Foreign Affiliate Trade Statistics 3272592 152123636 2007-08-18T22:29:11Z Oleg Alexandrov 153314 not much stats here '''Foreign affiliate trade statistics''' (FATS), also known as '''transnational corporation (TNC) data''' details the economic operations of [[foreign direct investment]]-based enterprises. Collection of such information, and aggregation at the national level, can provide economists and policymakers with insight as to the relationship that transnational corporations, being FDI-related enterprises, have on economies. '''FATS indicators''' - including: * sales, * expenditures, * profits, * value-added (product), * inter- and intra-firm trade, * exports and imports (specific to FDI-owned firms) * employment information. '''Inward FATS''' - Data which represent the operations of foreign-owned (in the FDI sense, i.e. at a minimum of 10% of book value) firms in the local economy, or country. '''Outward FATS''' - Data which represent the operations firms abroad, which are owned by a firm in our home-country ("owned" in the FDI sense, i.e. at a minimum of 10% of book value). '''FATS''' are an economic indicator which has a direct linkage to WTO-GATS Mode 3 Legal Commitments; GATS Mode 3 is one of the Four Modes of Supply enshrined as the framework of the General Agreement on Trade in Services [[GATS]] of the World Trade Organization [[WTO]]. '''FATS''' describe economic activities which take place as a result of WTO-GATS Mode 3 enterprise trade, or trade which takes place under '''Commercial Presence''' circumstances. The standard for definition for Commercial Presence in the WTO-GATS differs from the generally-accepted definition of FDI, which under IMF Balance of Payments Volume 5 standards is 10%; WTO-GATS Commercial Presence defines ownership level benchmarks at 10% of enterprise book value. ==See also== * [[ General Agreement on Trade in Services]] * [[ Foreign Direct Investment]] ==Statistical databases on Services Trade Statistics, FDI and FATS== * [http://puck.sourceoecd.org/vl=5025526/cl=43/nw=1/rpsv/cw/vhosts/oecdstats/16081277/v239n1/contp1-1.htm OECD statistics on trade in services database] * [http://puck.sourceoecd.org/vl=5025526/cl=43/nw=1/rpsv/cw/vhosts/oecdstats/16081277/v237n1/contp1-1.htm OECD statistics on value added and employment] *[http://www.oecd.org/document/18/0,2340,en_2649_34243_1945746_1_1_1_1,00.html OECD Statistics for Trade in Services from Publication] * [http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1996,45323734&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&screen=welcomeref&open=/industry&language=en&product=EU_MAIN_TREE&root=EU_MAIN_TREE&scrollto=0 Eurostat database: Industry, Trade and Services] * [http://www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm US BEA page on international economic accounts] * [http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/stats/statistics/ JETRO database for FDI and trade in goods and services] * [http://www.unctad.org/Templates/StartPage.asp?intItemID=2921&lang=1http://www.unctad.org UNCTAD FDI/FATS database] * [http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3198&lang=1 UNCTAD World Investment Directory online] * [http://www.investmentmap.org/invmap/index.aspx ITC/UNCTAD Investment Map: Foreign direct investment together with foreign affiliates, international trade and market access] [[Category:International economics]] [[Category:International trade]] [[Category:Multinational companies]] [[fr:Investissement direct à l'étranger]]