HC Deb 17 May 1989 vol 153 c236W
54. Mr. Cran

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what information he has as to the total amount of(a) United States inward investment into member states of the European Community and (b) inward investment into the United States by European firms, over the past three years for which figures are available.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information, as published by the United States Department of Commerce, is as follow:

Flows of United States direct investment
US$ billion
1986 1987 1988
United States 'outward' direct investment in the EC 12.8 20.9 15.8
'Inward' direct investment in the United States by the EC 19.1 31.4 122.4
1 provisional estimates

Source: United States Department of Commerce—Survey of Current Business

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