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Mark Goddard
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Jeannine Aversa

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BEA 18‐41

Mark.Goddard@bea.gov
Ryan.Noonan@bea.gov
Jeannine.Aversa@bea.gov

Activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises: 2016
Worldwide employment by U.S. multinational enterprises (MNEs) increased 0.4 percent to 42.3 million
workers (preliminary) in 2016 from 42.1 million (revised) in 2015, according to statistics released by the
Bureau of Economic Analysis on the operations and finances of U.S. parent companies and their foreign
affiliates.
Employment in the United States by U.S. parents was nearly unchanged at 28.0 million workers in 2016.
U.S. parents accounted for 66.3 percent of worldwide employment by U.S. MNEs, a decrease of 0.3
percentage points from 2015. Employment abroad by majority‐owned foreign affiliates (MOFAs) of U.S.
MNEs increased 1.2 percent to 14.3 million workers and accounted for 33.7 percent of employment by
U.S. MNEs worldwide.

Employment by U.S. MNEs
40

80

30
25

70
Parent share of worldwide
U.S. MNE employment
(right axis)

60
50

20

40

15

30

10

20

5

10

0

0
1999

2004

2009

2014

2015

2016

U.S. parents
Majority‐owned foreign affiliates

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Percent

Millions of employees

35

U.S. parents accounted for 22.3 percent of total private industry employment in the United States.
Employment by U.S. parents was largest in manufacturing and retail trade. Employment abroad by
MOFAs was largest in China, the United Kingdom, Mexico, India, and Canada.
Worldwide current‐dollar value added of U.S. MNEs decreased 1.5 percent to $5.2 trillion. Value added
by U.S. parents, a measure of their direct contribution to U.S. gross domestic product, was nearly
unchanged at $3.9 trillion, representing 24.2 percent of total U.S. private industry value added. MOFA
value added decreased to $1.3 trillion. Value added by MOFAs was largest in the United Kingdom,
Canada, and Ireland.
Worldwide expenditures for property, plant, and equipment of U.S. MNEs decreased 7.6 percent to
$856.9 billion. Expenditures by U.S. parents accounted for $657.5 billion and MOFA expenditures for
$199.5 billion.
Worldwide research and development expenditures of U.S. MNEs increased 4.9 percent to $350.3
billion. U.S. parents accounted for expenditures of $296.9 billion and MOFAs for $53.5 billion.

Activities of U.S. MNEs

Billion $
4,500
4,000

Value added

3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000

Expenditures for
property, plant, and
equipment

1,500
1,000
500

Research and
development
expenditures

0

2015

2016
U.S. parents

2015

2016

2015

2016

Majority‐owned foreign affiliates

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Additional statistics on the activities of U.S. parent companies and their foreign affiliates including sales,
balance sheet and income statement items, compensation of employees, trade in goods, and more are
available on BEA’s website. More industry detail for U.S. parents and more industry and country detail

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for foreign affiliates are also available on the website and will be published in the September issue of the
Survey of Current Business.
Updates to the statistics
Statistics for 2015 are revised to incorporate newly available and revised source data. Preliminary
statistics for 2015 were released in November 2017 and highlighted in “Activities of U.S. Multinational
Enterprises in 2015” in the December 2017 issue of the Survey of Current Business.
Updates to Statistics on 2015 Activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises
Billions of dollars, except as noted

Number of employees (thousands)
Value added
Expenditures for property, plant, and
equipment
Research and development expenditures

U.S. Parents
Preliminary
Revised
estimate
estimate
28,302.2
28,045.6
3,961.3
3,949.2
700.5
712.6
284.3

277.8

Next release: August 2019
Activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises: 2017

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MOFAs
Preliminary
Revised
estimate
estimate
14,124.1
14,081.0
1,357.5
1,358.8
229.4
214.8
54.8

56.1

Additional Information
direct investment abroad and are conceptually consistent
with BEA’s estimates of U.S. value added by industry.

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Historical time series for these estimates can be
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Access BEA data by registering for BEA's
Data Application Programming Interface (API).
BEA's news release schedule.
More information on these statistics on the
activities of U.S. MNEs will be provided in the
September issue of the Survey of Current
Business.
More statistics on the activities of U.S. MNEs,
including more detail by industry and country,
are available on the BEA website.
More information on the statistics on activities
of U.S. MNEs is provided in U.S. International
Economic Accounts: Concepts and Methods.
BEA also publishes a companion series on the
activities of U.S. affiliates of foreign MNEs. Data
for 2016 will be released November 8, 2018.

Expenditures for property, plant, and equipment cover
total expenditures for land and depreciable structures and
equipment; they are gross of any sales, retirements, or
transfers of previously owned tangible assets.
Research and development (R&D) expenditures include
expenditures for R&D performed by the U.S. parent or the
affiliate, whether the R&D was for their own use or for use
by others and irrespective of the source of funding.

Statistical conventions
The statistics on the activities of U.S. MNEs are based
primarily on data reported in the Annual Survey of U.S.
Direct Investment Abroad (BE‐11) conducted by BEA. The
statistics provide information on the operations and
finances of U.S. parent companies and their foreign
affiliates. The statistics on foreign affiliates cover the
entire operations of the affiliate, irrespective of the
percentage of U.S. ownership.

A U.S. multinational enterprise (U.S. MNE) comprises the
U.S. parent and its foreign affiliates.

To compute the U.S. parent share of U.S. private industry
employment, BEA used comparable statistics at the
aggregate level for all U.S. private industries from BEA’s
national income and product accounts (NIPAs) in line 3
(private industries) of Table 6.4D Full‐Time and Part‐Time
Employees by Industry.

A U.S. parent is a person (in the broad legal sense to
include any individual, partnership, corporation, or other
form of organization), resident in the United States, that
owns 10 percent or more of a foreign business enterprise,
referred to as its foreign affiliate.

