U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in the Western Hemisphere Processed Food Industry

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英文名称：

U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in the Western Hemisphere Processed Food Industry

作者：

Christine Bolling; Steven A. Neff; Charles H; y

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=40827

关键词：

U.S. food processing industry;  Western Hemisphere;  foreign trade;  foreign direct investment; 

年份：

1998

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

63 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has become the leading means for U.S. processed food companies to participate in international markets. Affiliates of U.S.-owned food processing companies had $30 billion in sales throughout the Western Hemisphere in 1995, nearly 4 times the level of processed food exports. This report puts U.S. foreign direct investment and trade in processed foods to the region into global perspective, and finds evidence that, in the aggregate for the 1990's, trade and FDI are complementary--not competitive--means of accessing international food markets. Incomes have grown sufficiently in most countries to support growth in affiliate sales and U.S. exports, indicating a strong demand for a wide variety of processed foods.