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To: ex-Texan
Foreign Ownership of US Domestic Industries
This data comes from IRS (Internal Revenue Service) - Current as of 2002 (latest data available) Foreign ownership refers to ownership of assets of a particular industry by foreign controlled domestic U.S. Corporations (FDC) 50% or more owned by a foreign entity.
 
 
INDUSTRY
PERCENTAGE FOREIGN OWNED
 
Sound recording industries
97%
 
Commodity contracts dealing and brokerage
79%
 
Motion picture and sound recording industries
75%
 
Metal ore mining
65%
 
Motion picture and video industries
64%
 
 
Wineries and distilleries
64%
 
Database, directory, and other publishers
63%
 
Book publishers
63%
 
Cement, concrete, lime, and gypsum product
62%
 
Engine, turbine and power transmission equipment
57%
 
 
Rubber product
53%
 
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
53%
 
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
52%
 
Plastics product
51%
 
Other insurance related activities
51%
 
 
Boiler, tank, and shipping container
50%
 
Glass and glass product
48%
 
Coal mining
48%
 
Sugar and confectionery product
48%
 
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
47%
 
 
Advertising and related services
41%
 
Pharmaceutical and medicine
40%
 
Clay, refractory, and other nonmetallic mineral products
40%
 
Securities brokerage
38%
 
Other general purpose machinery
37%
 
 
Audio and video equipment mfg and reproducing magnetic and optical media
36%
 
Support activities for mining
36%
 
Soap, cleaning compound, and toilet preparation
32%
 
Chemical manufacturing
30%
 
Industrial machinery
30%
 
 
Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities
30%
 
Other food
29%
 
Motor vehicles and parts
29%
 
Machinery manufacturing
28%
 
Other electrical equipment and component
28%
 
 
Securities and commodity exchanges and other financial investment activities
27%
 
Architectural, engineering, and related services
26%
 
Credit card issuing and other consumer credit
26%
 
Petroleum refineries (including integrated)
25%
 
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments
25%
 
 
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
25%
 
Transportation equipment manufacturing
25%
 
Commercial and service industry machinery
25%
 
Basic chemical
24%
 
Investment banking and securities dealing
24%
 
 
Semiconductor and other electronic component
23%
 
Paint, coating, and adhesive.
22%
 
Printing and related support activities
21%
 
Chemical product and preparation
20%
 
Iron, steel mills, and steel products
20%
 
 
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery
20%
 
Publishing industries
20%
 
Medical equipment and supplies
20%


  FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF MAJOR U.S. INDUSTRIES

 
INDUSTRY
PERCENTAGE FOREIGN OWNED
 
Mining
27%
 
Information
24%
 
Manufacturing
20%
 
Professional, scientific, and technical services
20%
 
Finance and insurance
11%


74 posted on 09/15/2006 3:04:22 PM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
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To: raybbr
Add this fact to the mix: Mortgages are packaged and sold on Wall Street as mortgage obligations (CMOs). Foreign companies and foreign governments purchase these debt obligations. How many $ Trillions in mortgage obligations are owned by China, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Japan, and/ or Iran ? Nobody in government even cares. But how would Americans feel if they learned the home they live in is owned by a foreign country?
75 posted on 09/15/2006 3:19:05 PM PDT by ex-Texan (Matthew 7: 1 - 6)
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To: raybbr
Motion picture industry is scary enough, but can I assume that, since the broadcast media is not listed, there is no foreign ownership of it?

76 posted on 09/15/2006 3:43:52 PM PDT by William Terrell (Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
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