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B U R EA U O F E C O N O M IC ANALYSIS

NEW S RELEASE

U .S . D U P A R T M E N T O F C O M M E R C E

E M B A R G O E D U N T IL R E L E A S E A T 8:30A M ED T, T H U R SD A Y , JU N E 1, 2006
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(202) 606-9860

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Foreign D irect Investors’ O utlays to A cquire or E stablish
U.S. Businesses C hanged L ittle in 2005
In 2005, outlays by foreign direct investors to acquire or establish U .S. businesses
w ere $86.8 billion, little ch anged from the $86.2 billion in outlays in 2004. O utlays
rem ain ed considerably b elo w those in 1998-2001, w hen new investm ent outlays w ere
h istorically high, ranging from $147.1 billion to $335.6 billion.

O utlays for N ew Investm ent in the U nited States
by F oreign D irect Investors, 1980-2005
B illio n $

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O utlays in creased substantially in m anufacturing, inform ation, and depository
institutions. T ogether, these three sectors accounted for 58 p ercen t o f total outlays. The
increase in inform ation w as the first increase since 1999. O utlays in finance (except
depository institutions) and insurance declined sharply, by $20.0 billion, or 76 percent.
O utlays from E urope increased substantially, particularly those b y investors in the
U nited K ingdom , G erm any, and the N etherlands. O utlays from the A sia and P acific and
M iddle E ast regions also increased substantially. F o r the A sia and P acific region, the
increase w as largely accounted for b y Japanese and A ustralian investm ents. These
increases w ere p artly offset by a decline in investm ent outlays from C anada, w here
outlays h ad risen sharply in 2004.
O utlays in 2005
In 2005, as in previous years, outlays b y fo reig n direct investors to acquire
existing U .S. businesses (at $79.2 billion) w ere significantly larger th an outlays to
establish n ew U .S. businesses (at $7.6 billion).
B y industry, outlays in m anufacturing increased to $31.3 b illio n from $18.3
billio n in 2004. T ransportation equipm ent, prim ary m etals, and chem icals had the largest
increases w ithin m anufacturing. In vestm ent grow th in industries other th an m otor
vehicles accounted for m o st o f the increase in tran sp o rtatio n equipm ent. O utlays in
inform ation increased for the first tim e since 1999, to $9.6 b illio n from $4.3 billion in
2004. The telecom m unications and publish in g sub-sectors had the larg est increases
w ithin inform ation. The m ajo r sector postin g the larg est decrease in outlays w as finance
(except depository institutions) and insurance.
B y country o f ultim ate beneficial ow ner, outlays by E uropean investors increased
to $57.2 billio n from $43.8 b illio n in 2004. B ritish investm ent accounted for over h a lf o f
E uropean outlays. Investm ent from the N eth erlan d s in creased substantially to $3.1
billion. A sia and Pacific reg io n outlays also rose in 2005, increasing to $10.7 billion
from $6.0 b illio n in 2004. This increase reflected larger outlays from A u stralia as w ell as
the first increase in outlays from Japan since 2000. C anadian outlays declined 58 percent
to $13.3 billio n from $31.5 billio n in 2005.
T he ultim ate beneficial ow ner is the investor, p ro ceeding up a U .S. a ffiliate’s
ow nership chain, beginning w ith the foreign parent, th at is not ow ned m ore th an 50
percent b y another investor. The data on n ew investm ent outlays are classified by
country based on the lo catio n o f the U B O ; thus, they are show n ag ain st the country o f the
investor th at ultim ately ow ns or controls the affiliate, even th o u g h the investor m ay have
channeled the funds for th e investm ent th o u g h another country, such as a financial center.
The estim ates o f outlays for 2005 are prelim inary. The estim ate o f outlays for
2004 has been revised up 8 percent from the p relim in ary estim ate pu b lish ed last year.

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-3E m plovm ent and assets o f new ly acquired or established businesses
N ew ly acquired or established businesses em ployed 223,800 people in 2005, up 6
percent from 211,600 in 2004. M anufacturing accounted for the largest share o f
em ploym ent, w ith 92,200 em ployees. The total assets o f new ly acquired or established
businesses w ere $170.5 billion, dow n from $308.6 b illio n in 2004.
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E stim ates in this report are based upon a B ureau o f E conom ic A nalysis survey
th a t covers (1) existing U .S. business enterprises in w hich foreign investors acquired,
either directly or th ro u g h their U .S. affiliates, at least a 10 percent ow nership interest and
(2) new U .S. business enterprises established by foreign investors or th eir U .S. affiliates,
also using the 10 percent ow nership interest threshold.
A dditional details on the new investm ents by foreign investors in 2005 w ill
appear in the June issue o f the S u r v e y o f C u r r e n t B u s i n e s s , the m onthly jo u rn al o f the
B u reau o f E conom ic A nalysis.
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B E A ’s national, international, regional, and industry estim ates; the S u r v e y o f
and B EA new s releases are available w ithout charge on B E A ’s w ebsite
at w w w .b ea.g o v . B y visiting the site, you can also subscribe to receive free e-m ail
sum m aries o f B E A releases and announcem ents.
C u r r e n t B u s in e s s ;

