U.S. International Services: Cross-Border Trade 1986-2006, and Sales Through Affiliates, 1986-2005

These files contain historical data for U.S. international services, which are published annually in the Survey of Current Business, the monthly publication of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Balance of Payments Division.

DESCRIPTION OF DATA : U.S. international services cover cross-border (balance of payments) trade and sales through majority-owned affiliates.

FOOTNOTES:Included on each table, as needed.

RELEASE DATE: Coincides with the publication of the October 2007 Survey of Current Business.

PERIODS COVERED: For cross-border trade, 1986-2006; for sales through majority-owned affiliates, 1989-2005. (Global totals, without country or industry disaggregation, are available for 1986-88, for sales through foreign affiliates, and 1987-88, for sales through U.S. affiliates.)

PERIODS REVISED: For cross-border transactions, 2003-2005; for sales by majority-owned affiliates, 2004.

PERIODICITY: Estimates are for annual time periods.

UNIT OF MEASURE: Millions of U.S. dollars, except for the data in tables A, B, and E, which are in billions of U.S. dollars.

PRELIMINARY AND REVISED ESTIMATES: For cross-border trade, preliminary estimates are released in the year following the period covered. The data are typically revised one year later and two years later, and may be revised again in subsequent years. For sales through affiliates, preliminary estimates are released in the second year following the period covered. The data are revised one year later, and are generally not revised again. For more information on revisions, see this year's article.

MAJOR CHANGES: Coverage, definition, or methodology since the preceding release: See Christopher L. Bach, Annual Revision of the U.S. International Accounts, 1997-2006, Survey of Current Business 87, July 2007: Pages 37-53. (PDF - KB)

COPYRIGHTED DATA contained on this file: NONE.

NULL VALUES:

• 0 -- Legitimate zero value.
• n.a. -- Not available.
• (*) -- Less than $500,000 (+/-).
• (D) -- Suppressed to avoid disclosure of data of individual companies.
• (....) -- No reported transactions.

DEFINITIONS:

• MNC -- Multinational company
• MOFA-- Majority-owned foreign affiliate
• MOUSA-- Majority-owned U.S. affiliate
• UBO -- Ultimate beneficial owner

CONTACTS:

• For cross-border transactions: Michael Mann (202) 606-9573; E-Mail: Michael.Mann@BEA.GOV
• For sales by majority-owned foreign affiliates: Maria Borga (202) 606-9853; E-Mail: Maria.Borga@BEA.GOV

DESCRIPTION OF FILES
Data on cross-border trade are shown in tables C, D, E, F, and 1-8. Data on sales through majority-owned affiliates are shown in tables G and 9-11. Summary data for both cross-border trade and sales through affiliates are shown in tables A and B.
	Table A: Sales of services to Foreign and U.S. markets, 2004-2006	(XLS - 23 KB)
	Table B: Sales of services to foreign and U.S. markets through cross-border trade and through affiliates, 1986-2006	(XLS - 28 KB)
	Table C: Cross-border services, percent change from preceding year	(XLS - 23 KB)
	Table D: Cross-border services exports and imports by type and country, 2006	(XLS - 27 KB)
	Table E: Intrafirm trade in services, by type:
	1994-1996 (XLS - 16 KB) 1997-2006 (XLS - 80 KB)
	Table F: Unaffiliated financial services transactions, 1994-2006	(XLS - 33 KB)
	Table G: Sales of services by U.S. MNCs through their nonbank MOFAs, and by foreign MNCs through their nonbank MOUSAs:
	1989-1998 (XLS - 20 KB) 1999-2005 (XLS - 20 KB)
	Table 1: Summary data for trade in private services by type:
	1986-1991 (XLS - 31KB) 1992-2006 (XLS - 46 KB)
	Table 2: Summary data for private service trade by area and country:
	1986-1991 (XLS - 33 KB) 1992-2006 (XLS - 45 KB)
	Table 3: Travel, passenger fares, and other transportation, 1986-2006	(XLS - 366 KB)
	Table 4: Royalties and license fees, 1986-2006	(XLS - 357 KB)
	Table 5: Other Private Services:
	1986-1991 (XLS - 131 KB) 1992-2006 (XLS - 296 KB)
	Table 6: Insurance:
	1986-1991 (XLS - 91 KB) 1992-2006 (XLS - 285 KB)
	Table 7: Business, professional, and technical services:
	1986-2000 (XLS - 243 KB) 2001-2006 (XLS - 148 KB)
	Table 8: Other private services by affiliation of transactors, 1992-2006 (Note: 1986-1991: Affiliated, and Film and Tape rentals data are available in 'Table 5: Other private services'.):
	1992-2006 (XLS - 237 KB)
	Table 9: Sales of services to foreign persons by U.S. MNCs through their Nonbank MOFAs and to U.S. persons by foreign MNCs through their Nonbank MOUSAs, by country, 1989-2005	(XLS - 49 KB)
	Table 10: Sales of services to foreign persons by U.S. MNCs through their Nonbank MOFAs:
	SIC-Based industry of affiliate by country of affiliate, 1989-1998 (XLS - 103 KB) NAICS-Based industry of affiliate by country of affiliate, 1999-2005 (XLS - 167 KB)
	Table 11: Sales of services to U.S. persons by Foreign MNCs through their Nonbank MOUSAs:
	SIC-Based industry of affiliate by country of UBO, 1989-96 (XLS - 75 KB) NAICS-Based industry of affiliate by country of UBO, 1997-2005 (XLS - 222 KB)