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Economics, Business, and the Environment — Financial Flows: Net Inflows (sales - purchases) of Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Units: Millions of US dollars ($US)

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Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		-5,075	-13,931	-6,629	-13,265	-11,976	-3,259	-566	-942	-3,731	-8,522	3,369	12,755	23,083	-5,250	7,337	3,172	7,471	10,589
Central America & Caribbean		-103	66	516	1,896	575	912	1,618	-205	1,345	612	5,810	4,460	-3,735	1,113	15,804	3,488	-5,050	5,440
Europe		-19,865	-15,416	-25,294	-24,912	-3,087	-1,213	-1,353	-17,591	-7,434	-18,938	-26,996	-126,159	-159,757	-226,736	-109,588	-14,503	14,671	18,929
Middle East & North Africa		-27	41	-35	-1,456	48	81	-1,128	-967	-1,279	-926	-1,907	1,100	1,920	-52	7,339	-2,262	2,709	-4,341
North America		26,851	34,063	31,561	30,474	11,118	1,078	-3,303	15,344	-4,796	9,981	-5,081	62,436	102,776	194,618	71,670	-3,379	-22,624	-42,797
Oceania		-1,565	-5,908	-753	589	1,080	2,004	2,491	1,683	12,516	7,513	3,866	7,949	2,141	13,004	-12,753	1,700	-3,554	7,589
South America		196	1,139	231	7,190	2,632	1,515	1,044	6,641	3,105	10,972	19,403	37,325	35,159	33,393	12,763	8,685	4,687	3,662
Sub-Saharan Africa		-398	-24	1,010	339	-384	-1,179	1,213	-3,971	196	-545	864	-524	-3,519	-4,203	9,684	2,040	1,967	1,683
Developed Countries		924	-664	-460	-8,692	-2,713	-3,161	-2,304	-4,687	-3,152	-3,135	-29,463	-62,017	-16,296	-21,348	-18,501	-16,611	-7,846	-14,488
Developing Countries		-910	694	1,067	9,547	2,719	3,100	2,320	4,679	3,074	3,282	28,791	61,359	14,364	27,235	20,757	15,552	8,125	15,247
High Income Countries		57	-1,117	-384	-7,500	-3,578	-3,379	-4,922	-4,725	-10,363	-11,903	-41,245	-53,894	-48,907	-43,251	-60,165	-34,115	-14,087	-29,730
Low Income Countries		-71	-182	1,154	-43	173	299	92	527	1,092	1,492	1,126	3,397	2,249	287	3,163	5,751	4,885	4,619
Middle Income Countries		59	1,291	292	9,629	3,404	3,148	4,862	4,159	8,923	10,509	39,317	50,440	43,289	49,346	57,363	27,133	9,287	27,376
	ISO	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Country
Afghanistan {1}	AFG	..	..	..	..	..	-13	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Albania {2}	ALB	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	4	16	..	0	2	126
Algeria	DZA	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	42	127	..	..	3	25
Andorra	AND	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	..	..	..	-38
Angola {3}	AGO	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	19	0	..	..
Antigua and Barbuda {4}	ATG	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	24	..	5	13	..	47	40
Argentina	ARG	..	60	27	6,264	121	1,164	1,731	1,252	-115	3,289	3,465	6,850	18,094	4,598	5,088	1,203	1,788	182
Armenia {5}	ARM	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	173	29	..	..	52	25	..
Aruba {6}	ABW	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	..	..	..	23	..	..	..	..	..	..	715
Australia	AUS	-968	-4,975	-858	-1,261	1,120	1,770	1,339	1,373	11,215	3,816	3,048	6,589	1,858	10,843	-15,628	1,854	-4,836	4,636
Austria	AUT	8	253	11	-47	36	45	248	517	453	852	2,017	3,249	-1,391	-1,680	8,004	-1,811	371	-4,024
Azerbaijan {7}	AZE	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	36	..	52	1,387	..
Bahamas	BHS	30	..	27	119	210	897	79	205	-140	-240	9	-23	-459	25	-550	-16	-771	-806
Bahrain	BHR	..	..	-168	-1,537	..	..	-806	-300	..	..	-1,472	-45	-527	82	-272	-646	-423	..
Bangladesh	BGD	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-12	..	..	33	..	..	..	..	437	60
Barbados	BRB	..	..	..	..	189	..	..	4	6	64	-15	-2	..	-49	1	143	44	33
Belarus {8}	BLR	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	5
Belgium	BEL	899	605	496	3,656	592	-133	2,020	-2,080	-2,901	5,440	3,892	4,640	11,627	-9,016	-10,054	-24	16	-6,965
Belize	BLZ	..	..	..	..	..	..	-55	-1	-25	..	..	-1	-318	3	49	..	..	52
