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Table 6.—Selected Data of Nonbank U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Direct Investors, 1977-95

Millions of dollars Thousands of employees Millions 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: To the foreign parent/2/ Total Of which: From the foreign parent group/2/
1977 35,222 193,991 3,966 18,781 1,218.7 143,488 66,785 7,558 933 24,858 11,691 43,896 30,878
1978 42,920 241,543 4,843 24,225 1,429.9 181,187 80,683 9,318 1,230 32,169 16,570 56,567 39,466
1979 55,424 327,870 7,301 31,686 1,753.2 228,556 101,209 11,150 1,584 44,341 22,073 63,039 45,295
1980 70,906 412,390 8,759 40,047 2,033.9 291,339 127,838 16,891 1,946 52,199 20,983 75,803 47,010
1981 98,828 510,218 11,234 54,798 2,416.6 406,985 187,956 26,716 3,110 64,066 26,911 82,259 52,196
1982 103,489 518,087 3,830 61,487 2,448.1 476,439 225,235 28,068 3,744 60,236 25,024 84,290 51,915
1983 111,490 536,640 5,584 66,807 2,546.5 531,738 244,012 23,179 4,164 53,854 22,577 81,464 54,802
1984 128,761 593,571 9,605 73,155 2,714.3 602,522 269,462 25,225 4,738 58,186 27,072 100,489 70,451
1985 134,852 632,983 5,398 79,933 2,862.2 741,077 295,181 28,919 5,240 56,401 25,900 113,331 81,740
1986 142,120 672,004 2,458 86,492 2,937.9 838,039 320,215 28,516 5,804 49,560 21,873 125,732 93,418
1987 157,869 744,617 7,820 96,009 3,224.3 943,654 353,278 33,035 6,521 48,091 19,109 143,537 108,201
1988 190,384 886,407 12,049 119,588 3,844.2 1,200,823 418,069 44,322 7,834 69,541 26,425 155,533 118,362
1989 223,420 1,056,645 9,286 144,158 4,511.5 1,431,315 489,461 55,164 9,465 86,316 34,276 171,847 129,926
1990 239,279 1,175,857 -4,535 163,592 4,734.5 1,550,238 578,355 69,580 11,522 92,308 37,764 182,936 137,458
1991 257,634 1,185,858 -11,018 175,969 4,871.9 1,752,628 640,140 69,816 11,872 96,933 42,222 178,702 132,166
1992 266,333 1,231,972 -21,331 182,079 4,715.4 1,825,219 660,826 61,366 13,695 103,925 48,767 184,464 137,799
1993 285,738 1,329,435 -4,354 193,000 4,765.6 2,065,804 705,665 63,243 14,199 106,615 47,350 200,599 150,789
1994/r/ 312,981 1,443,489 8,132 200,615 4,840.5 2,206,701 754,383 68,179 15,566 120,683 51,147 232,362 174,641
1995/p/ 326,955 1,561,879 15,608 208,035 4,928.3 2,383,612 766,937 73,197 17,666 136,702 59,029 254,895 195,476
Percent change from preceding year:
1986 5.4 6.2 -54.5 8.2 2.6 13.1 8.5 -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 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 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 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 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 .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 -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 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 7.8 9.6 13.2 8.0 15.8 15.8
1995 4.5 8.2 91.9 3.7 1.8 8.0 1.7 7.4 13.5 13.3 15.4 9.7 11.9

p Preliminary.

r Revised.

  1. Research and development funded by affiliates, whether performed by the affiliates themselves or by others.
  2. 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.

n.m. Not meaningful.