Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S.

Foreign direct investment valued at historical cost—the book value of foreign direct investors’ equity in, and outstanding loans to, their U.S. affiliates—was $1,526.3 billion at the end of 2004.

In 2004, as in 2003, the United Kingdom and Japan had the two largest positions. The position of the United Kingdom was $251.6 billion, or 17 percent of the total position, and the position of Japan was $176.9 billion, or 12 percent of the total.

The Netherlands, Germany, and France had the next largest positions, with each accounting for about a tenth of the total FDIUS position. The FDIUS position increased $115.6 billion, or 8percent, in 2004. This was the largest increase, in both dollar and percentage terms, since 2000.

Read more here. (Link to download recent Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) report on FDI in the United States.)