Bermuda	BMU	1,070	..	190	813	-64	-125	-60	-139	234	574	4,411	9,496	-34,227	-7,896	-20,109	-1,510	986	-303
Bolivia	BOL	..	..	15	26	..	..	..	..	821	273	911	180	232	19	..	76	..	..
Bosnia and Herzegovina {9}	BIH	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	45	25	19	0	110
Botswana	BWA	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	70
Brazil	BRA	196	284	..	217	113	111	185	209	1,381	5,369	9,707	25,859	7,449	22,584	4,229	4,595	2,206	-2,484
British Virgin Islands	VGB	-2	..	..	143	6	..	-4	45	351	-6	-38	4	..	..	-439	-234	23	-1,291
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	..	..	..	..	..	..	-200	..	-31	-189	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5
Bulgaria	BGR	-8	..	..	..	..	..	20	90	32	68	437	61	336	574	11	130	383	2,655
Burkina Faso {10}	BFA	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
Cambodia	KHM	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0	1	..	..	..	..	..	0	1
Cameroon {11}	CMR	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	0	..	..	..	..	70	..	..	..
Canada	CAN	2,427	-5,660	1,410	2,592	-448	399	-1,816	-716	-924	2,082	-10,331	-19,186	5,379	37,433	2,938	3,327	-10,884	-14,411
Cape Verde {12}	CPV	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	83	..	..	..	..	..
Cayman Islands	CYM	..	5	374	170	138	41	-24	-530	..	38	-99	-99	45	30	-1,531	-83	-30	-4
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	23	15	194	..	..	8	..	..	..	..
Central African Rep	CAF	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	..	2	-62	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..
Chad	TCD	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	21	..	..	..	0
Chile	CHL	..	38	260	434	338	74	-552	598	-77	-1,782	931	1,004	8,039	2,422	2,698	2,039	56	1,625
China	CHN	..	-17	-202	-52	122	-352	77	408	154	1,454	1,057	-478	2,294	1,777	1,872	1,026	2,174	5,643
Colombia	COL	..	764	..	341	49	31	-3	1,238	-23	2,128	2,359	1,344	200	1,386	151	300	35	1,394
Congo {13}	COG	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	61	14	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	89	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cook Islands {14}	COK	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..
Costa Rica	CRI	..	..	64	3	..	..	1	17	94	20	25	2	71	21	..	229	11	-61
Croatia	HRV	..	..	..	..	..	43	23	45	94	47	-39	14	1,161	124	633	833	581	45
Cuba	CUB	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-8	299	..	300	38	..	477	9	..	..	..
Cyprus	CYP	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-41	-1,881	..	-73	-15	11	-36	14	..
Czech Rep	CZE	..	..	-6	..	..	..	43	325	2,287	319	610	212	2,389	1,149	1,967	5,174	1,615	198
Czechoslovakia (former)		..	..	..	..	477	777	164	33	31	13	1	7	..	..	..	..	..	..
Denmark	DNK	-16	155	-36	-271	-301	-159	218	398	47	-179	-926	2,552	-1,039	4,532	-1,702	2	-1,340	1,190
Dominican Rep	DOM	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0	46	..	28	564	464	-8	0	..	..
Ecuador	ECU	..	..	..	..	..	49	..	22	-16	60	27	79	214	153	6	70	273	848
Egypt	EGY	143	..	24	..	..	131	159	17	10	171	102	48	731	315	660	..	2,198	193
El Salvador	SLV	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	40	..	41	978	..	-1	168	0	417	295
Equatorial Guinea {15}	GNQ	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	993	..	..
Eritrea {16}	ERI	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	27	..	..	..	..	..
Estonia	EST	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-22	28	8	64	137	109	129	47	..	3	18
Ethiopia {17}	ETH	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	36	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	FJI	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	-4
Finland	FIN	-38	-92	-750	-1,085	-104	202	293	133	1,255	-266	-1,112	-2,552	908	-13,296	-7,083	2,903	2,957	520
France	FRA	-1,818	-2,468	-14,256	-13,644	-7,758	-3,238	1,901	9,573	-1,406	-1,181	-3,402	-14,042	-64,822	-133,692	-44,745	-3,743	8,719	5,138
