Table 4-26: R&D performed overseas by majority-owned foreign affiliates of U.S. companies in selected economies: 1994 and 2000

Table 4-26

R&D performed overseas by majority-owned foreign affiliates of U.S. companies in selected economies: 1994 and 2000

(Millions of current U.S. dollars)

	1994		2000

Location	Rank	R&D	Rank	R&D

Singapore	14	167	8	548
Israel	16	96	9	527
Ireland	8	396	10	518
China	30	7	11	506
Hong Kong	19	51	14	341
Mexico	13	183	16	305
Brazil	10	238	17	250
Malaysia	20	27	19	214
Taiwan	15	110	21	143
South Korea	26	17	22	131

NOTE: Rank refers to the relative position of the host country in terms of the amount of U.S.-owned R&D expenditures.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce, Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad, annual series, http://www.bea.gov/bea/di/di1usdop.htm.

Science & Engineering Indicators – 2004

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