Sum m ary B E A estim ates are available on recorded m essages at the tim e o f public
release at the follow ing telephone num bers.
(202) 606-5306 G ross dom estic product
606-5303 Personal incom e and outlays

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Tab le 1. Investm ent O utlays by Type of Investm ent and Investor, 1992-2005
[Millions of do lars]
1992
T o tal o utlays

1993

1994

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004r

2005 p

15,333

26,229

45,626

57,195

79,929

69,708

215,256

274,956

335,629

147,109

54,519

63,591

86,219

86,823

1 0 ,6 1 6

2 1 ,7 6 1

3 8 ,7 5 3

4 7 ,1 7 9

6 8 ,7 3 3

6 0 ,7 3 3

1 8 2 ,3 5 7

2 6 5 ,1 2 7

3 2 2 ,7 0 3

1 3 8 ,0 9 1

4 3 ,4 4 2

5 0 ,2 1 2

7 2 ,7 3 8

7 9 ,2 2 0

4 ,7 1 8

4 ,4 6 8

6 ,8 7 3

1 0 ,0 1 6

1 1 ,1 9 6

8 ,9 7 4

3 2 ,8 9 9

9 ,8 2 9

1 2 ,9 2 6

9 ,0 1 7

1 1 ,0 7 7

1 3 ,3 7 9

13,4 81

7 ,6 0 3

4 ,0 5 8

6 ,7 2 0

1 3 ,6 2 8

1 1 ,9 2 7

3 2 ,2 3 0

1 3 ,8 9 9

1 2 0 ,8 2 8

1 2 0 ,8 7 8

1 0 5 ,1 5 1

2 3 ,1 3 4

1 3 ,6 5 0

2 7 ,8 6 6

3 4 ,1 8 4

4 3 ,5 7 9

1 1 ,2 7 5

1 9 ,5 0 9

3 1 ,9 9 9

4 5 ,2 6 8

4 7 ,6 9 9

5 5 ,8 0 9

9 4 ,4 2 8

1 5 4 ,0 7 8

2 3 0 ,4 7 8

1 2 3 ,9 7 5

4 0 ,8 6 9

3 5 ,7 2 5

5 2 ,0 3 5

4 3 ,2 4 4

1995

B y typ e o f in vestm ent:

U .S . b u s in e s s e s a c q u ire d
U .S . b u s in e s s e s e s ta b lis h e d
By ty p e o f investor:

F o re ig n d ire c t in v e s to rs
U .S . a ffilia te s
p P re lim in a ry
r R e v is e d

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Table 2. Distribution of Investm ent O utlays by Size, 1992-2005
____ _____
1992

[Percent]

_____ ________________

1993

1994

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

$ 5 b illio n o r m o re

0

0

0

(D)

0

0

55

55

48

30

(D)

$ 2 b illio n - $ 4 ,9 9 9 b illio n

0

(D)

27

18

29

12

11

16

20

22

48

55

67

27

24

27

40

16

21

7

5

5

9

T o ta l o u tlays

$ 1 0 0 m illio n - $ 1 ,9 9 9 b illio n

42

51

51

L e s s th a n $ 1 0 0 m illio n

58

(D)

22

1995

__ (PL

p P re lim in a ry
r R e v is e d
D S u p p re s s e d to a v o id d is c lo s u re o f d a ta o f in d iv id u a l c o m p a n ie s .
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1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

20 01

2002

2004r

2005 p

100

100

100

(D)

0

18

(D)
(D)

13

27

45

43

47

65

__ (PL

2003

12

__ (PL

7

Tab le 3. In vestm en t O utlays by Industry o f U.S. Business Enterprise,
2003-2005
[Millions of dollars]
2003
A ll in d u stries

M an u fa ctu rin g

Food
B e v e ra g e s a n d to b a c c o p ro d u c ts
T e x tile s , a p p a re l, a n d le a th e r p ro d u c ts
Paper
P rin tin g a n d re la te d s u p p o rt a c tiv itie s
P e tro le u m a n d c o a l p ro d u c ts
C h e m ic a ls

