U.S. International Transactions Accounts Data

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Today's Date: September 17, 2008     Release Date: June 17, 2008     Next Release Date: September 17, 2008
Earliest Quarter Revised on June 17, 2008: 2002:I

Table 12. U.S. International Transactions, by Area - Taiwan 26
[Millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted]
Line (Credits +; debits -) 1 2007 2008
I II III IV I p
  Current account  
1 Exports of goods and services and income receipts 8,154 9,775 9,942 9,977 10,282
2     Exports of goods and services 7,327 8,808 8,744 8,868 9,118
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 5,425 6,880 6,694 6,963 7,027
4         Services3 1,902 1,929 2,050 1,906 2,091
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 139 242 183 220 131
6             Travel 247 283 332 164 293
7             Passenger fares 3 3 11 5 4
8             Other transportation 641 660 694 775 757
9             Royalties and license fees5 171 225 208 199 190
10             Other private services5 695 510 614 535 708
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 6 6 8 7 7
12     Income receipts 827 966 1,198 1,108 1,164
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 822 961 1,193 1,103 1,159
14             Direct investment receipts 460 532 728 704 722
15             Other private receipts 362 429 465 399 437
16             U.S. government receipts 0 0 0 0 0
17         Compensation of employees 5 5 5 5 5
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -12,502 -13,112 -13,499 -13,583 -12,565
19     Imports of goods and services -10,753 -11,396 -11,813 -11,949 -11,071
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -8,991 -9,454 -9,964 -10,080 -9,049
21         Services3 -1,762 -1,942 -1,849 -1,869 -2,022
22             Direct defense expenditures -59 -72 -61 -61 -75
23             Travel -245 -319 -230 -250 -276
24             Passenger fares -386 -410 -365 -414 -463
25             Other transportation -935 -987 -1,027 -978 -1,050
26             Royalties and license fees5 -7 -5 -11 -9 -9
27             Other private services5 -129 -147 -152 -154 -146
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -2 -2 -3 -3 -3
29     Income payments -1,749 -1,715 -1,685 -1,634 -1,493
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -1,726 -1,703 -1,677 -1,613 -1,472
31             Direct investment payments -62 -65 -101 -124 -67
32             Other private payments -395 -401 -393 -370 -335
33             U.S. government payments -1,269 -1,237 -1,183 -1,119 -1,070
34         Compensation of employees -23 -12 -8 -21 -21
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -126 -84 -139 -96 -129
36     U.S. government grants4 (*) 0 (*) 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -1 -1 -1 -2 -2
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -125 -83 -138 -94 -127
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -8 -8 -8 -8 -8
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
650 -1,970 1,686 1,588 -2,740
41     U.S. official reserve assets 0 0 0 0 0
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
45         Foreign currencies ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 0 1 -1 (*) 0
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets 0 0 0 0 0
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 0 0 0 0 0
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 0 1 -1 (*) 0
50     U.S. private assets 650 -1,971 1,687 1,587 -2,740
51         Direct investment -736 -157 -370 -658 -1,406
52         Foreign securities 1,610 966 -420 22 164
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
69 -394 204 -141 -155
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -293 -2,386 2,273 2,364 -1,343
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
-2,625 3,447 -8,368 356 3,659
56     Foreign official assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
57         U.S. government securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
59             Other10 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 27 -78 12 -24 128
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
64         Direct investment 5 -335 60 119 -30
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 983 1,166 -20 -468 1,169
67         U.S. currency n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
68         U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
67 -118 138 -141 -105
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 -3,707 18 2,812 18 -8,558 18 870 18 2,497
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 6,457 1,952 10,385 1,767 1,501
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -3,566 -2,575 -3,270 -3,118 -2,022
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 139 -14 201 37 69
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -3,426 -2,588 -3,070 -3,081 -1,954
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) -922 -749 -487 -526 -329
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -126 -84 -139 -96 -129
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -4,474 -3,421 -3,696 -3,702 -2,412

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