Direct Investment Surveys: Raising Exemption Level for Two Surveys of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States

Summary

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) proposes to raise the exemption level for reporting foreign direct investment in the United States from $20 million to $30 million for Forms BE-605 and BE-605 Bank, and from $1 million to $3 million for Forms BE-13 and BE-14. This change aims to align the surveys with the proposed design of the Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States--1997, reducing the number of reports filed by U.S. affiliates of foreign persons.