(Restricted) Annual and Benchmark Surveys of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (Forms BE-12 and BE-15)

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These surveys collect information on the activities of U.S. affiliates of foreign multinational enterprises, which offer details on the finances and operations of these affiliates, including their employment and compensation, sales, value added, capital expenditures, trade in goods, and expenditures for research and development. The BE-12 survey is BEA's most comprehensive survey of foreign direct investment in the United States and is typically conducted every 5 years on U.S. affiliates and covers the universe of U.S. affiliates. The annual BE-15 survey is conducted on a sample of reporters. In the sample surveys, reports are not required for small affiliates, in order to reduce the reporting burden on the reporters. Instead, BEA estimates the data for these affiliates by extrapolating forward their data from the most recent benchmark survey on the basis of the movement of the sample data. Thus, coverage of the survey universe is complete in nonbenchmark, as well as benchmark, periods. As of February 28, 2020, data collection instruments are available as a compressed file for public download.