Part II. APMA Program Statistical Data

[Pub. L. 106-170 § 521(b)(2)(C)(i-viii)] Table 1: APA Applications Filed § 521(b)(2)(C)(i) ³

250

200

150

100

50

0

Applications Filed

2012-2021

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Bilateral APAs Filed per Country 2021

China

3%

China All Other Countries

3%

Korea

4%

5%

7%

Canada 16%

10%

The charts above illustrate the number of complete applications fi led per year and the bilateral requests received in 2021 per foreign country. As of December 31, 2021, APMA had also received 29 user fee fi lings that were not yet accompanied by substantially complete APA applications, in addition to the 145 complete APA applications.

3 The fi rst APA Statutory Report, which compiled APA data from 1991-1999, did not report the cumulative number of applications for those years by submission type, so the cumulative totals cannot be reported in that manner.

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Table 2: Executed ⁴ and Pending APAs § 521(b)(2)(C)(ii-vi) ⁵⁶

150

100

50

0

APAs Executed

2012-2021

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Bilateral APAs

Japan

3%

China

3%

5%

20%

6%

7%

In 2021, the percentage of renewals executed increased (63 percent of all APAs executed in 2021 versus 59 percent in 2020). The charts above illustrate trends in the number of APAs executed per year and the countries involved in the bilateral APAs that were executed in 2021.

4 Executed APAs refers to all APAs fi nalized or renewed.

5 The number of renewals executed is included in the total number of APAs executed during the year.

6 The number of renewals still pending as of year-end is also included in the total number of pending APAs.

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500

400

300

200

100

0

Pending APAs

2012-2021

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Pending Bilateral APAs

by Country 2021

All Other Countries

Japan

Mexico

5%

4%

Korea

5%

5%

11%

5%

As the top chart illustrates, the number of pending requests increased slightly relative to December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2021, almost half of the pending bilateral APA requests involved either Japan or India.

Table 3: APAs Revoked or Cancelled and Applications Withdrawn § 521(b)(2)(C)(vii) ⁷⁸

7 The fi rst APA Statutory Report, which compiled APA data from 1991-1999, did not report the cumulative number of applications for those years by submission type, so the cumulative totals cannot be reported in that manner.

8 See supra note 7.

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Table 4: APAs Executed in 2021 by Industry § 521(b)(2)(C)(viii)

Industry

APAs Executed in 2021 by Industry

Manufacturing

37%

2%

Wholesale/Retail

Trade

38%

Management 14%

and Real Estate

6%

3%

Table 4a: Manufacturing APAs Executed in 2021 ⁹

Type of Manufacturing

9 Industries in the Miscellaneous Manufacturing subsector (NAICS Code 339) make a wide range of products that cannot readily be classifi ed in specifi c NAICS manufacturing subsectors.

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Type of Manufacturing APAs

Executed in 2021

Chemical

Transportation

Computer and Electronic Products

Equipment

37%

11%

All Other Manufacturing

15%

6%

Miscellaneous

9%

Table 4b: Wholesale/Retail Trade APAs Executed in 2021

Type of Wholesale/Retail Trade

All Other

11%

Type of Wholesale/Retail Trade APAs

Executed in 2021

Motor Vehicle and

Parts Dealers

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable

8%

Goods

Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

19%

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Nature of the Relationships § 521(b)(2)(D)(i)