4-19. Value of Foreign Manufacturing Investment as a Percentage of Total Manufacturing (SIC 20-39) Investment in South Carolina: 1987 - 1997

                 INVESTMENT IN THOUSAND DOLLARS
                   FOREIGN            TOTAL        FOREIGN INVESTMENT
  YEAR          MANUFACTURING     MANUFACTURING     PERCENT OF TOTAL

  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
  1996**          2,133,366         5,089,411             41.9
  1997**          1,870,155         5,096,220             36.7

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

Source: S.C. Department of Commerce, Research and Communications, February 1998.

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