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8/2/2022

Treasury Releases CFIUS Annual Report for 2021 | U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Treasury Releases CFIUS Annual Report for 2021
August 2, 2022

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Treasury, as Chair of the Committee on Foreign
Investment in the United States (CFIUS), released the public version of its Annual Report to
Congress for calendar year 2021.
The Annual Report highlights key indicators of the CFIUS process and provides statistics on
transactions that were filed with CFIUS in 2021, the first full year since the regulations
implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 were finalized.
Among other things, the Annual Report details measures taken to address national security
risks arising from covered transactions.
“This yearʼs Annual Report demonstrates that CFIUS is reviewing a record number of
transactions and taking important and necessary measures to safeguard national security,
while also quickly clearing benign investments,” said Assistant Secretary for Investment
Security Paul Rosen. “The report also reflects a growing number of potential non-notified
transactions that CFIUS proactively identified, as well as increasingly complex transactions,
particularly those involving data.”
Key highlights from 2021 include the following:
CFIUS reviewed a record number of covered transactions, including 164 declarations and
272 notices.
CFIUS cleared an all-time high of nearly 60 percent of cases in either the 30-day
assessment period for a declaration or the initial 45-day review period for a notice.
CFIUS continued to work with transaction parties to begin its review of transactions in a
timely manner. On average, CFIUS provided comments on dra notices within 6.2
business days, and accepted formal notices within 6 business days, down from 9.1 days in
2020.
CFIUS continued to complete action on a majority of cases without conditions, and of the
total number of cases that CFIUS cleared in 2021, only ten percent involved mitigation
measures.
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There were no presidential actions taken on transactions.
CFIUS continues to hire talented sta to support all aspects of its work, including with
respect to identifying transactions that have not been voluntarily filed with CFIUS and
monitoring and enforcement activities.
The Annual Report is submitted to Congress pursuant to Section 721 of the Defense
Production Act of 1950, 50 U.S.C. § 4565.
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