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Table 4.2.—Foreign Direct Investment Position in the United States on a Historical-Cost Basis, 1999

[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
All countries 986,668 55,940 391,013 16,717 103,465 21,808 76,584 172,440 108,936 23,386 60,118 52,133 101,760 44,720 57,558 91,106
Canada 79,716 2,836 26,270 610 2,286 3,832 5,109 14,433 4,467 982 2,905 10,718 9,712 9,925 1,375 10,526
Europe 685,845 49,642 305,543 13,716 93,358 12,576 54,183 131,710 49,312 18,991 43,815 18,630 78,355 13,252 45,623 62,682
Austria 2,483 (/D/) 674 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) 150 318 425 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) 1 7 26 –8
Belgium 11,448 204 3,972 1 3,195 (/D/) (/D/) 518 1,516 (/D/) (/D/) 2,465 1 46 1,719 536
Denmark 4,959 3 956 194 9 0 363 392 3,617 7 (/D/) (/D/) –4 (/D/) 8 265
Finland 4,816 (/D/) 1,435 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) 129 623 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) 5 18 20 (/D/)
France 77,622 (/D/) 39,087 2,777 11,829 1,005 13,377 10,099 2,191 159 2,778 5,093 4,827 (/D/) 3,687 18,513
Germany 111,138 173 59,303 98 20,236 2,003 7,188 29,778 10,013 2,149 15,073 –712 10,882 3,802 4,509 5,948
Ireland 17,969 699 3,868 917 (/D/) (/D/) 654 2,147 3,534 (/D/) (/D/) –49 5,930 40 440 1,233
Italy 4,982 (/D/) 1,050 32 172 293 63 490 292 1,299 1,199 (/D/) 317 76 170 218
Liechtenstein 135 0 –1 –2 0 (/D/) 5 (/D/) 88 0 0 (/D/) 0 64 (/D/) 41
Luxembourg 54,894 (/D/) 45,305 66 (/D/) 428 (/D/) (/D/) 1,565 (/D/) 0 1,024 (/D/) 145 5,536 734
Netherlands 130,703 11,083 42,922 1,745 15,833 1,345 8,353 15,647 6,659 (/D/) 14,257 3,578 30,577 5,754 5,958 (/D/)
Norway 4,201 1,240 2,044 (/D/) 951 (/D/) 354 66 221 2 (/D/) (/D/) 1 41 364 264
Spain 2,629 –6 1,014 15 –23 (/D/) –1 (/D/) 160 82 1,177 (/D/) 162 (/D/) –12 62
Sweden 17,904 (/D/) 6,856 0 688 334 3,545 2,290 4,856 7 –24 (/D/) (/D/) 990 (/D/) 370
Switzerland 55,280 572 27,814 1,453 15,824 696 1,989 7,852 2,386 888 (/D/) 1,020 15,538 140 3,134 (/D/)
United Kingdom 183,145 33,446 68,242 6,195 21,973 4,328 15,780 19,966 8,751 4,820 3,322 6,056 8,683 1,716 16,851 31,257
Other 1,537 8 1,000 (/D/) –13 2 182 (/D/) (/D/) 0 180 4 (/D/) 125 –10 –3
Latin America and Other Western Hemisphere 44,591 1,836 6,028 962 751 1,652 750 1,914 2,402 948 2,750 2,332 12,170 4,012 1,589 10,524
South and Central America 10,606 –370 1,980 1,022 –390 1,479 –290 158 328 113 1,868 709 (/D/) 81 283 (/D/)
Brazil 651 (/D/) –157 –14 –110 30 –128 65 43 2 425 (/D/) (/D/) –6 –1 –22
Mexico 3,612 –3 2,243 1,034 (/D/) (/D/) –66 141 348 (/D/) 199 (/D/) 1 57 229 440
Panama 5,896 13 89 1 (/D/) (/D/) –3 –46 56 3 108 300 (/D/) 90 (/D/) (/D/)
Venezuela –170 (/D/) –42 1 –27 0 –20 5 2 2 271 –2 7 –64 1 (/D/)
Other 617 9 –154 1 –77 1 –73 –6 –122 (/D/) 865 (/D/) 11 4 (/D/) –143
