Table 6.—Selected Data of Nonbank U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Direct Investors, 1977-96
| Billions of dollars | Thousands of employees | Billions of dollars | ||||||||||||
| Gross product | Sales | Net income | Compensation of employees | Total assets | Gross property, plant, and equipment | Expenditures for new plant and equipment | Research and development expenditures/1/ | U.S. exports of goods shipped by affiliates | U.S. imports of goods shipped to affiliates | |||||
| Total | Of which: Commercial property | Total | Of which: To the foreign parent group/2/ | Total | Of which: From the foreign parent group/2/ | |||||||||
| 1977 | 35.2 | 194.0 | 4.0 | 18.8 | 1,218.7 | 143.5 | 66.8 | n.a. | 7.6 | 0.9 | 24.9 | 11.7 | 43.9 | 30.9 |
| 1978 | 42.9 | 241.5 | 4.8 | 24.2 | 1,429.9 | 181.2 | 80.7 | n.a. | 9.3 | 1.2 | 32.2 | 16.6 | 56.6 | 39.5 |
| 1979 | 55.4 | 327.9 | 7.3 | 31.7 | 1,753.2 | 228.6 | 101.2 | n.a. | 11.2 | 1.6 | 44.3 | 22.1 | 63.0 | 45.3 |
| 1980 | 70.9 | 412.4 | 8.8 | 40.0 | 2,033.9 | 291.3 | 127.8 | n.a. | 16.9 | 1.9 | 52.2 | 21.0 | 75.8 | 47.0 |
| 1981 | 98.8 | 510.2 | 11.2 | 54.8 | 2,416.6 | 407.0 | 188.0 | n.a. | 26.7 | 3.1 | 64.1 | 26.9 | 82.3 | 52.2 |
| 1982 | 103.5 | 518.1 | 3.8 | 61.5 | 2,448.1 | 476.4 | 225.2 | n.a. | 28.1 | 3.7 | 60.2 | 25.0 | 84.3 | 51.9 |
| 1983 | 111.5 | 536.6 | 5.6 | 66.8 | 2,546.5 | 531.7 | 244.0 | n.a. | 23.2 | 4.2 | 53.9 | 22.6 | 81.5 | 54.8 |
| 1984 | 128.8 | 593.6 | 9.6 | 73.2 | 2,714.3 | 602.5 | 269.5 | n.a. | 25.2 | 4.7 | 58.2 | 27.1 | 100.5 | 70.5 |
| 1985 | 134.9 | 633.0 | 5.4 | 79.9 | 2,862.2 | 741.1 | 295.2 | n.a. | 28.9 | 5.2 | 56.4 | 25.9 | 113.3 | 81.7 |
| 1986 | 142.1 | 672.0 | 2.5 | 86.5 | 2,937.9 | 838.0 | 320.2 | n.a. | 28.5 | 5.8 | 49.6 | 21.9 | 125.7 | 93.4 |
| 1987 | 157.9 | 744.6 | 7.8 | 96.0 | 3,224.3 | 943.7 | 353.3 | 89.9 | 33.0 | 6.5 | 48.1 | 19.1 | 143.5 | 108.2 |
| 1988 | 190.4 | 886.4 | 12.0 | 119.6 | 3,844.2 | 1,200.8 | 418.1 | 104.0 | 44.3 | 7.8 | 69.5 | 26.4 | 155.5 | 118.4 |
| 1989 | 223.4 | 1,056.6 | 9.3 | 144.2 | 4,511.5 | 1,431.3 | 489.5 | 124.8 | 55.2 | 9.5 | 86.3 | 34.3 | 171.8 | 129.9 |
| 1990 | 239.3 | 1,175.9 | -4.5 | 163.6 | 4,734.5 | 1,550.2 | 578.4 | 146.5 | 69.6 | 11.5 | 92.3 | 37.8 | 182.9 | 137.5 |
| 1991 | 257.6 | 1,185.9 | -11.0 | 176.0 | 4,871.9 | 1,752.6 | 640.1 | 165.8 | 69.8 | 11.9 | 96.9 | 42.2 | 178.7 | 132.2 |
| 1992 | 266.3 | 1,232.0 | -21.3 | 182.1 | 4,715.4 | 1,825.2 | 660.8 | 172.6 | 61.4 | 13.7 | 103.9 | 48.8 | 184.5 | 137.8 |