French Polynesia {18}	PYF	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	0	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	GAB	..	..	..	448	-229	..	..	..	..	..	39	..	..	22	..	..	..	65
Georgia {19}	GEO	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	1	40	1	..	..	1	..
Germany	DEU	-565	-557	834	-576	-3,487	1,112	-2,127	-3,140	-11,013	-6,060	-1,334	-47,681	-45,975	188,319	-8,370	1,494	5,489	17,255
Ghana	GHA	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	-31	-458	52	-137	38	..	1	50	55	1,509
Gibraltar	GIB	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	9	..	..	8	-2	2	..	0	92
Greece	GRC	..	22	-100	113	54	393	-75	-6	50	491	-1,919	-1,418	-96	-3,692	587	-75	572	1,382
Greenland {20}	GRL	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0	..	..
Grenada {21}	GRD	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	GTM	..	..	..	3	3	..	29	..	..	26	-18	582	101	13	121	..	..	175
Guinea {22}	GIN	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	39	50	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
Guyana {23}	GUY	..	..	..	17	7	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	23	..	..	0	0	..
Haiti {24}	HTI	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..
Honduras {25}	HND	..	..	..	..	5	..	..	1	..	..	..	367	..	314	537	..	..	..
Hong Kong	HKG	-1,985	-603	53	1,422	-774	411	1,195	-665	-596	355	-1,072	-1,263	1,860	-975	7,351	-3,197	1,930	973
Hungary	HUN	..	..	24	226	267	392	319	139	2,104	1,594	292	548	419	738	40	1,036	160	136
Iceland	ISL	..	..	..	..	1	-7	..	..	..	4	..	..	..	-49	-160	-130	-147	-1,587
India	IND	..	-22	-11	5	-1	32	-124	276	248	126	232	351	918	309	-1,158	1,428	-414	898
Indonesia	IDN	29	-160	150	-49	146	218	119	174	645	313	-345	644	921	-626	3,529	2,593	2,029	778
Iran, Islamic Rep {26}	IRN	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	18	..	77
Iraq {27}	IRQ	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9
Ireland	IRL	-31	-343	-439	-135	-108	-277	996	-1,205	-578	-1,541	456	-2,467	541	-329	4,088	1,214	-1,516	-676
Isle of Man		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	36	35	..	-3	0
Israel	ISR	..	106	134	16	30	232	-375	92	197	57	843	964	2,249	-15	3,671	-79	-549	-3,832
Italy	ITA	-2,706	1,722	1,042	-3,149	3,049	-1,495	2,938	5,287	-587	1,138	-834	-10,720	-1,564	1,945	-2,031	3,366	10,597	5,786
Jamaica	JAM	..	..	..	92	..	-10	62	262	-4	12	..	34	..	..	525	214	..	324
Japan	JPN	-3,129	-13,485	-5,913	-13,900	-11,699	-4,162	-1,013	-308	-3,402	-3,941	336	2,739	5,914	-5,317	-947	-2,972	2,506	5,089
Jordan	JOR	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	26	..	..	..	..	545	20	..	990	-9
Kazakhstan	KAZ	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3,216	2,337	..	..	64	13	1	337	423
Kenya	KEN	-100	..	15	..	..	..	..	..	..	25	..	..	..	15	291	..	-2	265
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	-2	..	90	0	..
Korea, Rep	KOR	..	..	-167	-33	487	-72	-72	-499	-1,199	-1,095	-1,544	3,786	8,965	4,736	3,473	5,277	3,095	5,229
Kuwait	KWT	-170	..	-83	..	-112	..	6	..	-4	-648	..	..	-119	-32	58	-114	-442	-529
Kyrgyzstan {28}	KGZ	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	5	3
Lao People's Dem Rep {29}	LAO	..	..	..	..	..	..	10	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	269	266	..	85
Latvia	LVA	..	..	..	..	..	..	-18	3	23	57	63	11	20	342	39	..	12	..
Lebanon	LBN	..	..	..	..	..	..	-21	..	-3	0	110	11	..	54	..	..	98	-7
Liberia {30}	LBR	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-15	..	..	..	..	..	..	-37	..
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya {31}	LBY	..	..	..	..	..	-309	..	-5	..	..	..	-3	..	..	-45	..	-430	-50
Liechtenstein	LIE	..	..	..	-160	..	..	..	-62	-10	..	-142	9	-8	..	..	..	-159	..
Lithuania	LTU	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9	..	..	12	632	426	173	193	..	135	97
Luxembourg	LUX	-8	-75	..	-203	-941	-415	-1,301	136	230	-531	2,519	-856	4,513	-1,830	-1,857	-732	345	-487
