The decline in inward foreign direct investment (FDI) began to show signs of easing in March, according to figures released by the Ministry of Commerce yesterday.

In March, actual FDI was $8.4 billion, down 9.5 percent from a year earlier but an improvement on the year-on-year decline of 15.8 percent in February.

It was the sixth straight month when the nation - the leading FDI recipient among developing countries - failed to see an increase.