Survey
Survey time period
2000 to 2010
Object of investigation
U.S. direct investment position in China
Region
United States
Macroregion
North-America only
Type
time series
Category
capital asset/cost
Relevance
4
Release
Published by
US Department of Commerce
Release date
June 2011
Cataloging
Tags
capital flows, cash flow, China, direct investment, economy, FDI, foreign countries, Investment, Investments, parent company, subsidiaries, U.S.
Further information
In accounting, historical cost is the original monetary value of an economic item. Historical cost is based on the stable measuring unit assumption. In some circumstances, assets and liabilities may be shown at their historical cost, as if there had been no change in value since the date of acquisition.
U.S. direct investment abroad is defined as ownership by
a U.S. investor of at least 10 percent of a foreign business. The direct investor is known as a U.S. parent, and the U.S.-owned foreign business is known as a foreign affiliate. International transactions statistics cover the foreign affiliates’ transactions with their U.S. parents, so these statistics focus on the U.S. parent’s share, or interest, in its affiliates rather than on the affiliates’ overall size or level of operations. The major items include capital flows, which measure the funds that U.S. parents provide to their foreign affiliates, and income, which measures the return on those funds. Direct investment position statistics are stocks and are cumulative; they measure the total outstanding level of U.S. direct investment abroad at yearend.