Other Western Hemisphere 33,984 2,206 4,048 –61 1,141 172 1,040 1,756 2,075 835 882 1,623 (/D/) 3,932 1,305 (/D/)
Bahamas 2,163 (/D/) 136 (/D/) 1 (/D/) 0 –2 511 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) 0 371 305 106
Bermuda 13,054 153 862 –73 (/D/) 3 (/D/) 847 (/D/) 268 4 53 1,646 591 29 (/D/)
Netherlands Antilles 2,695 607 1,268 (/D/) 1,055 (/D/) (/D/) 169 (/D/) (/D/) 113 11 –2 278 –66 98
United Kingdom Islands, Caribbean 13,883 1,247 1,789 –11 (/D/) (/D/) 1,014 745 1,552 330 587 (/D/) (/D/) 2,603 992 (/D/)
Other 2,189 (/D/) –6 18 –23 2 (*) –3 (/D/) –12 (/D/) 23 (/D/) 88 45 2
Africa 1,545 20 –172 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) –6 –361 426 22 41 494 (*) 168 235 311
South Africa 427 1 –103 (/D/) –6 0 –6 (/D/) (/D/) 0 0 (/D/) 0 –6 (/D/) (/D/)
Other 1,118 19 –69 5 (/D/) (/D/) (*) (/D/) (/D/) 22 41 (/D/) (*) 173 (/D/) (/D/)
Middle East 7,087 868 1,150 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) 530 155 164 22 934 330 0 3,371 145 104
Israel 2,680 0 1,144 (/D/) (/D/) (/D/) 522 153 174 (/D/) 848 (/D/) 0 (/D/) 49 (/D/)
Kuwait 3,391 (/D/) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 (/D/) (/D/) 0 3,305 (/D/) (*)
Lebanon –21 0 (/D/) 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 (*) –2 0 0 0 (/D/) 0 (*)
Saudi Arabia 949 (/D/) –3 0 (*) 0 –4 2 (/D/) (/D/) 9 2 0 38 (/D/) –9
United Arab Emirates 16 (/D/) –4 0 –3 0 –1 0 0 (/D/) (/D/) 1 0 11 0 6
Other 72 (/D/) (/D/) 0 0 (/D/) (/D/) 0 (/D/) –3 44 (/D/) 0 43 12 (/D/)
Asia and Pacific 167,884 737 52,195 1,483 6,310 3,794 16,019 24,590 52,165 2,419 9,673 19,629 1,523 13,992 8,592 6,958
Australia 10,818 763 2,574 –145 276 551 623 1,270 –1 17 (/D/) 2,094 (/D/) 483 334 4,118
Hong Kong 1,210 (/D/) 484 (/D/) –2 (/D/) 198 34 362 10 206 (/D/) 1 175 51 –91
Japan 148,947 165 47,277 1,348 5,166 3,116 14,572 23,075 49,454 2,345 7,478 17,593 1,074 11,836 7,995 3,729
Korea, Republic of 1,520 (/D/) 234 (/D/) (/D/) 4 74 89 1,205 33 36 146 (/D/) 36 1 –8
Malaysia –20 (*) 38 1 (*) 1 22 15 8 0 (/D/) (/D/) 0 3 125 –7
New Zealand 329 0 20 3 (/D/) (/D/) 10 –5 138 (/D/) 0 0 (/D/) 102 –6 23
Philippines 116 (*) 15 –2 1 (*) 11 5 –19 0 142 0 –8 –2 0 –11
Singapore 1,049 (*) 237 (/D/) –49 (/D/) 212 45 234 (/D/) 114 –26 (*) (/D/) 35 –879
Taiwan 2,983 –4 1,257 1 913 (*) 270 72 565 10 953 15 9 33 60 84
Other 932 –17 60 (/D/) –52 (/D/) 27 –11 219 6 693 5 (/D/) (/D/) –3 1
Addenda:
European Union (15)/1/ 624,807 47,831 274,729 12,138 76,593 11,288 51,658 123,052 46,427 18,102 40,239 17,619 62,782 13,130 42,185 61,764
OPEC/2/ 4,528 398 –29 1 –32 0 –17 19 2 25 591 (/D/) 7 3,331 (/D/) 98

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

D Suppressed to avoid disclosure of data of individual companies.

  1. The European Union (15) comprises Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
  2. 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.

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