Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services

partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship or association. 
Natural person  
A natural person, in GATS, is an individual. A foreign natural person in a country 
means an individual who does not reside in the country and who is a national of or 
has the right of permanent residence in a foreign country. 
Output 
Output consists of those goods or services that are produced within an 
establishment that become available for use outside that establishment, plus any 
goods and services produced for own final use. 
Related enterprises 
Related enterprises are those where there exists a direct investment relationship. 
BPM5 defines the direct investment relationship as ownership, by a direct investor 
resident in one economy, of 10 per cent or more of the ordinary shares or voting 
power (for an incorporated enterprise) or the equivalent (for an unincorporated 
enterprise) of an enterprise resident of another economy. Further, direct investment 
enterprises comprise those entities that are either directly or indirectly owned by 
the direct investor. 

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Resident 
Institutional units or individuals are resident in a country when they have a centre 
of economic interest in the economic territory of that country. Individuals and 
institutional units changing countries are normally only considered resident in the 
new country after one year, although the one year guideline may be interpreted 
flexibly.