To compute the U.S. parent share of U.S. private industry
value added, BEA used comparable statistics at the
aggregate level for all U.S. private industries from BEA’s
gross domestic product by industry accounts in line 2
(private industries) of the Value Added by Industry table.

A majority‐owned foreign affiliate (MOFA) is a foreign
business enterprise in which the combined ownership of
all U.S. parents, either directly or indirectly, exceeds 50
percent.

Supplemental information

Definitions

The U.S. parent share of U.S. MNE worldwide activity can
change for a number of reasons. The changes do not
uniformly correspond to either additions to, or
subtractions from, employment and capital expenditures
in the United States. Examples of factors—other than
production shifting—that can change parent and affiliate
shares of MNE activity include different rates of economic
growth in the United States. Specifically, economic growth
can occur in markets where investment takes place abroad
or where the creation of new market opportunities abroad
cannot be served by exports from the United States.

Employment covers the total number of full‐time and
part‐time employees on the payroll at the end of the year.
Value added is the value of the final goods and services
produced by a firm’s labor and property. Value added
represents the firm’s contribution to the gross domestic
product of the firm’s country of residence. The estimates
of value added in this release were prepared by summing
cost and profit data collected in BEA’s surveys of U.S.

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List of News Release Tables
Table 1. Selected Data for U.S. Parents by Industry of U.S. Parent, 2016
Table 2. Selected Data for Majority‐Owned Foreign Affiliates by Industry of Affiliate, 2016
Table 3. Selected Data for Majority‐Owned Foreign Affiliates by Country, 2016
Table 4. Employment of Majority‐Owned Foreign Affiliates, Country by Industry of Affiliate, 2016

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Table 1. Selected Data for U.S. Parents by Industry of U.S. Parent, 2016
Millions of dollars

Total assets
(1)
All industries
Mining
Oil and gas extraction
Other
Manufacturing
Food
Beverages and tobacco products
Textiles, apparel, and leather products
Wood products
Paper
Printing and related support activities
Petroleum and coal products
Chemicals
Basic chemicals
Resins and synthetic rubber, fibers, and filaments
Pharmaceuticals and medicines
Soap, cleaning compounds, and toilet preparations
Other
Plastics and rubber products
Nonmetallic mineral products
Primary and fabricated metals
Primary metals
Fabricated metal products
Machinery
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery
Industrial machinery
Other
Computers and electronic products
Computers and peripheral equipment
Communications equipment
Audio and video equipment
Semiconductors and other electronic components
Navigational, measuring, and other instruments
Magnetic and optical media
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles, bodies and trailers, and parts
Other
Furniture and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Wholesale trade
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies
Petroleum and petroleum products
Drugs and druggists' sundries
Other
Retail trade
General merchandise stores
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
Other
Information
Publishing industries
Motion picture and sound recording industries
Broadcasting (except Internet) and telecommunications
Broadcasting (except Internet)
Telecommunications
Data processing, hosting, and related services
Other information services
Finance and insurance
Depository credit intermediation (banking)
Finance, except depository institutions
Insurance carriers and related activities
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Architectural, engineering, and related services
Computer systems design and related services
Management, scientific, and technical consulting
Advertising and related services
Other
Other industries
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Construction
Utilities
Transportation and warehousing
Real estate and rental and leasing
Management of nonbank companies and enterprises
Administration, support, and waste management
Health care and social assistance
Accommodation and food services
Miscellaneous services

Expenditures
for property,
plant, and
Total liablilities Owners' equity equipment
(2)
(3)
(4)

40,406,935
558,545
289,259
269,285
8,283,976
686,743
365,914
42,366
7,343
150,420
28,012
1,113,655
1,894,544
184,799
143,217
1,312,041
132,967
121,520
150,993
70,907
240,100
176,621
63,479
454,605
212,791
96,166
145,648
1,092,866
328,800
180,600
(D)

30,066,004
324,393
157,580
166,813
4,950,727
430,620
188,941
20,394
3,353
104,185
25,980
541,655
1,158,288
129,756
109,343
800,631
53,578
64,981
107,448
49,769
154,046
115,757
38,290
279,255
152,926
34,955
91,375
530,630
162,769
90,502
(D)

307,376
260,430
(D)

123,948
143,371
(D)

208,807
1,347,379
668,658
678,721
21,764
407,556
1,585,331
75,767
124,063
164,467
1,221,034
976,760
279,732
88,600
608,429
2,685,148
447,213
76,431
1,589,525
621,637
967,888
140,251
431,728
22,693,566
8,765,929
6,771,257
7,156,380
799,313
65,261
393,748
71,145
77,157
192,003
2,824,297
35,875
124,162
728,332
569,861
476,269
215,695
194,622
167,115
199,991
112,376

121,407
1,008,660
501,335
507,326
15,542
210,551
975,508
50,989
81,259
119,318
723,942
631,851
164,203
55,457
412,191
1,641,925
226,585
33,940
1,124,321
411,352
712,970
95,279
161,800
19,238,360
7,617,530
5,485,395
6,135,435
434,996
32,230
198,755
41,823
45,676
116,512
1,868,244
23,333
76,199
514,213
401,632
293,663
59,298
128,073
127,979
161,142
82,712

10,340,931
234,152
131,679
102,473
3,333,249
256,123
176,973
21,972
3,990
46,235
2,032
571,999
736,256
55,043
33,874
511,410
79,390
56,540
43,545
21,137
86,054
60,865
25,189
175,349
59,865
61,211
54,273
562,236
166,031
90,098
5,441
183,428
117,059
179
87,400
338,719
167,324
171,395
6,222
197,005
609,823
24,777
42,804
45,149
497,093
344,909
115,528
33,143
196,238
1,043,223
220,628
42,491
465,204
210,286
254,918
44,972
269,928
3,455,206
1,148,399
1,285,862
1,020,945
364,317
33,031
194,993
29,322
31,481
75,491
956,053
12,542
47,963
214,119
168,229
182,606
156,397
66,549
39,136
38,849
29,665

