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More Than Four Trillion Dollars: FDI in the USA in 2017

By Elizabeth Schaefer, Director of Investment Research, SelectUSA

(August 2, 2018) Following the flurry of activity from the SelectUSA Investment Summit, it is always a welcome change of pace to take some time in the heat of Summer to reflect on the state of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States. As SelectUSA’s resident economist, taking stock of how things have changed isn’t just figurative; it is quite literal.

So, I was excited to see that the United States had reached a record total of $4 trillion in FDI stock, according to 2017 FDI Inward Stock data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).

 

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The United States has one of the largest automotive markets in the world. In 2017 alone, U.S. light vehicle sales reached 17.1 million.White bufferThe United States is the world's largest market for biopharmaceuticals, accounting for a third of the global marketWhite bufferTotal FDI in the chemical industry surpassed $700 billion in 2017White bufferTotal investment in the U.S. energy industry reached $276 billion in 2016, the second-largest amount in the world.

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