Table 12.—Sources of Change in Gross Product for Nonbank Majority-Owned Foreign Affiliates, 1996-97

Line		Millions of dollars
1	1996 level	498,310
2	Total change	20,996
3	New MOFA's	6,988
4	Acquired by U.S. parents	4,666
5	Established by U.S. parents	2,322
6	Changes in existing operations/1/	14,325
7	Sales or liquidations of MOFA's	-11,054
8	Other changes/2/	10,737
9	1997 level	519,306

1. Also includes changes resulting from MOFA's acquiring, establishing, selling, or liquidating parts of their consolidated operations. BEA permits survey respondents to consolidate affiliate operations that are in the same country if the affiliates are also in the same industry or are integral parts of a single business operation.

2. Equals the change in the gross product of MOFA's not accounted for in lines 3-7. It includes changes resulting from the addition to the survey universe of MOFA's that were exempt from reporting in earlier years and MOFA's that were required to report in earlier years but did not.

MOFA Majority-owned foreign affiliate