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Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (Form BE-12)

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This survey collects information on the activities of U.S. affiliates of foreign multinational enterprises, which offer details on the finances and operations of these affiliates, including their employment and compensation, sales, value added, capital expenditures, trade in goods, and expenditures for research and development. The benchmark BE-12 survey collects some direct investment data that is used in BEA's International Transactions Accounts and International Investment Position Accounts that isn't collected on the annual BE-15 survey. Also, the amount of detail available for some of the categories of information collected is greater in the benchmark survey BE-12 than in the annual BE-15 survey.

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Identification and Summary

Title
Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (Form BE-12)
Alternative Title
  • Benchmark Inward AMNE (Activities of Multinational Enterprises) data
Program Title
Direct Investment Surveys
Preferred Citation

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, [Years and note any preliminary vintages used]. For example, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 2007, 2012, 2017; (reference to both annual and benchmark surveys) U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Annual and Benchmark Surveys of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 1999-2018, 2019p.

Description

This survey collects information on the activities of U.S. affiliates of foreign multinational enterprises, which offer details on the finances and operations of these affiliates, including their employment and compensation, sales, value added, capital expenditures, trade in goods, and expenditures for research and development. The benchmark BE-12 survey collects some direct investment data that is used in BEA's International Transactions Accounts and International Investment Position Accounts that isn't collected on the annual BE-15 survey. Also, the amount of detail available for some of the categories of information collected is greater in the benchmark survey BE-12 than in the annual BE-15 survey.

Source(s)
Bureau of Economic Analysis
General Survey Information
https://www.bea.gov/data/intl-trade-investment/activities-us-affiliates-foreign-mnes
Authorizer(s)
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Funder/Sponsor(s)
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Additional Information About Restricted Data File
https://www.bea.gov/research/special-sworn-researcher-program
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