Karachi: Netherlands emerged as the top investor in Pakistan with $462.3 million during the first half of current fiscal year, 6MFY17. The contribution of Netherlands in Foreign Direct Investment FDI spurred the overall investment to increase by 10.4 percent in the first half as compared to the same period of last fiscal year, 6MFY16. The total investment stood at $1,080.7 million as compared to the $978.5 million of the previous year. According to the State Bank of Pakistan data, China remained the second largest investor with a net investment of $204 million. Turkey was the third big investor with $129.1 million while United States, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom invested $38.4 million, $77.2 million and $44.6 million respectively. During the 6MFY17 outflows of around $239 million were recorded, according to the SBP data.