Macau	MAC	..	..	..	..	29	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-450	..	..	109	..	..
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-2	..	..	45	34	328	-11	0	4
Madagascar {32}	MDG	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	58	0	..	4	..	..	..	5	..
Malawi {33}	MWI	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	60	..	10	..	..	14	6	..	..
Malaysia	MYS	..	20	674	-58	-22	-103	-257	-368	-1,024	-8,867	-543	37	-211	-320	74	-445	-3,601	-178
Mali {34}	MLI	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	18	1	..	..	..	132	..	2	..	13
Malta	MLT	..	..	..	..	..	..	-7	..	..	..	0	3	246	..	-43	134	34	379
Marshall Islands {35}	MHL	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	16	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6
Mauritania {36}	MRT	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	48	..	..	147
Mauritius	MUS	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-4	-24	-7	-7	261	26	-40	32	-3
Mexico	MEX	1	54	-442	1,646	7	74	1,555	-277	523	561	4,774	2,328	-1,357	-266	16,654	2,473	-4,127	4,430
Micronesia, Fed States {37}	FSM	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0	..	..
Moldova, Rep {38}	MDA	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	27	..	..	19	16
Monaco	MCO	..	669	21	..	-35	-113	..	-4	8	..	752	..	276	-299	-79	..	305	198
Mongolia {39}	MNG	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	0	7	3
Morocco	MAR	..	..	..	..	..	..	29	79	..	33	578	5	113	..	2,138	47	1,624	25
Mozambique {40}	MOZ	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	40	14	11	..	13	1	..	10	..	88	..
Myanmar {41}	MMR	..	..	..	..	..	..	10	..	9	..	260	..	..	..	..	0	417	..
Namibia	NAM	..	..	..	..	36	0	..	..	..	-11	3	..	..	..	..	..	67	2
Nauru {42}	NRU	..	..	..	..	..	..	-28	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nepal {43}	NPL	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	13	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Netherlands	NLD	-1,460	-1,168	673	-4,135	-761	4,058	1,931	-5,926	-3,204	-8,610	579	-4,921	-9,899	-18,774	-3,532	-3,911	674	4,190
Netherlands Antilles	ANT	-132	-8	517	-280	0	-11	-33	2	192	-7	-7	86	-308	-2	89	301	-624	-333
New Caledonia	NCL	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
New Zealand	NZL	-597	-933	105	1,850	-68	234	1,178	273	1,255	3,659	561	1,319	177	2,484	2,875	-149	1,199	2,939
Nicaragua {44}	NIC	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	23	42	..	11	115	83	53	..	206
Nigeria	NGA	..	..	1,000	..	..	..	..	..	-2	..	..	12	18	15	-5	..	..	10
Norway	NOR	-43	221	474	-712	-458	217	1,745	-246	-1,005	-1,758	1,449	12	7,321	3,237	1,571	-4,661	5,276	-1,476
Oman	OMN	..	..	..	..	78	..	15	..	..	7	-8	-55	28	..	..	-6	-125	20
Pakistan	PAK	..	..	..	1	..	22	5	..	..	1,124	80	2,259	6	..	103	159	..	384
Panama	PAN	..	15	..	..	..	..	6	73	9	-3	563	117	-2,064	125	-25	250	-120	759
Papua New Guinea	PNG	..	..	..	..	28	..	2	36	39	31	257	41	106	-328	..	0	82	11
Paraguay	PRY	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	27	2	11	..	65	67	..	..	..
Peru	PER	..	..	..	..	15	174	62	3,075	883	607	867	115	641	45	527	402	156	692
Philippines	PHL	25	45	161	15	49	404	111	786	1,054	272	4,103	1,904	1,193	291	1,809	541	230	629
Poland	POL	..	..	4	..	61	1,396	189	346	975	971	763	1,324	3,575	9,198	3,168	3,073	273	1,059
Portugal	PRT	9	11	754	195	13	166	342	-80	-186	697	-526	-4,095	-1,223	323	-259	-350	1,625	-1,872
Puerto Rico	PRI	..	..	..	..	..	142	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	49	108	118	-7	882
Qatar	QAT	..	..	..	..	43	..	12	..	..	-42	..	..	..	-2	..	0	-15	-192
Romania	ROU	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	181	229	94	391	1,284	447	536	56	105	492	2,200
Russian Federation	RUS	..	..	..	59	..	15	303	-182	100	-148	2,679	-154	128	533	1,668	646	-884	3,113
Rwanda {45}	RWA	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2	..	..	10
