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World Investment Report 2009

Transnational Corporations,
Agricultural Production and Development

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Foreign direct investment (FDI) overview, selected years

(Millions of dollars and percentages)

FDI flows
United States
Inward
Outward
Memorandum
China
Inward
Outward
Japan
Inward
Outward
United Kingdom
Inward
Outward
European Union
Inward
Outward
Developed economies
Inward
Outward
World
Inward
Outward

FDI stocks
United States
Inward
Outward
Memorandum
China
Inward
Outward
Japan
Inward
Outward
United Kingdom
Inward
Outward
European Union
Inward
Outward
Developed economies
Inward
Outward
World
Inward
Outward

1990-2000

2005

2006

2007

2008

(Annual average)

as a percentage of gross fixed capital formation

1990-2000
2006
2007

2008

(Annual average)

109 513
92 010

104 773
15 369

237 136
224 220

271 176
378 362

316 112
311 796

8.0
6.8

9.4
8.9

10.9
15.2

12.5
12.3

30 104
2 195

72 406
12 261

72 715
21 160

83 521
22 469

108 312
52 150

11.9
0.9

6.4
1.9

6.0
1.6

6.0
2.9

3 149
25 409

2 775
45 781

- 6 506
50 266

22 549
73 549

24 426
128 020

0.3
2.1

- 0.6
4.9

2.2
7.2

2.2
11.3

40 321
73 378

176 006
80 833

156 186
86 271

183 386
275 482

96 939
111 411

19.9
36.1

37.2
20.6

37.0
55.6

21.8
25.0

206 990
277 869

498 440
609 733

590 305
697 193

842 311
1 192 141

503 453
837 033

12.1
16.3

19.4
23.0

23.4
33.1

13.0
21.6

354 786
435 731

613 053
741 972

972 762
1 157 910

1 358 628
1 809 531

962 259
1 506 528

7.7
9.5

13.4
15.9

17.1
22.8

11.4
17.9

490 196
490 009

973 329
878 988

1 461 074
1 396 916

1 978 838
2 146 522

1 697 353
1 857 734

8.2
8.2

13.4
12.9

16.0
17.4

12.3
13.5

1990

1995

2000

2007

2008

394 911
430 521

535 553
699 015

1 256 867
1 316 247

2 109 876
2 916 930

2 278 892
3 162 021

6.8
7.4

12.9
13.5

15.3
21.2

16.0
22.2

20 691
4 455

101 098
17 768

193 348
27 768

327 087
95 799

378 083
147 949

5.1
1.1

16.2
2.3

9.7
2.8

8.7
3.4

9 850
201 441

33 531
238 452

50 322
278 442

132 851
542 614

203 372
680 331

0.3
6.7

1.1
6.0

3.0
12.4

4.1
13.9

254 236
388 566

840 652
1 198 637

1 139 155
1 454 904

1 263 652
1 841 018

982 877
1 510 593

20.6
23.1

30.4
62.3

45.1
65.7

36.9
56.7

1 244 000
1 498 470

4 423 573
5 406 000

5 577 528
6 650 128

6 906 856
8 314 750

6 431 893
8 086 804

10.6
11.3

25.6
35.3

40.9
49.2

35.1
44.2

2 243 364
2 879 603

7 055 164
9 167 925

8 645 262
10 999 174

10 591 083
13 478 752

10 212 893
13 623 626

8.1
9.5

16.1
21.1

27.5
35.0

24.7
33.0

3 237 229
3 288 331

10 050 885
10 603 662

12 404 439
12 953 546

15 660 498
16 226 586

14 909 289
16 205 663

9.1
8.5

18.1
19.2

28.4
29.7

24.5
26.9

Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2009 ; www.unctad.org/wir or www.unctad.org/fdistatistics

For details, see "definitions and sources" in annex B and annex tables B.1-B.3 in WIR09.

as a percentage of gross domestic product

1990
2000
2007

2008

Cross-border merger and acquisition overview, 1990-2008

(Millions of dollars)
Sales(net)
2006

1990-2000

Region/economy

2007

2008

(Annual average)

United States
Memorandum
China
Japan
United Kingdom
European Union
Developed economies
World

1990-2000

Purchases(net)
2006
2007

2008

(Annual average)

80 625

136 584

179 220

225 778

42 974

114 436

179 816

72 305

4 899
4 245
38 527
122 206
230 080
257 070

11 307
- 11 683
123 498
335 738
538 415
635 940

9 274
16 116
170 992
526 486
903 430
1 031 100

5 144
9 250
125 576
224 575
551 847
673 214

673
4 495
59 159
148 284
227 010
257 070

12 053
16 980
18 900
265 714
498 387
635 940

- 2 388
30 376
221 900
538 536
841 999
1 031 100

36 861
54 058
51 758
302 826
539 598
673 214

Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2009 ; www.unctad.org/wir or www.unctad.org/fdistatistics

For details, see "definitions and sources" in annex B and annex tables B.4 and B.6 in WIR09.