2004

2005 p

63,591

86,219

86 ,823

10,750

18,251

31,286

2 ,5 1 6

2 ,1 4 6

736

(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)

(D)
(D)

(D)

1 20

0

(D)
(D)

219

0
116

1 ,1 6 4

4 ,7 5 1

6 ,0 6 7

P la s tic s a n d ru b b e r p ro d u c ts

498

84

1 ,1 5 7

N o n m e ta llic m in e ra l p ro d u c ts

(D)

153

(D)

P rim a ry m e ta ls

91

(D)
(D)

5 ,5 4 6

F a b ric a te d m e ta l p ro d u c ts
M a c h in e ry
C o m p u te rs a n d e le c tro n ic p ro d u c ts

123

116

122

642

287

2 ,1 2 5

2 ,9 3 4

4 ,0 3 0

E le c tric a l e q u ip m e n t, a p p lia n c e s , a n d c o m p o n e n ts

139

(D)

861

T ra n s p o rta tio n e q u ip m e n t

225

1 ,1 9 9

7 ,0 8 6

462

O th e r

969

4 ,9 2 3

1,086

(D)

2,292

R etail tra d e

941

3,073

2,166

In fo rm atio n

9,236

4,3 1 5

9,639

1,431

1 ,2 7 4

2 ,8 2 2

278

(D)
(D)

4 ,2 1 9

W h o le s a le tra d e

P u b lis h in g in d u s trie s
M o tio n p ic tu re a n d s o u n d re c o rd in g in d u s trie s
T e le c o m m u n ic a tio n s
O th e r
D ep o sito ry in stitu tio n s
F in an ce (e x c e p t d e p o s ito ry in s titu tio n s ) an d in su ran ce
Real es ta te an d ren tal an d leasin g

(D)

(D)
(D)

2 ,7 8 3

(D)

4,864

( D)

9,609

23,511

2 6 ,2 3 4

6,196

2,817

6,335

5,532

P ro fess io n al, s c ie n tific , an d tec h n ic a l se rvice s

1,955

( D)

6,879

O th e r in d u s trie s

8,429

10,121

13 ,224

p P re lim in a ry
r R e v is e d
D S u p p re s s e d to a v o id d is c lo s u re o f d a ta o f in d iv id u a l c o m p a n ie s .
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Tab le 4. Investm ent O utlays by C ountry of Ultim ate Beneficial Owner, 2003-2005
[IV ¡ l i i o n s o f d o l l a r s l
2003

A ll co u n tries

2004 ’

63,591

2005
86,219

p

86,823

C an ad a

9,157

31,502

13,269

E u rop e

39 ,024

43,815

57,244

F ra n c e

2 ,9 5 5

6 ,4 1 5

6 ,1 0 5

G e rm a n y

8 ,8 3 0

4 ,7 8 8

7 ,1 1 0

N e th e rla n d s

1 ,0 7 7

46 1

3 ,1 1 0

649

6 ,5 0 5

2 ,2 3 7

2 0 ,3 7 3

2 3 ,2 8 8

3 0 ,3 1 0

5 ,1 4 0

2 ,3 5 8

8 ,3 7 2

1,607

2,629

2,398

S o u th a n d C e n tra l A m e ric a

182

1 ,3 8 2

763

O th e r W e s te rn H e m is p h e re

1 ,4 2 5

1 ,2 4 7

1 ,6 3 4

( D)

( D)

0

1,738

1,318

3,156

S w itz e rla n d
U n ite d K in g d o m
O th e r E u ro p e
L atin A m erica and O th e r W e ste rn H em isp h e re

A frica
M id d le E ast
A s ia and P acific

11,469

6,015

10,655

A u s tra lia

9 ,0 3 2

3 ,8 5 0

5 ,1 4 8

Japan

1 ,5 4 4

1 ,0 2 7

3 ,5 6 5

893

1 ,1 3 9

1 ,9 4 2

( D)

( D)

101

O th e r A s ia a n d P a c ific
U n ited S ta te s 1

p P re lim in a ry
r R e v is e d
D S u p p re s s e d to a v o id d is c lo s u re o f d a ta o f in d iv id u a l c o m p a n ie s .
1. T h e U n ite d S ta te s is th e c o u n try o f u ltim a te b e n e fic ia l o w n e r fo r b u s in e s s e s n e w ly a c q u ire d o r
e s ta b lis h e d b y fo re ig n in v e s to rs th a t a re u ltim a te ly o w n e d b y p e rs o n s lo c a te d in th e U n ite d S ta te s .
N o te : F o r in v e s tm e n ts in w h ic h m o re th a n o n e in v e s to r p a rtic ip a te d , e a c h in v e s to r a n d e a c h
in v e s to r's o u tla y s a re c la s s ifie d b y th e c o u n try o f e a c h in d iv id u a l u ltim a te b e n e fic ia l o w n e r.
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Table 5. Selected O perating Data o f U.S. Business Enterprises Acquired or Established, by Industry of U.S. Business
Enterprise, 2004-2005
2004r
M illio n s o f d o lla rs
T o ta l
a s s e ts
A ll in d u stries

