Foreign companies-According to the source country as on 31 December 2014

Sl.No Source Country Total Number Active

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1 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES companies 63 53
2 AFGHANISTAN registered 1 1
3 ANGUILLA 1 1
4 AMERICAN SAMOA 2 2
5 AUSTRIA 27 21
6 AUSTRALIA 76 55
7 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 2 1
8 BARBADOS 3 3
9 BANGLADESH 5 5
10 BELGIUM 35 30
11 BAHRAIN 5 5
12 BERMUDA 10 7
13 BRAZIL 4 3
14 BAHAMAS 6 3
15 BOTSWANA 1 1
16 BELARUS 2 1
17 CANADA 58 51
18 SWITZERLAND 67 54
19 CHINA 53 47
20 CYPRUS 12 11
21 CZECH REPUBLIC 6 5
22 GERMANY 211 158
23 DENMARK 19 13
24 EGYPT 1 1
25 SPAIN 68 55
26 FINLAND 25 17
27 FRANCE 123 94
28 UNITED KINGDOM 321 258
29 GEORGIA 2 2
30 GIBRALTAR 5 4
31 GUINEA 1
32 GREECE 3 2
33 GUAM 1 1
34 HONG KONG 148 101
35 CROATIA 3 3
36 HUNGARY 1 1
37 INDONESIA 7 4
38 IRELAND 16 13
39 ISRAEL 21 19
40 BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 1
41 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 3 3
42 ICELAND 5 5
43 ITALY 93 66
44 JERSEY 1 1
45 JORDAN 1 1
46 JAPAN 297 209
47 KENYA 1 1
48 KYRGYZSTAN 2 2
49 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 13 12
50 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 142 109
51 KUWAIT 8 6
52 CAYMAN ISLANDS 20 15
 53 KAZAKHSTAN 2 2
54 LEBANON 2 1
55 LIECHTENSTEIN 1
56 SRI LANKA 16 15
57 LUXEMBOURG 6 4
58 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA 1 1
59 MOROCCO 1 1
60 MARSHALL ISLANDS 1 1
61 MYANMAR 1 1
62 MACAO 1
63 MAURITIUS 15 13
64 MEXICO 1 1
65 MALAYSIA 62 52
66 MOZAMBIQUE 1 1
67 NAMIBIA 1 1
68 NIGERIA 2 2
69 NETHERLANDS 88 66
70 NORWAY 20 16
71 NEPAL 4 2
72 NIUE 1
73 NEW ZEALAND 5 4
74 OMAN 11 9
75 3 3
76 PANAMA 3 3
77 PHILIPPINES 3 1
78 PAKISTAN 1 1
79 POLAND 5 4
80 PORTUGAL 6 4
81 QATAR 5 4
82 ROMANIA 3 1
83 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 27 26
84 SAUDI ARABIA 8 7
85 SWEDEN 28 19
86 SINGAPORE 425 287
87 SLOVENIA 2 2
88 SIERRA LEONE 1 1
89 SAN MARINO 1 1
90 SWAZILAND 2 1
91 THAILAND 45 32
92 TURKEY 11 8
93 TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA 32 27
94 UKRAINE 7 5
95 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 589 454
96 URUGUAY 1 1
97 VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH 17 15
98 SOUTH AFRICA 9 7
99 ZAMBIA 1 1
100 690 662
Total: 4,170 3,306
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