657,451
38,615
24,194
14,421
212,688
14,016
4,196
1,594
330
4,444
1,360
35,834
32,440
6,727
5,657
13,296
2,642
4,118
4,489
1,939
7,637
5,481
2,156
11,017
6,194
1,796
3,027
24,942
7,419
1,836
306
11,644
3,730
7
4,491
57,323
46,234
11,089
663
5,972
45,600
1,489
7,691
1,990
34,430
43,717
12,886
4,435
26,396
93,074
8,836
1,382
66,124
18,066
48,058
2,847
13,885
64,270
8,463
41,841
13,966
12,173
1,096
6,248
619
1,045
3,165
147,314
1,208
3,454
45,781
35,990
37,330
589
5,705
6,667
6,030
4,561

Sales
(5)
12,622,451
138,383
57,879
80,504
4,287,933
470,830
119,681
39,456
9,536
90,542
25,687
603,833
644,384
97,130
39,450
379,525
67,471
60,807
93,882
29,596
181,390
138,129
43,261
236,831
89,257
43,395
104,179
539,655
170,061
69,387
10,570
159,965
129,341
331
107,581
899,193
529,155
370,038
22,821
173,035
1,772,586
108,579
136,310
458,996
1,068,701
1,610,663
586,419
125,147
899,097
1,098,187
182,925
28,013
599,906
232,974
366,932
146,339
141,004
2,067,697
422,727
494,543
1,150,428
439,745
56,366
148,405
41,208
32,051
161,715
1,207,258
13,249
125,496
172,910
331,570
124,146
641
135,253
129,883
114,843
59,267

Net income
(6)
1,134,856
-30,921
-26,595
-4,327
435,842
31,607
34,724
2,877
467
9,088
255
17,680
119,816
8,791
6,615
88,819
10,597
4,994
7,756
1,648
4,333
1,122
3,211
15,739
3,859
3,511
8,368
99,861
(D)
(D)
541
20,680
18,084
24
8,347
60,756
25,091
35,665
1,301
19,586
67,074
1,628
4,108
10,798
50,540
64,365
20,351
7,915
36,100
130,738
29,768
375
62,788
35,430
27,358
5,215
32,592
291,532
97,840
132,333
61,359
72,423
1,282
28,851
3,812
2,399
36,079
103,804
1,737
3,504
11,745
25,581
19,329
6,961
8,300
9,177
13,457
4,012

Value added
(7)
3,925,690
67,958
33,361
34,598
1,386,550
108,120
68,322
12,014
3,914
33,281
9,791
125,434
280,556
30,504
13,300
185,118
31,701
19,933
36,507
11,338
51,408
34,271
17,137
78,512
20,306
20,344
37,862
219,591
79,649
26,414
3,326
53,090
56,952
160
37,249
232,182
102,717
129,465
8,264
70,067
235,584
16,307
13,191
25,494
180,593
387,077
147,130
42,872
197,075
469,314
90,719
7,079
268,715
107,119
161,596
35,090
67,710
513,290
205,907
175,375
132,008
248,567
22,702
78,429
25,213
17,910
104,314
617,350
5,635
41,435
70,472
180,492
70,122
5,993
67,837
82,125
66,340
26,899

Research and
development
performed by Compensation
parents
of employees
(8)
(9)
296,879
798
(D)
(D)
193,778
2,530
479
201
50
1,881
183
2,768
61,271
1,160
3,601
53,151
2,372
987
1,465
415
1,203
642
561
9,483
3,785
2,575
3,123
58,243
16,017
9,394
828
20,857
11,147
0
4,057
39,914
16,629
23,285
598
9,037
7,306
1,928
(D)
1,986
(D)
(D)
0
(D)
(D)
47,472
20,012
(D)
2,926
(D)
(D)
2,714
(D)
748
(D)
331
(D)
25,650
(D)
15,593
(D)
175
8,039
(D)
(D)
78
9
(D)
(D)
0
495
(D)
131
341

2,196,665
29,702
7,931
21,771
725,278
54,906
12,182
7,680
1,884
19,388
7,334
44,291
112,985
12,380
9,698
68,796
10,869
11,242
20,490
7,312
35,373
23,459
11,915
55,183
17,573
12,610
25,001
116,114
28,271
15,816
2,283
30,407
39,209
127
24,698
151,397
53,903
97,494
5,794
48,268
123,462
12,930
3,285
12,439
94,808
194,632
78,116
23,766
92,749
215,689
54,711
4,412
97,229
39,752
57,477
22,157
37,179
364,387
119,449
119,525
125,413
176,442
21,207
56,928
20,660
13,171
64,476
367,073
2,140
33,696
20,207
107,951
32,241
874
53,911
60,232
38,768
17,053

Number of
employees
(thousands)
(10)
28,022.9
258.3
46.4
211.9
7,275.5
847.8
143.9
178.2
30.5
182.6
113.8
271.8
905.4
116.2
84.7
423.9
149.3
131.4
314.0
81.9
452.9
284.7
168.2
565.2
155.7
130.6
278.8
899.9
182.6
120.2
K
229.0
337.8
G
269.5
1,424.1
636.4
787.7
83.7
510.5
1,684.0
144.9
34.9
125.1
1,379.1
5,928.2
2,471.5
902.1
2,554.6
2,183.7
464.3
107.2
1,072.5
507.3
565.1
238.9
300.8
2,853.4
1,012.0
697.5
1,143.9
1,642.4
216.0
489.5
203.6
119.2
614.2
6,197.3
37.6
333.7
179.3
1,363.8
353.8
7.8
1,141.2
874.2
1,437.0
468.8

