In Chile, the Foreign Direct Investment Statistics are elaborated by the Central Bank of Chile. The bank plays an active role in the compilation of this statistics, which are used for analytical purposes and for fulfilling the statistical functions established in the Bankâ€™s Constitutional Organic Law (COL) of 1989. The compilation of the balance of payments, national accounts, and other macroeconomic statistics (COL, article 53) are part of these functions. The Bank is obligated by COL to keep under strict confidentiality the information given to it by the respondents. In the case, when it is necessary to flag confidentially, an special note is released joint to the figures.