4-19. Value of Foreign Manufacturing Investment as a Percentage of Total Manufacturing (SIC 20-39) Investment in South Carolina: 1985-1995

              INVESTMENT IN THOUSAND DOLLARS

                 FOREIGN           TOTAL           FOREIGN INVESTMENT
 YEAR         MANUFACTURING    MANUFACTURING        PERCENT OF TOTAL

 1985            188,259         1,400,229                13.4      
 1986*           153,909         1,331,028                11.6
 1987*           618,511         2,312,973                27.4
 1988*           710,255         3,675,319                19.6
 1989*         1,114,258         2,919,852                39.5
 1990*           912,607         2,679,564                35.3
 1991*           830,089         2,438,886                24.8
 1992*         1,397,302         2,879,081                45.4
 1993**          670,210         2,553,659                26.2
 1994**        1,049,859         2,881,353                36.4
 1995**        1,818,281         5,140,356                35.4

** Includes Manufacturing, Distribution, Corporate Headquarters, R&D, and Computer-Related Services.

Source: S.C. Department of Commerce, Office of Information Management, March 1996.

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