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  <title><![CDATA[  Direct Investment Surveys: BE-15, Annual Survey of Foreign Direct  Investment in the United States]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-05-03-29996</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ This final rule amends regulations that set forth reporting 
requirements for the BE15, Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment 
in the United States. The annual survey is comprised of four formsthe 
BE15(LF) long form, the BE15(SF) short form, the BE15(EZ) form, 
which is a new form, and the BE15 Supplement CClaim for Exemption 
From Filing a BE15(LF), BE15(SF), or BE15(EZ). The annual survey is 
a sample survey that collects data on the financial structure and 
operations of nonbank U.S. affiliates of foreign companies needed to 
update similar data for the universe of U.S. affiliates collected once 
every 5 years in the BE12 benchmark survey. The data are used to 
derive annual estimates of the operations of U.S. affiliates of foreign 
companies, including their balance sheets; income statements; property, 
plant, and equipment; external financing; employment and employee 
compensation; merchandise trade; sales of goods and services; taxes; 
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