Table 2. Selected Data for Majority-Owned Foreign Affiliates by Industry of Affiliate, 2016
Millions of dollars
Number of affiliates with
assets, sales, or net
income (+/-) greater than
$25 million
(1)
All industries
Mining
Oil and gas extraction
Other
Manufacturing
Food
Beverages and tobacco products
Textiles, apparel, and leather products
Wood products
Paper
Printing and related support activities
Petroleum and coal products
Chemicals
Basic chemicals
Resins and synthetic rubber, fibers, and filaments
Pharmaceuticals and medicines
Soap, cleaning compounds, and toilet preparations
Other
Plastics and rubber products
Nonmetallic mineral products
Primary and fabricated metals
Primary metals
Fabricated metal products
Machinery
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery
Industrial machinery
Other
Computers and electronic products
Computers and peripheral equipment
Communications equipment
Audio and video equipment
Semiconductors and other electronic components
Navigational, measuring, and other instruments
Magnetic and optical media
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles, bodies and trailers, and parts
Other
Furniture and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Wholesale trade
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies
Petroleum and petroleum products
Drugs and druggists' sundries
Other
Retail trade
General merchandise stores
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
Other
Information
Publishing industries
Motion picture and sound recording industries
Broadcasting (except Internet) and telecommunications
Broadcasting (except Internet)
Telecommunications
Data processing, hosting, and related services
Other information services
Finance and insurance
Depository credit intermediation (banking)
Finance, except depository institutions
Insurance carriers and related activities
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Architectural, engineering, and related services
Computer systems design and related services
Management, scientific, and technical consulting
Advertising and related services
Other
Other industries
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Construction
Utilities
Transportation and warehousing
Real estate and rental and leasing
Management of nonbank companies and enterprises
Administration, support, and waste management
Health care and social assistance
Accommodation and food services
Miscellaneous services

Total assets
(2)

Net property,
plant, and
equipment
(3)

Expenditures
for property,
plant, and
equipment
(4)

Sales
(5)

Net income
(6)

Value added
(7)

Research and
development
performed
(8)

Compensation
of employees
(9)

Number of
employees
(thousands)
(10)

34,881
1,121
528

25,226,581
1,038,676
701,387

1,367,094
424,302
323,260

199,478
46,267
36,010

5,781,264
171,432
97,929

1,015,559
1,006
-3,468

1,300,419
80,696
54,065

53,451
283
78

599,410
18,728
6,765

14,256.1
231.1
52.9

593
10,639
651
231
153
31
229
85
47
2,603
470
271
721
556
585
467
197
688
276
412
1,152
185
181
786
1,560
252
205
51
549
487
16
450
1,009
833
176
42
1,044
3,930
614
166
571
2,579
713
67
166
480
1,662
557
172
326
81
245
200
407
5,398
431
4,143
824
1,904
237
568
251
294
554
9,514
143
161
222
683
1,049
5,813
742
54
321
326

337,288
2,866,933
199,122
112,357
18,097
8,265
44,372
12,218
107,229
756,378
109,032
80,644
372,276
86,534
107,892
66,153
45,929
125,145
63,660
61,485
310,813
59,841
36,053
214,919
461,526
169,856
33,335
10,133
162,468
81,872
3,863
129,321
253,839
214,412
39,427
3,324
212,845
1,122,724
164,135
67,002
296,938
594,649
300,600
111,611
22,627
166,362
551,985
246,288
23,537
169,911
47,351
122,560
33,802
78,448
8,966,193
2,386,696
5,411,657
1,167,840
525,917
33,091
241,393
107,853
35,878
107,702
9,853,553
19,889
28,859
125,262
127,541
443,183
8,700,051
163,079
21,358
122,579
101,750

101,041
428,266
34,397
19,255
2,665
2,279
13,685
1,800
24,638
101,485
28,495
10,775
31,026
13,335
17,853
14,243
16,396
28,196
19,066
9,130
25,520
8,413
2,928
14,180
59,347
14,102
2,799
780
36,810
4,673
182
8,477
55,402
50,071
5,331
626
19,857
45,290
5,479
8,372
6,091
25,347
58,288
(D)

10,257
63,510
5,654
3,797
361
181
1,516
176
1,900
13,467
2,575
1,059
5,732
1,843
2,258
2,148
1,497
2,376
1,165
1,211
3,548
1,178
479
1,891
13,195
1,504
493
168
10,340
637
53
1,515
8,738
8,086
652
69
3,372
9,192
2,116
888
1,032
5,156
7,408
3,771
649
2,988
15,936
1,987
311
10,016
1,119
8,896
1,554
2,067
7,215
1,127
4,628
1,461
6,478
567
3,959
639
224
1,087
43,473
999
319
7,904
5,435
19,143
32
1,202
609
3,705
4,125

73,503
2,462,441
190,080
80,367
16,953
5,725
39,201
12,539
124,655
524,144
78,500
47,338
241,228
81,369
75,710
54,158
29,470
81,571
43,520
38,051
170,319
44,656
22,993
102,670
528,354
285,333
25,123
7,071
150,526
55,288
5,013
57,113
413,671
379,381
34,291
4,023
130,098
1,309,393
184,938
170,457
243,607
710,390
339,483
154,744
28,039
156,701
298,968
111,704
13,008
64,463
19,003
45,460
17,695
92,099
492,887
61,372
260,271
171,243
284,558
30,664
136,634
28,699
16,364
72,197
422,103
12,400
21,487
26,822
77,040
97,365
2,298
75,354
7,208
54,164
47,964

4,474
197,257
6,327
12,460
1,035
612
2,102
-108
8,128
65,901
5,192
6,263
40,534
7,113
6,800
4,744
1,691
4,063
2,017
2,046
26,668
1,680
1,972
23,016
30,204
21,654
-6,522
541
10,809
3,625
96
17,242
6,014
4,949
1,064
152
10,023
55,998
8,980
4,433
10,693
31,893
13,996
4,298
1,001
8,696
29,604
20,358
1,117
2,394
1,107
1,288
1,336
4,399
131,206
13,630
99,472
18,104
41,011
1,556
11,502
9,197
1,236
17,519
545,481
-113
495
4,355
3,234
29,597
487,680
10,930
220
4,731
4,351

