Table 10.—Cross-Country Correlations Between Per Capita GNP and the Intrafirm Share of U.S. Trade in Goods with Trading Partners
| U.S. exports to country | U.S. imports from country | |||
| Coefficient of correlation across 59 countries between per capita GNP and the percentage of U.S. exports to or imports from country accounted for by: | ||||
 Total intrafirm trade |
0.601 | *** | 0.672 | *** |
| Intrafirm trade between U.S. parent companies and their majority-owned foreign affiliates: |
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| Affiliates in all industries |
.659 | *** | .122 | |
| Manufacturing affiliates |
.332 | ** | .183 | |
| Wholesale trade affiliates |
.731 | *** | .240 | * |
| Affiliates in petroleum and other industries |
-.191 | -.135 | ||
| Intrafirm trade between U.S. affiliates and their foreign parent groups: |
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| Affiliates in all industries |
.211 | .709 | *** | |
| Manufacturing affiliates |
.649 | *** | .716 | *** |
| Wholesale trade affiliates |
.077 | .588 | *** | |
| Affiliates in petroleum and other industries |
-.062 | -.077 | ||
*** Statistically significant at the 99-percent confidence level.
** Statistically significant at the 95-percent confidence level.
* Statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level.
NOTE.—The sample of 59 countries consists of all of the trading partners shown in table 6 except the Netherlands Antilles, Angola, and Kuwait (see note to table 9).
GNP Gross national product