Presence in the Top 50 financial TNCs, ranked by Spread Index (GSI), 2008
(Millions of dollars, number of employees )
Affiliates
Financial TNCs

Citigroup Inc
American International Group Inc
Merrill Lynch & Company Inc
JPMorgan Chase & Company
Morgan Stanley
The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp.

Rank 2006

1
13
26
29
32
33
36
39

GSI

Assets

73
51
39
38
37
36
34
33

1 938 470
860 418
667 543
2 175 052
658 812
884 547
267 399
237 512

Employees

Total

322 800
116 000
58 500
224 961
46 964
30 067
246 000
42 900

1 020
612
184
444
232
228
570
245

Number of
foreign
affiliates
723
356
108
240
136
156
200
135

Number of
host countries

I.I.b
71
58
59
54
59
68
35
55

75
45
26
27
23
19
32
20

Source: UNCTAD/HEC Montreal, World Investment Report 2009 ; www.unctad.org/wir or www.unctad.org/fdistatistics

For details, see annex table A.I.12 in WIR09 .
a
b

GSI, the "Geographical Spread Index", is calculated as the square root of the Internationalization Index multiplied by the number of host countries.

I.I., the"Internationalization Index", is calculated as the number of foreign affiliates divided the number of all affiliates (Note: affiliates counted in this table refer to only majority-owned
affiliates).

Presence in the world's top 100 non-financial TNCs, ranked by foreign assets, 2007
(Millions of dollars and number of employees)
Corporation

Ranking by:

Industry

General Electric
Exxonmobil Corporation
Ford Motor Company
ConocoPhillips
DaimlerChrysler AG
Chevron Corporation
Procter & Gamble
Wal-Mart Stores
General Motors
IBM
Pfizer Inc
Hewlett-Packard
Johnson & Johnson
Liberty Global Inc
Kraft Foods Inc.
Coca-Cola Company
Alcoa
United Technologies Corporation
AES Corporation
Dow Chemical Company

Foreign assets

Electrical & electronic equipment

Petroleum expl./ref./distr.
Motor vehicles
Petroleum expl./ref./distr.
Motor vehicles
Petroleum expl./ref./distr.
Diversified
Retail
Motor vehicles
Electrical & electronic equipment
Pharmaceuticals
Electrical & electronic equipment
Pharmaceuticals
Telecommunications
Food & beverages
Food, beverages and tobacco
Metals and metal products
Aircrafts and parts
Electricity, gas and water
Chemicals

Foreign
TNI

1
5
9
14
16
17
26
29
31
33
37
51
52
66
71
74
82
86
94
96

Assets
79
43
81
93
65
58
52
100
87
57
74
56
80
20
86
33
53
68
24
70

420 300
174 726
127 854
103 457
100 458
97 533
70 241
62 961
61 507
57 699
54 360
39 549
39 400
30 787
29 697
29 259
28 012
26 437
23 356
23 071

Sales
86 519
269 184
91 581
56 004
113 083
120 085
50 498
90 640
80 577
62 275
25 265
69 472
28 651
8 027
15 698
18 300
13 800
28 122
10 947
35 242

Employment

TNI a
(Per cent)

168 112
50 904
134 734
14 591
105 703
34 000
101 220
635 000
158 975
251 262
52 859
112 367
69 994
12 951
62 000
77 300
69 000
148 896
25 106
23 100

51.5
68.1
51.4
44.3
55.5
58.0
60.9
31.2
48.5
58.7
53.5
58.8
51.4
80.8
48.7
72.2
60.5
55.3
79.3
54.5

Source: UNCTAD/Erasmus University database; www.unctad.org/wir or www.unctad.org/fdistatistics

For details, see annex table A.I.9 in WIR09 .
a

TNI, the Transnationlity Index, is calculated as the average of the following three ratios: foreign assets to total assets, foreign sales to total sales and foreign employment to total
employment.

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