U.S. Department of Commerce Raises Exemption Level for Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment

Summary

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has amended the rules for the Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, increasing the exemption level for reporting from $10 million to $30 million on the short form and from $50 million to $100 million on the long form, in an effort to reduce the reporting burden on small respondents and bring the survey into conformity with the Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States--1997.