Foreign-controlled enterprises in the EU - Issue number 30/2008 - Products Statistics in Focus

Foreign-controlled enterprises accounted for 18 % of the value added in the 17 Member States for which data are available. They were most important within the manufacturing sector, where they provided more than one quarter (28%) of sectoral value added. More than 60 % of their value added could be attributed to enterprises in other Member States (principally Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands or France), while enterprises from the US accounted for 23 %.