- Foreign Affiliate Trade Statistics
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 OrganizationWTO .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.
ee also
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General Agreement on Trade in Services
*Foreign Direct Investment tatistical 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]
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