26,631
557,619
32,119
53,191
3,832
1,878
8,747
2,039
38,054
127,344
15,433
9,045
67,138
17,169
18,560
15,333
9,142
20,087
9,907
10,180
58,649
12,231
5,292
41,126
85,519
37,481
3,583
1,674
29,274
13,109
397
13,017
53,683
46,561
7,122
1,060
33,927
157,574
30,601
11,035
24,891
91,047
78,992
32,629
5,870
40,493
85,021
36,295
3,073
21,145
5,891
15,254
7,841
16,667
87,966
27,825
37,645
22,496
123,643
10,802
54,829
15,089
8,556
34,367
128,909
2,494
5,481
11,825
23,646
43,910
-48,595
39,838
3,638
23,438
23,233

204
31,277
526
75
100
11
112
70
40
9,147
231
242
7,317
489
868
439
124
286
112
174
2,940
808
813
1,319
7,633
1,148
1,094
273
3,558
1,558
3
622
6,880
6,187
692
11
2,261
3,999
1,243
(D)

11,964
219,148
15,183
7,125
2,199
1,039
4,167
1,490
2,226
44,189
6,010
3,860
20,108
5,588
8,623
7,914
4,362
10,806
4,875
5,931
26,853
7,007
3,355
16,491
31,059
9,734
3,075
917
10,410
6,695
230
7,334
35,572
30,898
4,674
754
16,877
58,057
17,124
1,345
10,520
29,068
33,271
15,636
3,717
13,917
37,291
14,377
1,051
8,204
1,699
6,505
4,902
8,758
64,467
15,888
33,752
14,827
80,402
8,637
38,029
12,189
6,817
14,730
88,046
1,381
4,601
2,380
13,749
10,689
1,692
28,275
2,534
11,825
10,921

178.2
5,411.4
456.2
241.9
155.6
20.6
108.0
56.5
15.0
677.1
84.4
55.1
274.2
126.1
137.4
201.7
96.1
255.6
106.9
148.6
523.5
115.6
52.8
355.1
859.7
246.0
99.6
29.1
364.7
114.2
6.2
240.1
1,106.4
1,011.2
95.3
28.9
368.7
944.4
234.9
12.4
160.6
536.5
1,576.0
929.2
160.2
486.6
642.9
184.7
20.3
130.6
24.3
106.3
173.7
133.6
703.8
190.6
302.6
210.6
1,427.7
119.3
778.8
127.2
97.6
304.7
3,318.7
84.1
54.1
36.0
333.1
174.6
26.8
1,155.5
60.1
1,148.4
246.1

3,428
(D)
56,901
8,521
1,548
35,714
8,635
27,079
4,166
6,951
35,949
5,987
23,050
6,912
26,843
1,869
15,001
2,750
1,406
5,817
291,256
7,923
3,263
69,534
45,067
92,021
518
5,972
8,640
31,953
26,363

1,998
(D)
45
(*)
2
43
5,158
3,487
2
28
2
26
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
29
4
12,157
(D)
4,262
921
16
(D)
(D)
(D)
4
8
3
3
40
110
(D)
5
66

All countries
Canada
Europe
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Other
Latin America and Other
Western Hemisphere
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Venezuela
Other
Central America
Costa Rica
Honduras
Mexico
Panama
Other
Other Western Hemisphere
Barbados
Bermuda
Dominican Republic
United Kingdom Islands,
Caribbean
Other
Africa
Egypt
Nigeria
South Africa
Other
Middle East
Israel
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Other
Asia and Pacific
Australia
China
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Malaysia
New Zealand
Philippines
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand
Other
Addenda:
European Union (28)
OPEC

Table 3. Selected Data for Majority-Owned Foreign Affiliates by Country, 2016
Millions of dollars

Number of
affiliates with
assets, sales, or
net income (+/-)
greater than $25
million
(1)
34,881
2,401
17,583
233
580
185
279
137
1,342
1,842
87
169
883
743
1,308
2,293
221
311
137
277
633
384
783
160
3,999
597

Total assets
(2)
25,226,581
1,356,686
15,551,955
40,524
389,180
20,191
80,517
28,196
375,712
810,765
9,431
62,244
1,437,876
167,947
2,299,979
2,943,343
127,042
61,217
21,617
66,204
161,206
125,059
923,288
21,051
5,095,635
283,731

5,929
1,952
263
882
215
196
63
83
133
117
1,470
97
31
1,138
103
101
2,507
89
678
38

3,922,049
641,978
67,612
284,850
179,622
31,580
5,016
31,818
24,151
17,329
471,074
39,470
2,909
405,968
11,790
10,938
2,808,997
83,379
1,292,136
5,214

226,422
121,363
20,258
47,619
24,854
6,371
743
14,873
2,829
3,816
67,566
2,706
654
59,935
2,049
2,221
37,493
1,182
7,525
1,011

1,427
275
866
77
84
249
456
526
187
77
151
111
7,576
1,066
1,657
826
516
177
796
332
274
158
171
859
260
233
251

1,254,113
174,155
334,713
23,888
(D)
40,175
(D)
195,962
65,116
24,639
44,872
61,335
3,865,217
689,311
403,582
356,487
141,007
67,467
1,029,963
151,057
73,149
23,580
33,773
682,547
71,439
72,780
69,075

15,915
820

14,186,197
378,315

Net property, Expenditures for
plant, and
property, plant,
equipment
and equipment
(3)
(4)
1,367,094
199,478
200,259
23,805
495,684
82,883
4,272
1,650
15,997
2,800
3,527
475
5,437
461
2,666
236
29,458
5,342
47,658
7,802
856
113
3,678
499
69,064
10,223
16,576
3,839
12,869
1,508
29,163
9,027
20,017
1,803
10,950
1,618
1,712
151
12,093
1,382
14,789
3,312
4,332
589
13,987
3,863
2,017
(D)
127,875
19,096
46,692
(D)

