Europe - 2014","172.8","174.6" " Non-EU Europe- 2015","153.5","157.7" "Non-EU Europe - 2016","164.1","106.1" "Rest of World - 2014","117.7","84.9" "Rest of World - 2015","117.6","120.8" "Rest of World - 2016","113.8","64.7" "UK - 2014","0","57.3" "UK - 2015","0","34.3" "UK - 2016","0","39.4"