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Table 3.2.—U.S. Direct Investment Position Abroad on a Historical-Cost Basis, 1999

[Millions of dollars]

All
industries 		Petroleum Manufacturing Wholesale trade Depository
institutions 		Finance (except depository
institutions),
insurance, and real estate 		Services Other
industries
Total Food and kindred products Chemicals and allied products Primary and
fabricated
metals 		Industrial machinery and equipment Electronic and other electric equipment Transportation equipment Other
manufacturing
All countries 1,132,622 99,925 318,121 36,126 82,794 18,803 37,833 38,449 36,013 68,103 80,148 39,937 436,024 68,763. 89,705
Canada 111,707 16,416 44,023 4,983 7,637 3,123 3,269 2,455 9,965 12,592 8,982 1,977 25,084 6,438 8,785
Europe 581,791 33,990 161,627 17,366 51,743 10,730 20,116 15,386 14,869 31,417 46,466 23,368 237,659 42,379 36,301
Austria 3,696 (/D/) 1,115 31 53 1 67 413 351 198 603 (/D/) 140 158 –65
Belgium 17,285 109 7,176 1,037 4,176 132 205 328 331 966 3,456 365 3,728 2,593 –142
Denmark 3,887 762 1,449 148 78 (/D/) (/D/) 260 –11 (/D/) (/D/) (*) 869 99 (/D/)
Finland 1,355 32 486 7 357 (/D/) 3 33 –2 (/D/) 351 20 259 64 143
France 39,984 1,044 17,210 3,246 3,947 4,322 1,282 819 527 3,067 2,839 1,652 10,583 5,400 1,257
Germany 49,617 2,683 24,351 500 3,929 1,531 4,605 1,735 7,481 4,571 3,197 1,388 14,131 2,373 1,493
Greece 602 (/D/) 66 –32 47 1 0 11 0 39 85 138 146 (/D/) (/D/)
Ireland 19,823 (/D/) 8,949 621 3,172 184 158 1,570 38 3,206 235 –7 7,960 1,994 (/D/)
Italy 17,595 (/D/) 9,394 813 3,394 98 1,019 996 913 2,162 2,129 390 1,656 2,397 (/D/)
Luxembourg 15,263 53 2,569 –2 0 (/D/) 9 –1 0 (/D/) (/D/) 228 11,700 (/D/) 18
Netherlands 106,436 3,296 19,508 2,311 10,603 256 694 3,636 112 1,895 8,498 (/D/) 64,199 9,031 (/D/)
Norway 6,601 4,078 871 (/D/) 17 9 216 7 (/D/) (/D/) 314 (/D/) 640 273 (/D/)
Portugal 1,478 (/D/) 436 110 103 –8 (/D/) 192 65 (/D/) 355 (/D/) 173 158 69
Spain 12,456 200 7,786 1,579 1,507 1,191 125 1,015 1,346 1,022 1,245 2,022 435 465 304
Sweden 9,595 86 2,207 6 269 418 192 140 –132 1,313 –41 (/D/) 5,604 1,039 (/D/)
Switzerland 51,227 271 5,702 (/D/) 3,051 178 480 754 (/D/) 769 14,289 2,844 25,684 1,865 571
Turkey 1,299 79 736 186 88 173 0 –10 173 125 –27 292 7 67 146
United Kingdom 213,070 17,443 49,699 5,795 16,582 1,953 10,066 3,562 3,213 8,528 7,175 9,778 86,659 14,285 28,031
Other 10,522 2,028 1,918 339 369 151 413 –73 (/D/) (/D/) 494 (/D/) 3,085 50 (/D/)
Latin America and Other Western Hemisphere 223,182 8,715 51,294 9,966 11,759 3,055 3,141 2,906 7,648 12,818 7,620 2,371 124,072 6,203 22,908
South America 74,839 6,364 28,491 4,109 6,895 2,472 1,744 1,988 3,367 7,915 1,761 5,595 15,365 2,222 15,041
Argentina 14,187 601 3,537 876 1,299 361 62 –20 187 773 488 2,205 4,837 597 1,922
Brazil 35,003 1,703 20,225 2,149 4,617 1,359 1,647 1,850 2,764 5,839 355 2,034 5,225 848 4,613
Chile 9,886 33 1,323 192 231 (/D/) 20 (/D/) (/D/) 195 365 656 3,404 211 3,893
Colombia 4,029 973 1,212 305 304 (/D/) –7 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) 130 (/D/) 929 62 (/D/)
Ecuador 1,202 639 285 76 94 –1 0 (*) 37 78 66 (/D/) 123 4 (/D/)
Peru 2,532 268 192 66 83 (/D/) 1 0 0 (/D/) 81 133 293 48 1,516
Venezuela 6,750 2,048 1,538 414 230 104 21 122 214 434 149 50 434 428 2,104
Other 1,250 98 178 32 37 0 1 0 3 105 126 302 121 24 401
Central America 70,774 1,288 20,265 5,707 3,331 562 1,396 597 4,281 4,390 2,534 1,342 38,395 1,599 5,350
Costa Rica 1,646 30 663 111 158 24 (/D/) 85 0 (/D/) 867 0 4 –2 83
Guatemala 453 146 217 91 74 2 0 0 0 50 25 (/D/) (/D/) 4 (/D/)
Honduras 56 (/D/) 212 201 2 (*) 0 0 3 6 2 5 4 0 (/D/)
Mexico 34,265 188 18,861 5,257 3,037 511 (/D/) (/D/) 4,278 4,198 1,167 1,182 6,308 1,303 5,257
Panama 33,429 648 157 36 31 17 0 0 0 72 442 131 31,805 285 –38