Research and
development Compensation of
performed
employees
(8)
(9)
53,451
599,410
3,577
61,664
31,267
302,152
548
3,586
1,735
10,647
76
2,100
628
3,834
524
1,388
2,262
32,641
8,972
50,780
29
842
105
1,648
2,879
9,124
796
14,451
132
1,577
1,234
17,808
312
4,255
277
4,580
52
1,261
170
4,169
361
10,569
709
5,843
3,026
13,325
89
1,964
5,953
100,878
399
4,883

Number of
employees
(thousands)
(10)
14,256.1
1,204.2
4,715.6
48.0
125.7
83.2
40.3
20.4
481.4
701.3
15.7
67.4
121.0
223.6
22.5
250.8
42.0
192.4
30.6
162.1
175.7
71.7
102.7
51.0
1,473.4
212.8

Sales
(5)
5,781,264
540,143
2,795,689
22,128
136,497
14,292
18,312
13,543
189,346
341,312
5,177
16,912
362,426
108,849
66,599
266,128
28,565
40,638
9,665
40,619
83,030
34,616
313,958
27,268
606,521
49,290

Net income
(6)
1,015,559
27,271
664,970
2,111
13,371
788
1,370
-6,840
7,192
17,999
99
4,223
146,359
5,302
98,378
185,609
14,672
2,648
454
-115
5,826
4,800
65,013
885
99,001
-4,174

Value added
(7)
1,300,419
118,863
665,004
5,707
25,313
4,550
5,495
1,291
49,765
80,697
2,235
3,756
90,971
28,485
3,293
56,987
12,585
11,382
3,357
10,289
16,202
9,769
55,648
9,495
166,067
11,666

30,770
16,869
2,428
8,047
3,135
764
73
1,331
355
736
9,264
1,348
89
7,367
169
291
4,637
(D)
547
285

722,095
296,515
43,047
162,704
32,840
19,832
5,004
12,629
12,590
7,868
265,301
13,447
3,443
231,529
7,587
9,294
160,280
16,946
56,651
3,614

170,859
1,405
1,524
-3,132
2,590
278
119
-370
-209
605
21,632
1,069
80
19,355
338
790
147,821
1,569
75,000
543

140,414
71,710
15,821
34,785
7,799
5,177
898
3,069
2,609
1,551
51,932
3,139
640
45,108
865
2,180
16,771
939
-8,476
1,126

1,957
1,127
130
794
35
64
1
79
21
2
519
84
5
412
13
6
310
(D)
53
3

64,497
36,568
5,483
21,515
3,449
2,466
475
1,512
1,174
495
24,070
1,611
443
20,738
477
801
3,859
28
1,137
257

2,823.1
1,115.3
130.6
632.0
146.0
90.1
17.7
47.5
36.9
14.5
1,621.6
90.0
45.5
1,384.3
24.9
76.9
86.2
0.9
9.8
24.4

14,447
13,327
81,273
5,800
(D)
3,851
(D)
28,020
5,581
4,114
9,057
9,269
335,435
80,165
59,851
5,689
17,785
21,931
28,417
15,653
11,544
3,012
5,814
33,559
9,011
12,762
30,243

1,331
(D)
7,891
1,426
1,486
437
4,542
3,415
621
261
934
1,599
50,715
8,569
10,810
1,253
3,111
3,014
5,605
1,901
1,447
476
899
5,536
2,177
1,623
4,294

59,507
23,561
77,550
11,937
10,865
29,392
25,357
60,990
19,911
9,562
23,378
8,138
1,584,796
140,078
345,329
133,809
83,326
23,910
230,125
66,625
44,966
12,821
21,421
366,327
36,328
50,604
29,128

58,423
12,286
3,650
-57
1,559
605
1,543
8,863
2,196
1,003
2,064
3,600
139,945
8,767
26,032
13,547
5,046
4,029
20,127
4,912
3,387
962
2,108
40,172
2,880
4,923
3,053

9,184
13,998
25,555
3,827
6,732
5,652
9,345
21,745
9,041
2,040
7,528
3,136
328,838
41,499
65,141
17,245
29,079
13,581
46,795
16,066
8,661
3,872
6,504
44,512
7,496
13,599
14,788

(D)
(D)
114
23
(D)
58
(D)
2,667
2,574
15
76
2
13,868
852
3,495
155
3,352
20
2,797
905
528
30
83
1,155
383
97
14

1,415
1,023
7,460
712
1,211
3,214
2,323
10,970
5,397
2,006
2,537
1,030
152,667
25,802
29,037
10,864
19,755
2,647
25,874
7,347
3,173
1,648
3,143
14,052
3,274
2,815
3,238

23.5
27.5
246.4
36.9
9.2
105.9
94.4
137.7
70.3
22.7
29.1
15.6
5,129.2
304.6
1,749.7
141.5
1,220.7
113.8
350.6
120.4
165.2
37.5
334.0
193.6
99.5
157.0
141.0

408,341
98,025

69,641
9,167

2,361,776
98,887

583,516
12,037

571,957
39,781

27,503
160

276,932
11,525

4,288.2
245.7

All industries Mining
(1)
(2)
14,256.1
231.1
1,204.2
23.3
4,715.6
48.0
(*)
48.0
125.7
0.1
83.2
0.0
40.3
0.2
20.4
0.0
481.4
0.3
701.3
3.9
15.7
0.0
67.4
0.1
H
121.0
223.6
0.6
22.5
0.4
250.8
4.2
42.0
7.8
192.4
0.1
30.6
0.0
162.1
4.7
175.7
0.1
(*)
71.7
F
102.7
(*)
51.0
1,473.4
14.3
212.8
5.9

