Table 1.—Private Services Transactions by Type, 1986-97

[Millions of dollars]

Exports
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Total private services 77,205 86,962 101,120 118,081 137,322 152,510 163,754 172,031 187,760 204,229 224,213 239,215
Travel 20,385 23,563 29,434 36,205 43,007 48,385 54,742 57,875 58,417 63,395 69,751 73,268
Overseas 15,650 18,044 22,314 26,939 30,806 34,518 40,864 45,298 47,299 54,331 59,905 63,014
Canada 2,701 3,309 4,150 5,340 7,093 8,500 8,182 7,458 6,252 6,207 6,842 6,824
Mexico 2,034 2,210 2,970 3,926 5,108 5,367 5,696 5,119 4,866 2,857 3,004 3,430
Passenger fares 5,582 7,003 8,976 10,657 15,298 15,854 16,618 16,528 16,997 18,909 20,413 20,895
Other transportation 15,438 17,027 19,311 20,526 22,042 22,631 21,531 21,958 23,754 26,081 26,074 26,911
Freight 4,864 5,452 6,491 7,209 8,379 8,651 8,441 8,594 9,575 11,273 11,146 11,773
Port services 10,574 11,575 12,820 13,318 13,662 13,979 13,088 13,364 14,180 14,809 14,929 15,137
Royalties and license fees 8,113 10,183 12,146 13,818 16,634 17,819 20,841 21,695 26,712 30,289 32,823 33,676
Affiliated 6,174 7,897 9,501 10,961 13,250 14,106 15,658 15,688 20,275 22,859 24,710 25,515
U.S. parents' transactions 5,994 7,668 9,238 10,612 12,867 13,523 14,925 14,936 19,250 21,399 22,781 23,457
U.S. affiliates' transactions 180 229 263 349 383 583 733 752 1,025 1,460 1,929 2,058
Unaffiliated 1,939 2,286 2,646 2,857 3,384 3,712 5,183 6,007 6,437 7,430 8,113 8,161
Industrial processes n.a. 1,593 1,863 1,947 2,333 2,435 2,525 2,820 3,026 3,513 3,488 3,272
Other n.a. 694 782 910 1,052 1,277 2,657 3,187 3,411 3,917 4,625 4,889
Other private services 27,687 29,186 31,253 36,875 40,341 47,821 50,022 53,975 61,880 65,555 75,152 84,465
Affiliated services 8,385 8,494 9,568 12,296 13,622 14,539 16,823 16,813 20,043 20,791 23,779 26,336
U.S. parents' transactions 5,577 5,658 6,808 9,117 9,532 9,976 10,479 10,902 13,530 13,341 14,772 16,164
U.S. affiliates' transactions 2,808 2,836 2,760 3,179 4,090 4,563 6,344 5,911 6,513 7,450 9,007 10,172
Unaffiliated services 19,302 20,692 21,685 24,580 26,719 33,282 33,199 37,162 41,838 44,764 51,374 58,128
Education 3,495 3,821 4,142 4,575 5,126 5,679 6,186 6,738 7,174 7,515 7,888 8,278
Financial services 3,301 3,731 3,831 5,036 4,417 5,012 4,034 4,999 5,763 7,029 8,382 11,064
Insurance, net 1,385 1,573 847 103 230 491 682 1,020 1,676 1,296 1,971 2,391
Premiums 3,424 3,615 3,534 3,117 3,388 3,365 3,852 3,981 4,921 5,491 5,978 5,952
Losses 2,039 2,042 2,687 3,015 3,158 2,874 3,170 2,961 3,245 4,195 4,007 3,561
Telecommunications 1,827 2,111 2,196 2,519 2,735 3,291 2,885 2,785 2,865 3,228 3,270 3,771
Business, professional, and technical services 4,813 4,765 5,970 6,823 7,752 12,045 11,722 12,958 15,330 16,064 19,678 21,304
Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services 21 27 37 124 119 168 164 164 132 181 253 255
Advertising 94 109 145 145 130 274 315 338 487 425 551 581
Agricultural services 4 7 4 3 4 56 54 47 30 30 20 25
Computer and data processing services 985 649 1,198 978 1,031 1,738 776 986 1,306 1,340 1,634 1,616
Construction, engineering, architectural, and mining services 759 668 790 939 867 1,478 1,935 2,407 2,474 2,550 3,560 4,084
Data base and other information services 124 133 196 205 283 442 641 694 1,026 1,078 1,164 1,431
Industrial engineering 98 304 278 219 473 363 212 268 575 726 915 1,098
Installation, maintenance, and repair of equipment 1,033 1,087 1,276 1,717 2,031 2,574 2,744 2,978 3,497 3,218 3,703 3,468
Legal services 97 147 272 397 451 1,309 1,358 1,442 1,617 1,667 1,973 2,085
Mailing, reproduction, and commercial art (/D/) 22 29 9 8 18 14 12 10 4 64 29
Management of health care facilities 1 0 (*) 0 0 22 22 19 18 18 17 33
Management, consulting, and public relations services 306 327 344 300 354 870 728 826 1,134 1,489 1,680 2,139
Medical services 490 516 541 588 630 672 708 750 794 841 872 888
Miscellaneous disbursements n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 89 97 222 222 251 338 362
Operational leasing 384 484 544 671 801 796 854 834 925 978 1,281 1,422
Personnel supply services (/D/) 38 (/D/) 2 1 160 127 113 85 95 101 63
Research, development, and testing services 282 177 231 375 384 602 611 464 522 638 688 862
