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  1. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
  2. VENEZUELA: 1994 COUNTRY REPORT ON ECONOMIC POLICY AND TRADE PRACTICES
  3. BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS
  4.  
  5.  
  6.  
  7.  
  8.     f.  Rights in Sectors with U.S. Investment
  9.  
  10.     Labor rights and conditions of work in sectors in which
  11. there is U.S. investment are provided the same protection as
  12. other workers.  In many cases, the wages and working conditions
  13. for those in U.S.-affiliated industries appear to be better
  14. than average.
  15.  
  16.  
  17.  
  18.   Extent of U.S. Investment in Selected Industries.--U.S. Direct
  19. Investment Position Abroad on an Historical Cost Basis--1993
  20.  
  21.                     (Millions of U.S. dollars)
  22.  
  23.               Category                          Amount
  24.  
  25. Petroleum                                               198
  26. Total Manufacturing                                   1,371
  27.   Food & Kindred Products                   221
  28.   Chemicals and Allied Products             255
  29.   Metals, Primary & Fabricated              (1)
  30.   Machinery, except Electrical              (1)
  31.   Electric & Electronic Equipment            35
  32.   Transportation Equipment                  438
  33.   Other Manufacturing                       316
  34. Wholesale Trade                                         223
  35. Banking                                                 (1)
  36. Finance/Insurance/Real Estate                           156
  37. Services                                                (1)
  38. Other Industries                                        281
  39. TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES                                  2,295
  40.  
  41. (1) Suppressed to avoid disclosing data of individual companies
  42.  
  43. Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic
  44. Analysis
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