U.S. direct investment in Mexico’s food and beverage industries 1/

Billion dollars

Line graph with 2 lines and 24 points per line.

Line 1, Food and beverage industries 2/.
Point 1, 1984 is 0.4.
Point 2, is 0.5.
Point 3, 1986 is 0.3.
Point 4, is 0.2.
Point 5, 1988 is 0.3.
Point 6, is 0.6.
Point 7, 1990 is 1.1.
Point 8, is 1.4.
Point 9, 1992 is 1.4.
Point 10, is 2.3.
Point 11, 1994 is 2.7.
Point 12, is 2.9.
Point 13, 1996 is 3.6.
Point 14, is 4.5.
Point 15, 1998 is 4.7.
Point 16, is No data.
Point 17, 2000 is No data.
Point 18, is No data.
Point 19, 2002 is 6.5.
Point 20, is 7.7.
Point 21, 2004 is 8.2.
Point 22, is 7.7.
Point 23, 2006 is 7.6.
Point 24, is 8.2.
Line 2, Food industry alone 2/.
Point 1, 1984 is No data.
Point 2, is No data.
Point 3, 1986 is No data.
Point 4, is No data.
Point 5, 1988 is No data.
Point 6, is No data.
Point 7, 1990 is No data.
Point 8, is No data.
Point 9, 1992 is No data.
Point 10, is No data.
Point 11, 1994 is No data.
Point 12, is No data.
Point 13, 1996 is No data.
Point 14, is No data.
Point 15, 1998 is No data.
Point 16, is 1.281.
Point 17, 2000 is 1.427.
Point 18, is 1.25.
Point 19, 2002 is 2.159.
Point 20, is 2.134.
Point 21, 2004 is 2.203.
Point 22, is 2.79.
Point 23, 2006 is 2.448.
Point 24, is 2.317.


1/ Stock of investment, which includes annual additions to investments, reinvested earnings, exchange rate adjustments, and payment of intra-company debt.
2/ FDI data for the food and beverage industries have been reported separately since 1999, but the stock of U.S. direct investment in Mexico’s beverage industry was not reported from 1999 to 2001 to protect the confidentiality of individual firms.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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