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U.S. Direct-Investment Position in LAC

millions of U.S. dollars

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

Antigua & Barbuda

3

2

2

d

3

5

3

3

3

4

5

5

6

6

7

Aruba

..

..

..

..

..

d

d

d

d

d

d

430

d

d

402

Bahamas

3,121

3,720

3,345

3,796

2,959

3,766

4,462

4,577

4,004

3,864

4,167

3,138

2,809

1,806

2,021

Barbados

55

62

54

92

204

181

314

141

252

291

340

471

470

755

865

Belize

3

-44

-32

7

-7

-7

10

11

d

12

d

d

d

d

d

Bermuda

11,519

11,400

13,322

13,343

15,717

19,166

18,916

18,297

20,169

22,262

26,736

28,666

29,833

29,980

33,783

Cuba

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

Dominica

0

0

*

*

1

1

1

*

*

*

*

*

1

d

d

Dominican Republic

188

246

236

227

220

185

183

d

529

661

779

1,039

345

394

465

French Guiana

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

2

4

d

d

d

d

d

d

French Islands, Caribbean

14

14

12

10

13

26

20

68

80

94

106

114

121

161

170

Grenada

*

*

*

*

*

1

1

*

1

1

2

2

3

3

4

Guyana

3

6

2

*

*

1

1

3

7

d

d

d

d

d

d

Haiti

19

16

20

24

27

33

26

26

32

18

31

30

34

37

45

Jamaica

386

306

250

107

80

71

111

383

625

763

892

1,049

1,256

1,402

1,675

Netherlands Antilles

(19,756)

(22,169)

(23,891)

(19,878)

(16,074)

(13,137)

(10,078)

(8,378)

(4,501)

(5,072)

(1,989)

-62

2,383

2,877

3,594

St. Kitts & Nevis

0

*

0

0

0

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

St. Lucia

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

St. Vincent & Grenadines

0

0

1

1

*

2

2

*

1

1

2

2

3

3

4

Suriname

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

116

134

147

139

163

159

185

233

Trinidad & Tobago

931

862

663

476

412

381

400

d

485

510

565

691

725

845

1,057

UK Islands, Caribbean

1,425

2,050

3,198

3,865

4,347

4,961

4,788

6,123

5,929

5,397

5,401

5,544

8,860

8,941

9,008

Caribbean

(2,089)

(3,529)

(2,818)

2,070

7,902

15,638

19,162

21,374

27,755

28,954

37,177

41,283

47,009

47,396

53,334

Costa Rica

142

169

164

123

127

161

196

213

251

417

274

298

567

870

1,205

El Salvador

96

102

96

77

55

54

61

67

90

83

83

105

137

141

198

Guatemala

233

213

244

211

175

165

183

111

130

107

115

139

132

152

217

Honduras

247

215

286

169

165

183

238

251

262

255

239

159

186

191

145

Nicaragua

20

18

24

27

42

141

136

16

d

80

d

d

d

d

d

Panama

4,413

4,863

4,460

4,069

5,227

6,294

6,489

8,913

9,289

10,484

11,038

12,043

13,207

16,216

18,256

Central America

5,151

5,580

5,274

4,676

5,791

6,998

7,303

9,571

10,022

11,426

11,749

12,744

14,229

17,570

20,021

Argentina

2,864

2,697

2,735

2,698

2,931

2,818

2,682

2,215

2,531

2,831

3,327

4,442

5,436

7,496

8,060

Bolivia

147

158

163

201

233

195

128

184

196

185

122

191

264

384

311

Brazil

9,290

9,154

9,425

9,110

9,498

11,128

12,767

14,025

14,384

14,997

16,313

16,772

18,400

23,706

26,166

Chile

311

160

162

255

473

617

988

1,412

1,896

2,069

2,544

2,749

4,601

5,878

6,745

Colombia

1,769

2,135

2,150

2,188

3,332

3,148

2,331

1,660

1,677

1,876

3,053

2,930

3,283

3,352

3,468

Ecuador

388

443

372

352

410

475

437

301

280

321

295

555

730

833

855

Paraguay

57

39

32

38

42

45

44

42

44

46

49

64

66

70

92

Peru

1,990

2,082

2,003

1,368

1,239

1,141

1,124

813

599

492

620

622

890

1,279

2,075

Uruguay

114

100

87

93

112

127

116

101

95

184

261

285

319

392

431

Venezuela

2,631

1,708

1,752

1,562

1,920

2,045

1,714

932

1,087

1,427

1,972

2,362

2,870

3,220

3,592

South America

19,561

18,676

18,881

17,865

20,190

21,739

22,331

21,685

22,789

24,428

28,556

30,972

36,859

46,610

51,795

Mexico

5,019

4,516

4,829

5,417

5,060

5,434

6,312

8,264

10,313

12,501

13,730

15,221

16,169

15,980

18,747

Unallocated

338

303

1,251

534

368

95

262

827

696

312

LAC

28,161

25,631

26,549

30,417

39,318

50,147

55,411

62,145

71,413

77,677

91,307

100,482

115,093

128,252

144,209

 

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, USDIA: 1994 Benchmark Survey, Final Results, IDN-0189, Washington, DC, 1998.

Definition: U.S. direct-investment position (on a historical-cost basis) reflects the value of the net accumulated stock of capital that U.S. parent companies have provided to their foreign affiliates. A negative number indicates a that the net accumulated stock of capital that U.S. parent companies have provided to their foreign affiliates is negative. Sub-regional groupings: French Islands, Caribbean, consist of Guadeloupe and Martinique. U.K. Islands, Caribb ean, consist of Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Notes: The letter "d" signifies that the data have been suppressed to avoid disclosure of data specific to individual companies. The symbol "*" signifies an amount less than $500,000. "Unallocated" ; is the sum of all suppressed data (i.e. the difference between the LAC total, which includes suppressed figures, and the sum of the four regional totals, which do not include suppressed figures.

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