Saint Kitts and Nevis {46}	KNA	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	78	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Samoa {47}	WSM	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-5	..	..
Saudi Arabia	SAU	..	..	2	..	..	-76	-182	-630	-1,663	-324	-334	-217	-3	-1,548	-39	-2,020	-473	-78
Senegal {48}	SEN	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	107	..	66	6	..	..	..	..
Serbia and Montenegro {49}	YUG	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	38
Seychelles {50}	SYC	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-7	..
Sierra Leone {51}	SLE	..	..	..	..	..	..	34	..	..	0	..	..	..	..	13	..	..	2
Singapore	SGP	14	253	-650	705	-333	-18	-488	-819	346	-1,425	-2,594	-62	-1,762	-7,315	-11,646	-2,390	-3,252	-10,448
Slovakia	SVK	..	..	..	..	..	..	21	82	2	96	37	54	-383	1,825	1,103	3,347	160	200
Slovenia	SVN	..	..	..	..	..	..	0	41	18	30	133	..	10	-10	367	1,439	-14	110
Solomon Islands {52}	SLB	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Africa	ZAF	-298	-24	-5	-146	-191	-1,225	1,154	-4,009	47	-416	-103	-583	-3,813	-5,222	9,322	986	995	-385
Spain	ESP	727	140	275	-255	2,600	3,686	914	-213	797	-1,995	-3,964	-9,331	-19,611	-17,195	-2,540	2,627	-428	-25,349
Sri Lanka	LKA	..	..	..	1	..	..	30	8	126	35	275	70	14	2	..	0	76	..
St. Lucia {53}	LCA	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6
Sudan {54}	SDN	..	..	..	..	..	8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	25	768	136
Suriname	SUR	..	..	..	..	-2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	..	..
Swaziland {55}	SWZ	..	..	..	37	..	..	..	..	..	..	387	..	..	..	5	..	..	33
Sweden	SWE	-769	-2,912	-795	-8,083	-405	642	-79	2,898	4,019	1,805	-4,298	-4,859	49,762	-8,447	-1,592	-4,617	-107	5,010
Switzerland	CHE	40	-7,177	-1,805	66	-461	-4,390	-2,162	-9,793	-6,144	-5,591	-7,029	-33,771	-16,578	-29,894	-6,384	-5,718	2,977	-788
Syrian Arab Rep {56}	SYR	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	..	0	..	7
Taiwan	TWN	-29	38	-455	-1,374	..	-129	16	-14	-81	46	168	-605	1,429	-494	2,332	406	169	-312
Tajikistan {57}	TJK	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	..	..
Tanzania	TZA	..	..	..	..	..	..	21	12	2	17	1	23	..	412	120	1	2	..
Thailand	THA	..	..	-269	52	20	496	4	77	18	54	579	3,166	1,857	2,564	257	160	-122	1,051
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	..	..	-24	..	17	-224	2	2	..	..	205	-5	..	-5	..	40	87	18
Tunisia	TUN	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-11	..	..	402	-12	301	45	186	..	3
Turkey	TUR	..	59	56	113	9	116	35	37	169	14	101	67	-20	134	1,019	389	275	24
Uganda	UGA	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	55	29	11	..	32	..	20	..	-250
Ukraine	UKR	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	66	30	1	-23	136	21	114	..	191	41
United Arab Emirates	ARE	..	-124	..	-48	-1	..	..	-257	..	-153	54	-77	-455	2	73	-1	-36	-27
United Kingdom	GBR	-14,086	-4,422	-11,715	3,228	4,519	-4,218	-10,212	-14,868	6,751	-4,839	-18,665	-4,018	-81,575	-202,393	-43,205	-16,262	-25,556	10,800
United States	USA	23,354	39,723	29,961	27,069	11,630	804	-1,427	16,199	-4,106	7,325	839	72,126	131,624	165,081	88,841	-5,196	-12,726	-28,083
Uruguay	URY	..	..	18	..	..	-8	5	-80	16	..	..	11	..	26	36	..	9	60
Uzbekistan {58}	UZB	..	..	..	..	..	..	9	..	..	4	..	..	4	..	2	11	21	199
Vanuatu	VUT	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-9	..	..	..	..	4	..	..	..	..
Venezuela	VEN	..	-7	-89	-109	1,991	-80	-384	327	235	1,001	1,133	1,872	267	2,095	-42	..	164	1,345
Viet Nam	VNM	..	..	..	..	..	-6	..	1	1	-5	36	..	59	19	4	..	14	74
Virgin Islands	VIR	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-27	-205	..	..	..	..
Yemen	YEM	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-37	..	..	..	..	..
Yugoslavia (former)		..	..	..	..	62	88	..	..	0	..	45	..	..	..	2	..	840	80
Zambia	ZMB	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	18	12	173	150	1	90	53	..	..	48
Zimbabwe	ZWE	..	..	..	..	..	38	..	-15	1	3	2	-16	24	5	-305	-3	..	7

