Table 18.1.—Investment Outlays, Country of Ultimate Beneficial Owner by Industry of U.S. Business Enterprise, 1996
[Millions of dollars]
| All industries | Petroleum | Manufacturing | Wholesale trade | Retail trade | Depository institutions/1/ | Finance, except depository institutions/1/ | Insurance | Real estate | Services | Other industries | ||||||
| Total | Food and kindred products | Chemicals and allied products | Primary and fabricated metals | Machinery | Other manufacturing | |||||||||||
 All countries |
79,929 | 1,059 | 27,835 | 1,145 | 3,961 | 3,222 | 4,355 | 15,151 | 4,746 | 2,988 | 1,944 | 8,676 | 4,688 | 4,175 | 15,292 | 8,528 |
| Canada | 9,700 | 95 | 1,128 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 254 | (/D/) | 441 | 236 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 924 | (/D/) | 476 | 4,740 | 1,767 |
| Europe | 49,427 | (/D/) | 16,938 | 710 | 3,094 | 2,093 | 1,778 | 9,263 | 4,261 | 2,753 | 1,628 | 2,998 | 4,519 | 2,140 | 8,836 | (/D/) |
| Austria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium |
755 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | (/D/) |
| Denmark |
181 | 0 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Finland |
(/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| France |
6,021 | 0 | 3,158 | (/D/) | 1,150 | (/D/) | 252 | 508 | 6 | 0 | (/D/) | 264 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 155 | (/D/) |
| Germany |
12,858 | 0 | 2,393 | 0 | 646 | (/D/) | 523 | (/D/) | 54 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 737 | (/D/) | (/D/) |
| Ireland |
1,547 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 784 | 2 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) |
| Italy |
(/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (*) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Liechtenstein |
(/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 |
| Luxembourg |
520 | 0 | 439 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (*) | 0 | (/D/) |
| Netherlands |
6,476 | (/D/) | 3,074 | 106 | (/D/) | (/D/) | (/D/) | (/D/) | (/D/) | (/D/) | (/D/) | 121 | 0 | 624 | (/D/) | (/D/) |
| Norway |
9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | (*) | 0 |
| Spain |
98 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 2 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden |
640 | 0 | 525 | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | (/D/) | 65 | 21 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | (*) | 0 | (/D/) | 4 |
| Switzerland |
4,910 | (*) | 808 | (/D/) | (/D/) | (/D/) | 2 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 81 | (/D/) | 7 |
| United Kingdom |
14,757 | (/D/) | 5,940 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 532 | 676 | 4,532 | (/D/) | 596 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 | 94 | 3,005 | 45 |
| Other |
(/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 |
| Latin America and Other Western Hemisphere | 1,790 | 4 | 570 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 1 | 174 | 1 | (/D/) | 17 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 303 | (/D/) |
| South and Central America |
(/D/) | 4 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 1 | 0 | 17 | (/D/) | 0 | 7 | 8 | (/D/) |
| Brazil |
(/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mexico |
714 | 4 | 406 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 1 | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 | 7 | 2 | (/D/) |
| Panama |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Venezuela |
(/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Other |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Western Hemisphere |
(/D/) | (*) | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 8 | 0 | (/D/) | 295 | (/D/) |
| Bahamas |
(/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 |
| Bermuda |
(/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 4 | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | (/D/) |
| Netherlands Antilles |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U. K. Islands, Caribbean |
101 | (*) | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) |
| Other |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Africa | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| South Africa |
(/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Other |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Middle East | (/D/) | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 5 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 25 | 0 |
| Israel |
(/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 |
| Kuwait |
(/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 |
| Lebanon |
(/D/) | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia |
386 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 275 | (/D/) | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates |
(/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 |
| Other |
(/D/) | 2 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Asia and Pacific | 12,751 | (/D/) | 5,852 | 99 | 44 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 2,502 | 247 | 16 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 | 881 | 1,385 | (/D/) |
| Australia |
2,222 | 0 | 80 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) |
| China |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hong Kong |
218 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 67 | (/D/) | 0 |
| Indonesia |
(/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 |
| Japan |
8,813 | (/D/) | 5,072 | (/D/) | (/D/) | (/D/) | (/D/) | 2,417 | 230 | 14 | (*) | (/D/) | 0 | 217 | 809 | (/D/) |
| Korea, Republic of |
303 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 3 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | (*) | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia |
56 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 4 | 0 |
| New Zealand |
(/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philippines |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Singapore |
659 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 2 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | 0 |
| Taiwan |
447 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 99 | 0 |
| Other |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United States/2/ | (/D/) | 3 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | (/D/) | (/D/) | (/D/) | 3 | 0 |
| Addenda: | ||||||||||||||||
| European Union (15)/3/ |
44,246 | (/D/) | 16,130 | 690 | 2,831 | 2,074 | 1,776 | 8,760 | 4,103 | 2,753 | 1,628 | 1,020 | (/D/) | 2,052 | 7,558 | (/D/) |
| OPEC/4/ |
591 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (/D/) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 423 | (/D/) | 0 |
D Suppressed to avoid disclosure of data of individual companies.
- See footnote 1, table 4.
- See footnote 4 in text for explanation.
- The European Union (15) comprises Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Prior to 1995, Austria, Finland, and Sweden were not members of the European Union.
- OPEC is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Its members are Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.
NOTE.—Data for 1996 are revised. For investments in which more than one investor participated, each investor and each investor's outlays are classified by the country of each individual ultimate beneficial owner.
