LAUNCHED: ASEAN Investment Report 2025: FDI as a Key Catalyst for Advancing Regional Supply Chains

KUALA LUMPUR, 25 October 2025 - The "ASEAN Investment Report (AIR) 2025: ASEAN Foreign Direct Investment and Supply Chain Development" was launched today during the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 2025.

AIR is an annual ASEAN publication analysing investment trends and other related issues in the region. Given ASEAN's growing supply-chain-intensive industries and global value chain participation in key sectors such as semiconductors, automotive, and apparel in recent years, this year's report highlights the pivotal role of foreign direct investment (FDI). Specifically, the report reveals how FDI is crucial for building a more efficient, resilient, interconnected, and strengthened supply chain for these high-value industries.

To attract FDI that further advances the development of robust regional supply chain amidst rising global economic uncertainties and trade tensions, the report highlighted the need for ASEAN to continue removing barriers to trade and investment, tackle supply chain challenges in areas such as infrastructure, logistics, standards, digital transformation and workforce skills, while strengthening supply chain-specific initiatives.

The report was prepared under a technical cooperation agreement between the ASEAN Secretariat and the United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD). It incorporates inputs from members of the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Investment (CCI), and support from the Government of Australia through the Australia4ASEAN Futures Programme.

The AIR can be downloaded here.