Brazilian-American Capital and Investment Exchange Analysis
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BRAZILIAN DIRECT
INVESTMENT IN THE
UNITED STATES
I. TOTAL ASSETS
Brazilian assets in the USA grew
221% between 2007 and 2012.
Between 2007 and 2012, Brazilian companies' total assets
in the United States increased from US$29.1 billion to
US$93.6 billion. This total, which refers to the assets owned
by all companies headquartered in the United States whose
shareholder control is at least 50% owned by Brazilian
capital, grew by 221% in the period. As a result, Brazil's
share of all South American and Latin American assets in the
United States rose from 29% to 52%, and from 7% to 29%,
respectively. Brazil's share of all foreign assets in the United
States increased from 0.2% to 0.7% in the same period.
Assets majority-owned by Brazilians employed 76,100 people
in the United States in 2012. This is more than twice the
number of jobs generated by Brazilian assets in 2007 - around
30,000 people. In the last year analyzed, Brazil accounted,
respectively, for 48% and 29% of all jobs derived from South
American and Latin American assets in the USA. Brazil's share
of total jobs generated by majority foreign-owned assets in
the country rose from 0.5% to 1.3% in the period.
In 2012, on average, one job in the United States was
generated by US$1.2 million of majority Brazilian-owned
assets, and by US$2.2 million of assets majority-owned by
other countries. This means that the same sum of Brazilian
assets generated practically twice as many jobs in the United
States in relation to other countries'. This shows that the
capital invested by Brazilians is more labor intensive than the
average for the rest of the world.
Brazilian assets generate
practically twice as many jobs
in the USA in relation to other
countries' assets.
No. of jobs
US$ Million
Change in Brazilian Assets in the United States
100,000
93,592
100.0%
90,000
87,602
90.0%
80,000
80.0%
70,000
61,118
70.0%
60,000
60.0%
49,587
50,000
50.0%
39,202
53%
52%
40,000
29,156
45%
40.0%
40%
30,000
36%
30.0%
20,000
29%
29%
26%
20.0%
10,000
20%
15%
10.0%
7%
10%
0
0.0%
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Total of Brazilian Assets in US
Brazilian Share in South American Assets in US
Brazilian Share In Latin American and Caribean in US
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
Changes in Jobs and Brazilian Assets in the United States
90,000
100%
79,500
80,000
75,700
76,100
90%
70,000
60,000
50,000
42,300
41,300
40,000
55%
30,100
30,000
41%
34%
20,000
33%
23%
10,000
8%
16%
11%
lll
80%
70%
60%
50%
52%
48%
40%
30%
30%
29%
20%
10%
0
0%
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Total Jobs per Brazilian Assets in US
Brazilian Share in Jobs per South American Assets in US
Brazilian Share in Jobs per South American Assets in US
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
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