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4-22. International Capital Investment Activity in South Carolina: 1997

                        FIRMS             EMPLOYMENT              INVESTMENT

 COUNTRY           NUMBER   PERCENT    NUMBER   PERCENT        AMOUNT      PERCENT

 GERMANY            57      24.6       1,022      17.1      $602,155,792    30.0

 JAPAN              40      17.2       2,465      41.2      $851,436,000    40.5

 FRANCE             23       9.9         365       6.1      $103,564,000     4.9

 SWEDEN              4       1.7           3       0.1        $4,130,000     0.2
                                                                                 
 UNITED KINGDOM     42      18.1         754      12.6      $159,890,848     7.6

 CANADA             14       6.0         428       7.2       $27,946,046     1.3

 BELGUIM             4       1.7         125       2.1       $40,818,000     1.9

 SWITZERLAND        14       6.0         103       1.7       $55,936,537     2.7

 ITALY              16       6.9         301       5.0       $73,414,500     3.5

 NETHERLANDS         3       1.3          50       0.8        $2,548,743     0.1

 DENMARK             4       1.7          90       1.5        $3,500,000     0.2

 AUSTRALIA           1       0.4           0       0.0        $1,500,000     0.1

 IRELAND             1       0.4          C         C         $7,000,000     0.3

 TAIWAN              2       0.9         165       2.8      $158,030,000     7.5

 KOREA               3       1.3          74       1.2        $4,100,000     0.2

 CHILE               1       0.4          C         C           $180,000      C

 TOTAL             233     100.0       5,977     100.0    $2,100,200,466   100.0

Source: S.C. Department of Commerce, Research and Communications, February 1998.

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