Investment Climate Statements 2014

Investment Climate Statements provide U.S. firms with country/region and economy-specific information and assessments prepared by the State Department’s posts abroad on investment laws, measures, and other factors that may be useful to them in making business decisions. An important component of economic diplomacy, the Investment Climate Statements help identify market barriers, provide investment climate information relevant to business risk, and serve as a basis for engaging foreign governments on modernizing investment regimes. These statements are also included as Chapter 6 in the Department of Commerce’s Country Commercial Guides, which can be found at the U.S. Department of Commerce's website: http://www.export.gov/. View the Media Note for 2014 Investment Climate Statements.

Updated from 2013, this year’s Statements include an executive summary, expanded sections on intellectual property rights and state-owned enterprises and an improved search function. Select a country/economy in the drop-down box below, then click on “select a report section” to see an outline of all the subject areas covered in an investment climate statement.

For country-specific inquiries on particular Investment Climate Statements, there are points of contact identified in Section 19 of each Investment Climate Statement, reachable via the drop-down boxes below. For all other inquiries or to provide suggestions on how to improve the Investment Climate Statements, please contact the Office of Investment Affairs (Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs) at the Department of State, which can be reached at EB-ICS-DL@state.gov, or (202)736-4907. We appreciate your comments.

The Department of State provides the information contained in the Investment Climate Statements solely for our readers’ information. Every effort has been made to provide accurate and complete information. However, neither the U.S. Government nor the Department of State guarantees or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information disclosed in the Investment Climate Statements.

For 2014 Statements, select a country/economy and report section from the list below or click below on a country title for a printer-friendly version. Links to prior year’s Statements are in the right column.

Afghanistan [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Albania [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Algeria [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Angola [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Antigua and Barbuda [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Argentina [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Armenia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Australia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Austria [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Azerbaijan [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Bahamas, The [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Bahrain [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Bangladesh [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Barbados [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Belgium [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Belize [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Benin [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Bermuda [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Bolivia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Bosnia and Herzegovina [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Botswana [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Brazil [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Brunei [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Bulgaria [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Burkina Faso [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Burma [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Burundi [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Cabo Verde [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Cambodia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Cameroon [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Canada [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Chad [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Chile [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
China [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Colombia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Congo, Democratic Republic of the [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Congo, Republic of the [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Costa Rica [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Cote d'Ivoire [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Croatia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Cyprus [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Czech Republic [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Denmark, Including Greenland and the Faroe Islands [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Djibouti [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Dominica [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Dominican Republic [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Ecuador [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Egypt [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
El Salvador [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Equatorial Guinea [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Eritrea [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Estonia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Ethiopia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
European Union [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Fiji [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Finland [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
France and Monaco [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Gabon [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Gambia, The [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Georgia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Germany [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Ghana [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Greece [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Grenada [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Guatemala [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Guinea [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Guyana [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Haiti [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Honduras [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Hong Kong [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Hungary [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Iceland [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
India [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Indonesia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Iraq [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Ireland [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Israel [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
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Jamaica [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Japan [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Jordan [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Kazakhstan [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Kenya [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Korea, Republic of [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Kosovo [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Kuwait [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Kyrgyz Republic [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Laos [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
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Marshall Islands [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Mauritania [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
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Mexico [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Micronesia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Moldova [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Mongolia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
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Morocco [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
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Namibia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Nepal [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Netherlands [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
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Nicaragua [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Niger [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Nigeria [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Norway [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Oman [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Pakistan [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
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Papua New Guinea [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
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Philippines [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
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Qatar [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Romania [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Russia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Rwanda [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Saint Kitts and Nevis [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Saint Lucia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Samoa [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
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Saudi Arabia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
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Sri Lanka [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Suriname [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
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Taiwan [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Tajikistan [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Thailand [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Timor-Leste [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Togo [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Tonga [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Trinidad and Tobago [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Tunisia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Turkey [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Turkmenistan [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Uganda [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Ukraine [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
United Arab Emirates [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
United Kindgom [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Uruguay [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Uzbekistan [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Venezuela [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Vietnam [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
West Bank and Gaza [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Yemen [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
Zambia [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
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