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Foreign-owned Agricultural Land.


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Foreign-owned Agricultural Land.: documentation

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Foreign-owned Agricultural Land                           Stock #87015 
Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
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(Updated 8/98)

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Foreign holdings of U.S. agricultural land parcels as of December 31, 1997.
Includes data for over 13,000 reports filed under the Agricultural Foreign 
Investment Disclosure Act of 1978.  
                                                           

FIELD ID------DESCRIPTION-------QUESTION---CODE---MEANING AND REMARKS
                         NUMBER
                         ON FORM
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1         Type           1         A    Land holding or land acquisition.
                                   C    Land disposition.
                                   D    Land use change-agriculture.
                                   E    Land use change-nonagriculture.
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2-3       State               2D        FIPS Code
4-6       County         2B        FIPS Code
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7-12      Parcel ID      Assigned  No.
13-16          Activity number     Assigned  No.
17-22          Owner ID       Assigned  No.
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23        U.S.           3D3a           0    Not a corporation (see 3D) or 
                         & 3D3b         a corporation not created in U.S.
                                   1    Corporation created in U.S.
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24-26          Country        3D1 or 3D2     UN   When an individual or government,
                                   Code code country.
                         (or)
                         
                         3D3b and  UN   When an organization, code foreign
                         reverse   Code country where created or, if created
                                        in U.S., country of majority of
                                        foreign shareholders.

                                   840  When 3D3b is a U.S. organization
                                        and no other U.S. or foreign
                                        interest indicated as owning 5%.

                                   998  When 3D 3b is a U.S. organization
                                        and another U.S. organization listed
                                        with no foreign owners indicated.

                                   999  Multiple foreign owners with no
                                        predominant country listed.
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27-29          Principal place
          of business         3D3c      UN   Only when organization is checked
                                   Code (see 3D3a).

                                   0    If individual or government (i.e., if
                                        3D1 or 2 is checked.

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30-37          Acres               2C        No.  Nearest whole number.
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38        Type of owner  3D        A    Individual (includes husband and
                                        wife).
                                   B    Government.
                                   C    Corporation.
                                   D    Partnership (includes multiple
                                        individuals and joint ventures).
                                   E    Estate.
                                   F    Trust.
                                   G    Institution.
                                   H    Association.
                                   K    Other (includes future interests).
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39        Relationship of     4D        1    Attorney.
          representative                2    Manager.
                                   3    Agent.
                                   4    Other.
                                   5    Foreign Owner (if no representative 
                                        is given and signed by owner).
                                   6    No report.
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40        Type of interest    5         A    Fee interest whole.
                                   B    Fee interest partial.
                                   C    Life estate.
                                   D    Trust beneficiary.
                                   E    Purchase contract.
                                   F    Other.
                                   G    No report.
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41-43          Percent        5B             If answer to form question 5 is
                                        A,C,D, E, or F, mark 100.  If the
                                        answer is "B", enter percentage. (If
                                        "B" and no percent given, enter
                                        000.)
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44        Cash           6         0    No
                                   1    Yes
45        Credit                             For fields 44,45,46,47,48,49,50:  
                                        More than one of these boxes can 
                                        be checked.  Code 0 or 1 in each box.
46        Trade     
47        Gift/Inheritance
48        Foreclosure
49        Other
50        Flag
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51-57          Purchase price 7A        0    If estimated value is given.
                                   No.  Value, to nearest $1,000.
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58        Flag           7A        0    Correct single value.
                                   1    Salvage data taken from aggregate
                                   3    Not applicable - if estimated
                                        purchase value given or should be
                                        given.
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59-65          Estimated value     7B        0    If purchase price was given.
                                   No.  Value, to nearest $1,000.
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66        Flag           7B        0    Correct if estimated value.
                                   1    Salvage data taken from aggregate.
                                   3    Not applicable (i.e., if purchase
                                        price was given.)
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67-73          Current value       7C        0    If no value given or debt = 0 .
                                   No.  Value, to nearest $1,000.
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74         Flag               7C        0    Correct single value.
                                   1    Salvage data taken from aggregate.
                                   2    No report.
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75-79          Debt           7D        0    If no value given or debt = 0.
                                   No.  Value, to nearest $1,000.
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80        Flag           7D        0    Correct single value.
                                   1    Salvage data taken from aggregate.
                                   2    No report.
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81-82          Month               8         No.
                                   13   Multiple months listed.
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83-86          Year           8         No.
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87-94          Crop           9         No.  For fields 87-126:  
                                        Acres, to nearest whole number(total 
                                        usage must equal 2c.)
95-102    Pasture                  
103-110   Forest                             For fields 87-126:  
                                        If answer is 0, code 0 in the last
111-118   Other agriculture                  box in the field.
119-126   Other nonagriculture
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127       Flag           9         0    Single usage reported.
                                   1    Multiple usage reported.
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128       Intended use.       10        A    No change.
                                   B    Other agriculture.
                                   C    Other nonagriculture.
                                   D    No report.
                                   E    Combination.
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129       Tenure         11A       1    Owner.
                                   2    Manager.
                                   3    Tenant.
                                   4    No report.
                                   5    Combination.
                                   6    Not applicable.
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130       Rental Agreement    11B       1    Crop.
                                   2    Cash.
                                   3    No report (11A = 2, 3, or 5).
                                   4    Not applicable (11A = 1).
                                   5    Combination.
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131       Tenure change  12        A    Same.
                                   B    New.
                                   C    No report.
                                   D    Combination.
                                   E    Not applicable.
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132       Citizenship    
          (Dispositions       3E3       1    U.S.
          only)                         2    Foreign.
                                   3    Unknown.
                                   4    No response.
                                   5    Combination.

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