S a le s

2005 p

N et

Thousands
of

H e c ta re s

T o ta l

in c o m e

e m p lo y e e s

o f la n d 1

a s s e ts

S a le s

169,963

170,462

65 ,934

2,757

223.8

35,721

Thousands

M il io n s o f d o lla rs
Net

of

H e c ta re s

in c o m e

e m p lo y e e s

o f la n d 1

308,638

67,336

3,644

211.6

3 3 ,0 0 8

2 2 ,0 8 9

954

6 1 .5

(D)

37,9 11

4 0 ,3 0 8

1 ,8 1 9

9 2 .2

1 5 ,0 3 0

3 ,3 0 5

71

9 .4

1 57

2 ,2 8 3

2 ,9 6 2

41

6 .0

155

R e ta il tra d e

(D)
(D)

9 ,7 4 2

1 37

K

1 49

3 ,0 9 9

3 ,0 1 2

48

1 4 .4

In fo rm a tio n

4 ,4 2 6

1 ,4 2 4

-8 7

H

(D)

1 2 ,9 8 5

4 ,8 3 7

-7 3

8 .7

(D)
(D)
303

M a n u fa c tu rin g
W h o le s a le tra d e

D e p o s ito ry in s titu tio n s
F in a n c e (e x c e p t d e p o s ito ry in s titu tio n s ) a n d in s u ra n c e
R e a l e s ta te a n d re n ta l a n d le a s in g
P ro fe s s io n a l, s c ie n tific , a n d te c h n ic a l s e rv ic e s
O th e r in d u s trie s

(D)

(D)

(D)

1 1 .8

62

5 9 ,3 9 8

3 ,1 9 4

348

1 7 .0

1 8 4 ,7 4 7

1 8 ,7 0 0

1 ,3 3 5

2 0 .9

(D )

17,6 81

1 ,5 3 6

197

5 .6

(D)

8 ,2 8 5

(D)

(D)

2 .8

4 ,0 1 9

1 5 ,0 9 9

1 ,2 1 8

283

2 .7

1 2 ,5 2 4

3 ,9 7 3

2 ,2 9 6

-7

1 3 .9

(D )

6 ,4 3 0

2 ,5 81

-6 4

1 7 .4

(D)

4 4 .7

3 3 ,4 6 9

1 5 ,5 7 7

6 ,2 8 5

158

5 9 .8

7 ,6 9 7

1 3 ,9 5 2

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p P re lim in a ry
r R e v is e d
D S u p p re s s e d to a v o id d is c lo s u re o f d a ta o f in d iv id u a l c o m p a n ie s .
1. O n e h e c ta re e q u a ls 2 .4 7 1 a c re s . T h u s , fo r a ll in d u s trie s , a c re s o f la n d o w n e d in 2 0 0 4 w e re 4 1 9 ,9 7 9 a n d in 2 0 0 5 w e re 8 8 ,2 6 7 .
N o te s . F o r n e w ly a c q u ire d b u s in e s s e s , th e d a ta c o v e r th e m o s t re c e n t fin a n c ia l re p o rtin g y e a r p re c e d in g a c q u is itio n . F o r n e w ly e s ta b lis h e d b u s in e s s e s , th e d a ta a re p ro je c tio n s fo r th e firs t
fu ll y e a r o f o p e ra tio n s .
S iz e ra n g e s a re g iv e n in e m p lo y m e n t c e lls th a t a re s u p p re s s e d . T h e s iz e ra n g e s are : A - 1 to 4 9 9 ; F --5 0 0 to 9 9 9 ; G —1 ,0 0 0 to 2 ,4 9 9 ; H —2 ,5 0 0 to 4 ,9 9 9 ; 1 -5 ,0 0 0 to 9 ,9 9 9 '
J - 1 0 ,0 0 0 to 2 4 ,9 9 9 ; K - 2 5 ,0 0 0 to 4 9 ,9 9 9 ; L - 5 0 ,0 0 0 to 9 9 ,9 9 9 ; M - 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 o r m o re .
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