| 1993 | 285.7 | 1,329.4 | -4.4 | 193.0 | 4,765.6 | 2,065.8 | 705.7 | 173.9 | 63.2 | 14.2 | 106.6 | 47.4 | 200.6 | 150.8 |
| 1994 | 313.0 | 1,443.5 | 8.1 | 200.6 | 4,840.5 | 2,206.7 | 754.4 | 173.1 | 68.2 | 15.6 | 120.7 | 51.1 | 232.4 | 174.6 |
| 1995/r/ | 322.6 | 1,544.6 | 15.5 | 206.4 | 4,941.8 | 2,388.7 | 769.5 | 168.4 | 74.5 | 17.5 | 135.2 | 57.2 | 250.8 | 191.2 |
| 1996/p/ | 339.5 | 1,596.0 | 21.1 | 210.4 | 4,977.5 | 2,614.0 | 797.6 | 166.8 | 84.1 | 17.2 | 136.6 | 57.9 | 253.0 | 192.0 |
| Percent change from preceding year: | ||||||||||||||
 1986 |
5.4 | 6.2 | -54.5 | 8.2 | 2.6 | 13.1 | 8.5 | n.a. | -1.4 | 10.8 | -12.1 | -15.5 | 10.9 | 14.3 |
| 1987 |
11.1 | 10.8 | 218.1 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 12.6 | 10.3 | n.a. | 15.8 | 12.4 | -3.0 | -12.6 | 14.2 | 15.8 |
| 1988 |
20.6 | 19.0 | 54.1 | 24.6 | 19.2 | 27.3 | 18.3 | 15.7 | 34.2 | 20.1 | 44.6 | 38.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 |
| 1989 |
17.4 | 19.2 | -22.9 | 20.5 | 17.4 | 19.2 | 17.1 | 20.0 | 24.5 | 20.8 | 24.1 | 29.7 | 10.5 | 9.8 |
| 1990 |
7.1 | 11.3 | n.m. | 13.5 | 4.9 | 8.3 | 18.2 | 17.4 | 26.1 | 21.7 | 6.9 | 10.2 | 6.5 | 5.8 |
| 1991 |
7.7 | .9 | n.m. | 7.6 | 2.9 | 13.1 | 10.7 | 13.1 | .3 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 11.8 | -2.3 | -3.8 |
| 1992 |
3.4 | 3.9 | n.m. | 3.5 | -3.2 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.1 | -12.1 | 15.4 | 7.2 | 15.5 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| 1993 |
7.3 | 7.9 | n.m. | 6.0 | 1.1 | 13.2 | 6.8 | .7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.6 | -2.9 | 8.7 | 9.4 |
| 1994 |
9.5 | 8.6 | n.m. | 3.9 | 1.6 | 6.8 | 6.9 | -.4 | 7.8 | 9.6 | 13.2 | 8.0 | 15.8 | 15.8 |
| 1995 |
3.1 | 7.0 | 90.5 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 8.2 | 2.0 | -2.7 | 9.3 | 12.7 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 7.9 | 9.5 |
| 1996 |
5.2 | 3.3 | 36.3 | 2.0 | .7 | 9.4 | 3.7 | -.9 | 12.9 | -2.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | .9 | .4 |
n.a. Not available.
n.m. Not meaningful.
- Research and development funded by affiliates, whether performed by the affiliates themselves or by others.
- The foreign parent group consists of (1) the foreign parent, (2) any foreign person, proceeding up the foreign parent's ownership chain, that owns more than 50 percent of the person below it, up to and including the UBO, and (3) any foreign person, proceeding down the ownership chain(s) of each of these members, that is owned more than 50 percent by the person above it.