Table 4. Employment of Majority-Owned Foreign Affiliates, Country by Industry of Affiliate, 2016
[Thousands of employees]
Manufacturing
Of which:
Electrical
Professional,
Computers equipment,
scientific,
Primary and
and
appliances,
Finance
and
fabricated
electronic
and
Transportatio Wholesale Retail
and
technical
Other
Food Chemicals
metals
Machinery products components n equipment
trade
trade Information insurance services industries
Total
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
5,411.4
456.2
677.1
255.6
523.5
859.7
240.1
1,106.4
944.4 1,576.0
642.9
703.8
1,427.7 3,318.7
290.4
30.8
30.0
19.2
24.1
24.5
8.6
64.9
101.7 385.1
29.1
37.8
74.3
262.4
1,878.3
127.9
300.0
117.0
241.6
196.9
78.2
377.5
402.6 462.5
229.9
236.9
392.8 1,064.5
G
24.3
1.2
4.9
1.0
3.5
1.8
5.8
4.8
2.2
1.5
4.5
3.5
7.2
62.0
5.2
19.6
3.1
8.4
3.9
0.5
6.4
13.5
2.2
5.2
7.1
7.7
28.0
G
53.7
1.5
3.1
3.2
6.1
7.1
20.3
4.1
1.1
1.7
1.0
7.9
13.7
21.1
0.8
9.2
1.2
4.4
2.3
0.1
0.1
4.2
1.1
4.4
0.7
3.9
4.7
(*)
10.5
1.3
0.3
2.7
1.1
0.1
0.0
1.6
0.1
2.5
0.2
2.4
3.0
197.2
11.0
30.8
15.7
34.9
18.0
5.4
20.0
43.4
17.4
11.8
15.0
36.6
159.9
382.4
10.8
67.7
19.0
48.5
57.5
13.2
91.2
52.7
50.0
19.6
14.0
56.2
122.7
(*)
(*)
5.2
1.6
1.3
0.5
0.3
0.0
2.7
0.2
0.6
1.9
0.9
4.2
I
45.0
1.2
1.1
2.3
2.9
9.5
15.4
3.0
0.8
2.2
1.9
5.7
8.8
J
50.7
0.8
13.3
0.6
0.9
12.1
0.2
0.5
6.0
4.8
15.5
14.9
11.0
103.1
3.1
20.0
6.3
23.1
6.0
9.0
13.9
17.8
13.1
12.1
5.7
15.5
55.6
(*)
(*)
(*)
9.9
0.0
0.8
0.6
0.1
0.1
0.8
1.1
3.4
0.5
6.3
94.1
9.5
26.2
4.6
11.7
12.4
2.0
8.9
25.8
9.0
19.1
4.3
19.1
75.1
14.1
0.6
1.5
1.5
4.9
0.9
0.8
0.0
2.5
2.2
1.5
1.1
2.3
10.5
127.9
21.3
10.4
7.7
6.4
6.3
8.4
46.3
14.4
1.8
4.7
8.3
8.5
26.8
12.1
1.1
1.4
1.0
1.2
0.6
0.5
3.9
1.9
1.5
0.8
2.2
1.4
10.7
G
59.0
10.6
4.5
3.6
5.3
2.2
4.0
18.6
0.3
9.6
5.1
10.4
54.3
81.3
4.8
14.6
6.0
6.8
5.6
6.6
22.3
21.4
6.8
4.4
6.7
9.4
45.6
29.5
0.5
4.1
2.3
4.7
2.5
0.5
5.3
6.7
2.0
3.6
3.2
6.6
20.1
J
43.9
1.8
9.2
0.7
9.7
4.4
1.5
0.8
23.4
1.6
7.7
3.2
7.9
31.1
3.4
7.1
0.6
1.8
0.4
0.1
10.5
9.1
0.6
0.9
1.7
1.7
6.1
310.5
26.6
42.7
18.8
49.0
39.4
9.2
58.1
111.3 341.6
89.2
124.0
145.8
336.7
I
109.7
10.6
4.9
16.1
4.5
2.5
43.6
13.8
1.3
10.3
7.0
28.0
36.8

