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
C: Indicates confidential information withheld at the request of the company.Source: S.C. Department of Commerce, Research and Communications, February 1998.
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