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.
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