Brazilian-American Capital and Investment Exchange Analysis
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AMERICAN DIRECT
INVESTMENT IN BRAZIL
I. TOTAL ASSETS
Brazil accounts for 53% of total
USA assets in South America.
Between 2009 and 2012, the total value of assets held by
companies headquartered in Brazil controlled by American
capital rose by 37%, from US$206.6 billion to US$283 billion.
By the end of this period, Brazil accounted for 53% and
8% of U.S. assets in South America, and in Latin America
and the Caribbean, respectively. With regard to the United
States' global assets, Brazil's share increased from 1.1% to
1.3%. Within Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil is now
only behind the group of British territories in the Caribbean
(especially the Cayman Islands), which account for 28% of the
total, and Mexico, which accounts for 11%.
In 2012, assets majority-owned by American companies
generated around 600,000 jobs in Brazil. This represented
57% and 25% of the jobs originating from U.S. assets in South
America and in Latin America and the Caribbean, respectively.
Across Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil was in second
place in terms of jobs generated by U.S. assets, behind only
Mexico, where 1.1 million jobs are linked to these assets.
While the number of jobs derived from American assets in Brazil
grew by 14.6% between 2009 and 2012, the corresponding
figures were 4.8% in the rest of South America and 9.3% in the
rest of Latin America and the Caribbean. A comparison with
the economies that most rival Brazil with regard to U.S. assets
shows that the number of jobs linked to American capital in
Mexico increased by 14.2%, while such jobs in Chile grew by
12.5% to 128,000 in 2012. In the whole world except Brazil, the
number of jobs related to these assets expanded by an average
of 12.1%. Therefore, one may conclude that jobs generated by
U.S. assets have grown faster in Brazil than in other parts of the
region and the rest of the world.
In 2012, assets majority-owned by
American companies generated
around 600,000 jobs in Brazil.
8 The process of integration between the United States and Mexico through the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) explains the
discrepancy between Mexico and Brazil, especially the growing presence of U.S. companies in its southern neighbor through productive FDI,
and also through mergers and acquisitions.
No. of jobs
US$ million
Change in U.S. Assets in Brazil
300,000
283,081
100%
267,711
241,572
250,000
206,617
200,000
90%
80%
70%
60%
150,000
50%
51%
52%
54%
53%
40%
100,000
30%
50,000
20%
6%
7%
7%
8%
10%
0
2009
2010
2011
Total of US Assets in Brazil
0%
2012
US Share in South American Assets in Brazil
US Share In Latin American and Caribean in Brazil
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
Change in Jobs Generated by U.S. Assets in Brazil
700,000
100%
598,500
600,000
565,000
572,600
90%
522,400
80%
500,000
70%
400,000
60%
55%
57%
56%
57%
50%
300,000
40%
200,000
30%
24%
25%
25%
20%
25%
100,000
10%
0
2009
0%
2010
2011
2012
Total Jobs per US Assets in Brazil
US Share in Jobs per South American Assets in Brazil
US Share in Jobs per Latin American and Caribean Assets in Brazil
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
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