All countries
Canada
Europe
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Other
Latin America and Other
Western Hemisphere
2,823.1
78.4 1,322.1
157.9
127.4
43.7
83.0
100.4
70.2
424.4
110.8 429.5
83.8
159.1
101.7
537.8
South America
K
M
M
1,115.3
57.7
444.2
77.6
80.3
14.4
16.5
22.9
89.2
51.6
55.8
82.7
57.7
Argentina
J
J
130.6
7.2
53.7
13.3
12.8
0.7
3.0
0.4
0.3
11.0
8.2
9.3
10.3
9.0
Brazil
L
M
632.0
13.4
310.0
45.0
45.6
11.8
32.4
13.8
21.4
68.4
25.0
30.3
48.3
35.3
Chile
H
(*)
K
L
146.0
6.2
15.3
5.7
0.4
0.5
0.4
0.4
4.6
5.7
12.0
4.9
Colombia
H
90.1
13.1
22.8
4.6
4.1
1.2
0.8
1.6
0.8
4.4
2.0
4.8
7.8
5.6
29.6
Ecuador
G
(*)
(*)
17.7
1.1
7.1
0.8
0.0
0.1
0.6
4.1
0.5
0.3
1.6
0.9
2.3
Peru
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
47.5
13.2
7.5
2.4
1.9
0.4
0.0
2.5
0.8
0.7
0.7
22.1
Venezuela
(*)
H
I
36.9
1.4
21.1
5.6
9.2
0.2
0.4
0.1
4.9
2.3
0.6
1.6
0.9
Other
A
(*)
(*)
G
G
G
(*)
0.6
0.9
0.5
0.4
14.5
2.2
6.9
1.9
0.2
Central America
1,621.6
15.5
844.0
78.5
42.8
29.1
40.8
82.0
47.1
335.1
54.5 299.4
24.6
69.8
41.0
272.8
Costa Rica
I
H
G
I
J
J
F
90.0
0.0
31.7
7.0
0.2
0.1
0.5
10.6
21.0
Honduras
H
(*)
I
H
H
45.5
0.0
28.5
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
1.0
0.1
0.1
9.9
Mexico
1,384.3
15.0
746.1
59.8
33.2
27.2
40.7
75.1
45.5
322.6
39.1 264.1
23.4
59.4
30.1
207.0
Panama
(*)
G
J
24.9
0.5
2.6
0.3
0.7
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.8
0.3
1.0
0.2
Other
A
(*)
F
J
J
(*)
H
0.3
6.0
0.1
76.9
0.0
34.9
9.8
1.7
1.5
Other Western Hemisphere
H
(*)
H
K
86.2
5.2
33.9
1.7
4.4
0.3
1.9
0.2
4.7
3.4
6.5
2.9
Barbados
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
0.9
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.1
0.1
Bermuda
G
(*)
G
G
9.8
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
3.6
0.1
1.7
Dominican Republic
G
G
(*)
24.4
0.0
20.9
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.8
1.0
0.1
0.2
0.2
1.3
United Kingdom Islands,
Caribbean
G
G
(*)
(*)
H
(*)
(*)
I
23.5
2.3
8.5
0.0
2.7
0.0
1.1
1.9
Other
A
F
A
G
F
G
G
J
0.2
0.1
27.5
2.3
0.2
0.0
1.5
0.7
Africa
K
K
246.4
20.6
113.1
15.4
8.1
2.5
5.9
2.9
1.9
26.3
19.2
4.2
13.2
7.5
Egypt
36.9
1.5
18.6
8.7
1.9
0.6
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
8.3
0.0
0.5
0.7
0.8
6.5
Nigeria
(*)
(*)
(*)
9.2
5.6
2.2
0.0
0.3
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.0
0.3
0.4
0.1
South Africa
G
J
K
J
105.9
0.4
36.1
3.5
5.0
0.6
4.7
2.2
8.4
3.1
7.1
5.8
Other
F
J
94.4
13.0
56.2
3.1
0.8
1.2
0.6
0.7
2.0
0.5
0.3
5.0
0.9
16.5
Middle East
137.7
14.2
42.7
4.0
3.8
1.1
9.2
14.3
0.6
0.3
8.1
0.7
10.2
4.9
30.4
26.6
Israel
70.3
0.2
26.9
0.3
2.4
0.4
5.4
12.6
0.5
0.3
5.2
0.2
6.4
1.2
13.9
16.3
Saudi Arabia
H
22.7
6.8
5.2
0.6
0.2
0.9
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.2
0.6
0.2
6.2
3.0
United Arab Emirates
29.1
2.7
6.6
0.1
0.7
0.4
2.7
1.5
0.1
0.0
1.9
0.2
2.9
2.0
6.3
6.5
Other
F
15.6
4.6
4.0
0.1
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.3
1.5
3.9
0.8
Asia and Pacific
M
M
5,129.2
46.6 1,765.0
120.2
207.8
72.1
159.7
520.7
80.5
213.1
302.0
285.7
251.9
820.9
Australia
304.6
11.0
79.7
12.4
12.4
6.4
8.7
6.9
1.6
8.4
33.7
16.7
20.5
15.5
43.7
83.9
China
1,749.7
2.5
740.1
48.3
81.2
43.4
82.4
196.8
56.3
99.0
97.2 150.7
21.9
13.1
80.9
643.3
Hong Kong
(*)
(*)
141.5
40.5
0.2
4.2
1.5
4.4
5.8
2.4
16.6
5.4
4.6
22.4
16.4
35.6
India
J
M
1,220.7
1.1
209.0
11.3
39.0
6.1
26.5
36.3
9.4
44.3
51.2
139.5
88.0
556.8
Indonesia
F
113.8
21.9
62.8
10.4
6.2
0.1
2.6
2.7
0.7
3.3
0.4
1.8
5.2
1.2
17.1
Japan
350.6
0.0
85.9
1.0
25.4
1.1
10.6
24.2
1.1
7.4
34.3
54.9
10.9
43.1
37.7
83.8
Korea, Republic of
120.4
0.2
60.2
0.9
5.7
1.0
5.3
14.4
0.7
22.4
9.4
7.1
2.5
9.4
7.2
24.4
Malaysia
H
165.2
2.2
123.5
2.8
4.8
1.6
3.9
92.2
2.1
6.1
1.3
1.3
5.9
8.2
16.6
New Zealand
37.5
0.1
7.9
2.2
1.0
0.1
1.1
0.9
0.1
0.0
3.4
3.1
1.8
2.6
4.4
14.1
Philippines
(*)
H
G
H
I
M
334.0
69.5
1.7
1.9
0.1
36.9
3.3
1.8
60.5
36.1
Singapore
193.6
2.6
79.6
1.7
8.4
1.4
8.3
32.4
2.2
6.1
19.7
1.4
12.0
21.2
13.6
43.5
Taiwan
99.5
0.0
39.0
0.7
4.3
2.1
2.7
18.8
0.2
3.7
10.2
5.0
3.1
8.2
5.0
28.9
Thailand
157.0
3.0
102.2
16.9
9.2
1.4
2.9
41.7
0.4
12.7
9.3
3.4
1.1
6.1
3.6
28.3
Other
G
(*)
G
I
L
141.0
1.8
65.0
9.6
4.1
0.1
10.6
4.3
0.8
4.1
6.0
Addenda:
European Union (28)
4,288.2
28.9 1,710.7
107.7
276.0
108.5
219.3
188.6
74.1
360.4
345.7 457.3
209.0
221.3
352.2
963.1
OPEC
F
245.7
49.1
106.7
21.3
17.8
1.7
7.4
4.7
6.2
12.9
1.8
9.1
11.2
18.9
36.0
NOTE. Size ranges are given in employment cells that are suppressed. The size ranges are: A-1 to 499; F-500 to 999; G-1,000 to 2,499; H-2,500 to 4,999; I-5,000 to 9,999; J-10,000 to 24,999; K-25,000 to 49,999; L-50,000 to
99,999; M-100,000 or more.