Other 924 (/D/) 156 11 30 8 0 (/D/) 0 (/D/) 31 (/D/) (/D/) 9 190
Other Western Hemisphere 77,569 1,063 2,537 149 1,532 21 1 320 0 514 3,325 –4,567 70,312 2,382 2,516
Bahamas 1,065 15 89 0 76 0 –1 0 0 14 75 –2,193 2,871 154 55
Barbados 1,131 (/D/) 22 (/D/) 0 0 0 2 0 (/D/) 268 25 389 289 (/D/)
Bermuda 45,959 (/D/) (/D/) 0 (/D/) 0 0 (/D/) 0 0 1,901 0 42,367 1,657 (/D/)
Dominican Republic 952 156 470 26 26 0 0 0 0 419 29 71 (*) 20 205
Jamaica 2,469 (/D/) 262 (/D/) (/D/) 0 0 0 0 6 266 14 (/D/) 46 (/D/)
Netherlands Antilles 4,377 (/D/) 27 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 0 (/D/) 20 0 4,311 (/D/) (*)
Trinidad and Tobago 1,094 790 48 (*) 5 (/D/) 2 0 0 (/D/) 21 (/D/) (/D/) 1 (/D/)
United Kingdom Islands, Caribbean 19,948 304 1,271 1 (/D/) (/D/) 0 (/D/) 0 35 743 –2,561 19,867 154 171
Other 573 50 (/D/) 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 0 3 3 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) (/D/)
Africa 15,062 9,629 1,964 714 351 251 50 75 168 357 179 363 905 307 1,715
Egypt 2,213 1,485 573 (/D/) 91 (/D/) 14 –2 (/D/) 2 48 177 0 –81 11
Nigeria 1,375 1,148 65 (/D/) 26 –1 0 0 (/D/) 0 5 (/D/) (/D/) 0 5
South Africa 3,258 372 836 166 191 (/D/) 34 60 76 (/D/) 87 (/D/) 605 317 (/D/)
Other 8,216 6,623 490 115 43 197 3 17 (/D/) (/D/) 39 119 (/D/) 72 (/D/)
Middle East 11,137 3,246 2,321 71 18 35 38 1,536 –12 636 335 834 2,448 777 1,177
Israel 3,199 4 2,168 78 14 7 14 1,534 6 514 130 0 405 381 111
Saudi Arabia 4,231 237 144 (/D/) 74 15 (/D/) 2 (/D/) (/D/) 97 (/D/) 1,701 290 (/D/)
United Arab Emirates 543 221 90 0 (/D/) 13 4 0 0 (/D/) 107 (/D/) (/D/) 65 –36
Other 3,163 2,785 –81 (/D/) (/D/) 0 (/D/) 0 (/D/) –3 1 –39 (/D/) 41 (/D/)
Asia and Pacific 185,912 25,347 56,891 3,027 11,287 1,609 11,219 16,090 3,376 10,283 16,566 11,025 45,856 12,659 17,568
Australia 33,662 3,344 7,646 862 2,924 471 693 166 957 1,573 2,146 2,705 8,465 2,190 7,167
China 7,766 991 4,789 150 259 203 946 2,343 123 765 201 69 784 260 673
Hong Kong 20,848 398 3,798 –21 393 396 381 1,444 27 1,178 4,851 1,873 5,766 1,141 3,022
India 1,189 –386 466 –65 92 –31 355 131 –123 108 128 420 263 50 247
Indonesia 10,504 7,378 66 20 79 5 –21 19 (/D/) (/D/) 8 287 287 53 2,424
Japan 47,786 4,419 13,332 850 3,397 323 1,049 2,054 2,044 3,615 5,429 608 14,928 7,132 1,938
Korea, Republic of 8,749 1,550 3,651 479 665 25 409 930 175 968 810 2,110 47 533 48
Malaysia 5,989 1,041 3,555 5 253 –6 419 2,589 0 296 139 440 483 343 –13
New Zealand 6,080 177 768 221 92 44 17 41 0 355 255 (/D/) 3,676 32 (/D/)
Philippines 3,792 601 1,270 351 419 41 19 258 0 181 184 283 1,028 223 203
Singapore 24,781 2,815 11,367 –4 628 23 5,280 4,637 230 573 1,354 532 8,103 519 91
Taiwan 6,860 60 3,631 44 1,804 (/D/) 317 1,109 (/D/) (/D/) 614 691 1,577 101 185
Thailand 6,966 2,529 2,571 113 312 70 1,359 366 40 311 416 625 385 49 391
Other 940 430 –18 22 –27 (/D/) –5 3 (/D/) 0 31 (/D/) 62 33 (/D/)
International/1/ 3,832 2,580
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Addenda:
Eastern Europe/2/ 8,840 2,071 1,878 339 364 151 413 –103 145 568 335 469 2,792 –23 1,319
European Union (15)/3/ 512,141 27,534 152,400 16,173 48,218 10,218 19,007 14,708 14,234 29,842 31,396 18,442 208,242 40,124 34,003
OPEC/4/ 28,260 15,284 1,838 481 339 136 19 143 60 661 367 (/D/) 2,793 904 (/D/)

* Less than $500,000 (+/-).

D Suppressed to avoid disclosure of data of individual companies.

  1. "International" consists of affiliates that have operations spanning more than one country and that are engaged in petroleum shipping, other water transportation, or offshore oil and gas drilling.
  2. "Eastern Europe" comprises Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
  3. The European Union (15) comprises Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
  4. 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.