Footnotes

1 - Afghanistan

Data are for cross-border purchases only; sales are equal to zero, or sales data are unavailable.

2 - Albania

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

3 - Angola

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

4 - Antigua and Barbuda

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

5 - Armenia

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

6 - Aruba

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

7 - Azerbaijan

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

8 - Belarus

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

9 - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

10 - Burkina Faso

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

11 - Cameroon

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

12 - Cape Verde

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

13 - Congo

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

14 - Cook Islands

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

15 - Equatorial Guinea

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

16 - Eritrea

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

17 - Ethiopia

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

18 - French Polynesia

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

19 - Georgia

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

20 - Greenland

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

21 - Grenada

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

22 - Guinea

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

23 - Guyana

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

24 - Haiti

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

25 - Honduras

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

26 - Iran, Islamic Rep

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

27 - Iraq

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

28 - Kyrgyzstan

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

29 - Lao People's Dem Rep

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

30 - Liberia

Data are for cross-border purchases only; sales are equal to zero, or sales data are unavailable.

31 - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Data are for cross-border purchases only; sales are equal to zero, or sales data are unavailable.

32 - Madagascar

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

33 - Malawi

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

34 - Mali

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

35 - Marshall Islands

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

36 - Mauritania

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

37 - Micronesia, Fed States

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

38 - Moldova, Rep

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

39 - Mongolia

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

40 - Mozambique

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

41 - Myanmar

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

42 - Nauru

Data are for cross-border purchases only; sales are equal to zero, or sales data are unavailable.

43 - Nepal

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

44 - Nicaragua

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

45 - Rwanda

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

46 - Saint Kitts and Nevis

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

47 - Samoa

Data are for cross-border purchases only; sales are equal to zero, or sales data are unavailable.

48 - Senegal

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

49 - Serbia and Montenegro

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

50 - Seychelles

Data are for cross-border purchases only; sales are equal to zero, or sales data are unavailable.

51 - Sierra Leone

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

52 - Solomon Islands

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

53 - St. Lucia

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

54 - Sudan

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

55 - Swaziland

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

56 - Syrian Arab Rep

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

57 - Tajikistan

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

58 - Uzbekistan

Data are for cross-border sales only; purchases are equal to zero, or purchase data are unavailable.

Source

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). 2005. World Investment Report 2005: Transnational Corporations and the Internationalization of R&D. Annex Table "B.4. Cross-border M&As, by region/economy of seller/purchaser, 2002-2004.” New York and Geneva: UNCTAD. Available on-line at http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/wir2005_en.pdf. Full data set available in tables “7.2. Cross-border M&A sales, by region/economy of seller, 1987-2004” and “8.2. Cross-border M&A purchases, by region/economy of purchaser, 1987-2004.” Available on-line at http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3277<=1.