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Table 7.2.—Investment Outlays, Country of Ultimate Beneficial Owner by Industry of U.S. Business Enterprise, 1998

[Millions of dollars]

All industries Petroleum Manufacturing Wholesale trade Retail trade Depository institutions Finance, except depository institutions Insurance Real estate Services Other industries
Total Food and kindred products Chemicals and allied products Primary and fabricated metals Machinery Other manufacturing
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16)
All countries 201,027 72,136 89,679 1,556 4,168 1,877 21,951 60,127 907 1,963 1,104 6,195 4,325 5,272 9,951 9,496
Canada 21,480 (/D/) 12,074 (/D/) (/D/) 47 9,940 2,007 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) 340 (/D/) 1,573 754 5,666
Europe 160,612 69,954 68,671 773 3,908 1,788 9,327 52,875 670 1,814 1,041 2,443 3,026 2,583 7,376 3,036
Austria (*) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (*) 0 0 0 0
Belgium 257 0 92 0 0 0 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 0
Denmark (/D/) 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 (*)
Finland 356 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/)
France 14,129 (/D/) 9,406 (/D/) 264 (/D/) 6,372 2,623 64 1,153 991 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) 121 1,619
Germany 39,949 0 36,850 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) 2,179 34,228 (/D/) 660 0 64 91 2,070 144 (/D/)
Ireland 4,518 0 4,147 0 (/D/) 0 0 (/D/) (/D/) 0 (*) (*) 0 0 (/D/) (/D/)
Italy 402 0 (/D/) (/D/) 0 (/D/) 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) (*)
Liechtenstein (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 0
Luxembourg 286 0 (*) 0 0 0 0 (*) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) (/D/)
Netherlands 19,446 13,413 2,726 0 0 0 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) 0 0 837 (/D/) 167 1,634 0
Norway 423 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 0 (*) 0 0 (/D/) 97
Spain (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sweden 206 0 (/D/) 0 0 (/D/) 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 112 (/D/) (*)
Switzerland 3,637 0 1,404 166 0 0 86 1,152 0 0 0 3 2,036 (/D/) 177 (/D/)
United Kingdom 76,881 56,430 13,674 (/D/) 1,918 1,673 (/D/) 9,140 (/D/) 0 50 (/D/) (/D/) 201 4,483 777
Other 6 0 6 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latin America and Other Western Hemisphere 10,457 0 8,260 (/D/) (/D/) 0 (/D/) (/D/) 5 0 0 (/D/) (/D/) 463 1,231 0
South and Central America 813 0 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 (/D/) 0 0
Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mexico 685 0 (/D/) (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 (/D/) 0 0
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Venezuela (/D/) 0 (/D/) 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 0
Other Western Hemisphere 9,644 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 (/D/) (/D/) 5 0 0 6 (/D/) (/D/) 1,231 0
Bahamas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bermuda 6,209 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 (/D/) (/D/) 0 0 0 0 1 (/D/) (/D/) 0
Netherlands Antilles 2,314 0 2,314 0 0 0 2,314 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U. K. Islands, Caribbean 575 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 6 (/D/) 147 (/D/) 0
Other 546 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 541 0
Africa 145 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 (/D/) (/D/) 0 0 (/D/) 0 0 (/D/) 0
South Africa 145 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 (/D/) (/D/) 0 0 (/D/) 0 0 (/D/) 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle East 2,968 (/D/) (/D/) 0 0 0 (/D/) (/D/) 4 9 0 0 0 447 (/D/) 314
Israel 358 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 (/D/)
Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanon (/D/) 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 0
Saudi Arabia (/D/) (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 0
United Arab Emirates 392 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 392 0 0
Other 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/)
Asia and Pacific 5,207 5 616 36 231 42 230 77 197 (/D/) (/D/) 3,203 0 202 536 (/D/)
Australia 1,726 0 (/D/) 0 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 0 (/D/) 0
China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hong Kong 309 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 (/D/)
Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japan 2,872 0 407 (/D/) 231 (/D/) 57 77 197 (/D/) 0 (/D/) 0 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/)
Korea, Republic of (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 0
Malaysia (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 0
New Zealand 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Singapore (/D/) 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwan 145 0 97 (/D/) 0 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 (/D/) 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States/1/ 159 0 11 0 (/D/) 0 (/D/) 3 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 3 0 (/D/)
Addenda:
European Union (15)/2/ 156,533 69,887 67,262 604 3,908 1,788 9,241 51,722 583 1,814 1,041 2,440 990 2,565 7,026 2,925
OPEC/3/ (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 429 0 0

* Less than $500,000.

D Suppressed to avoid disclosure of data of individual companies.

  1. See footnote 4 in text for explanation.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 1998 are preliminary. 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.

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