Sports and performing arts 32 11 (/D/) 43 47 71 43 77 86 116 152 174
Training services 73 60 54 109 138 345 320 319 388 421 403 384
Other business, professional, and technical services/1/ n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 308 305
Other unaffiliated services/2/ 4,482 4,692 4,699 5,524 6,459 6,765 7,690 8,663 9,032 9,633 10,185 11,321
Imports
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Total private services 66,419 75,507 82,441 87,001 100,571 102,672 103,464 111,259 123,303 133,355 142,261 156,236
Travel 25,913 29,310 32,114 33,416 37,349 35,322 38,552 40,713 43,782 44,916 48,048 51,220
Overseas 20,311 23,313 25,260 25,746 28,929 26,506 29,838 31,862 34,534 35,281 37,406 39,876
Canada 3,034 2,939 3,232 3,394 3,541 3,705 3,554 3,692 3,914 4,319 4,670 4,901
Mexico 2,568 3,058 3,622 4,276 4,879 5,111 5,160 5,159 5,334 5,316 5,972 6,443
Passenger fares 6,505 7,283 7,729 8,249 10,531 10,012 10,603 11,410 13,062 14,663 15,818 18,235
Other transportation 17,766 19,010 20,891 22,172 24,966 24,975 23,767 24,524 26,019 27,034 27,403 28,949
Freight 12,512 12,618 13,792 13,997 15,046 14,554 13,571 14,518 16,006 16,455 16,539 17,644
Port services 5,254 6,392 7,099 8,176 9,920 10,421 10,197 10,005 10,013 10,579 10,864 11,305
Royalties and license fees 1,401 1,857 2,601 2,528 3,135 4,035 5,161 5,032 5,852 6,919 7,854 9,411
Affiliated 917 1,309 1,426 1,703 2,206 2,955 3,396 3,386 3,934 5,257 5,506 7,087
U.S. parents' transactions 118 168 141 71 239 166 189 234 420 583 766 955
U.S. affiliates' transactions 799 1,141 1,285 1,632 1,967 2,789 3,207 3,152 3,514 4,674 4,740 6,132
Unaffiliated 484 547 1,175 824 929 1,080 1,766 1,646 1,919 1,663 2,347 2,324
Industrial processes n.a. 435 488 568 666 796 818 1,054 1,034 948 1,233 1,265
Other n.a. 112 689 256 265 283 948 592 884 714 1,115 1,060
Other private services 14,834 18,047 19,106 20,636 24,590 28,328 25,381 29,580 34,588 39,823 43,138 48,421
Affiliated services 3,915 5,357 6,043 7,911 9,118 9,732 9,640 10,677 12,924 14,215 16,668 18,324
U.S. parents' transactions 2,391 3,050 3,461 4,783 5,334 5,260 5,355 5,721 7,012 7,443 8,089 9,407
U.S. affiliates' transactions 1,524 2,307 2,582 3,128 3,784 4,472 4,285 4,956 5,912 6,772 8,579 8,917
Unaffiliated services 10,919 12,691 13,063 12,725 15,472 18,596 15,740 18,903 21,663 25,607 26,469 30,098
Education 433 452 539 586 658 698 767 857 972 1,125 1,247 1,347
Financial services 1,769 2,077 1,656 2,056 2,475 2,669 986 1,371 1,654 2,472 2,995 3,906
Insurance, net 2,200 3,241 2,628 823 1,910 2,467 1,324 3,095 4,034 5,360 3,773 5,208
Premiums 7,217 8,538 8,954 9,909 10,222 11,207 11,738 12,093 14,075 15,284 14,652 15,036
Losses 5,017 5,297 6,326 9,086 8,312 8,740 10,414 8,998 10,041 9,925 10,879 9,828
Telecommunications 3,253 3,736 4,576 5,172 5,583 6,608 6,052 6,365 6,928 7,305 8,304 8,113
Business, professional, and technical services 1,303 1,367 1,926 2,059 2,093 3,015 3,102 3,504 3,869 4,822 5,550 6,571
Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services 29 37 31 22 57 89 104 103 130 170 229 335
Advertising 77 128 188 228 243 301 450 646 728 833 976 863
Agricultural services 5 7 4 2 (*) 22 21 18 14 17 9 13
Computer and data processing services 32 74 107 46 44 116 71 101 83 126 139 270
Construction, engineering, architectural, and mining services 301 163 307 443 170 315 261 319 280 345 489 346
Data base and other information services 23 25 39 31 54 51 72 110 141 160 148 164
Industrial engineering 75 103 133 53 74 30 112 142 100 160 202 246
Installation, maintenance, and repair of equipment 467 496 616 704 714 538 191 175 164 160 247 355
Legal services 40 56 98 81 111 244 311 321 383 469 580 568
Mailing, reproduction, and commercial art 12 9 9 8 8 38 37 33 17 22 39 53
Management of health care facilities (*) 0 2 (*) (*) 13 13 11 12 16 23 43
Management, consulting, and public relations services 60 67 73 143 135 271 243 287 321 465 593 782
Medical services n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Miscellaneous disbursements n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 342 395 371 538 843 813 1,075
Operational leasing 50 48 78 88 202 229 337 356 401 407 343 425
Personnel supply services 25 7 10 10 5 15 14 13 3 4 29 42
Research, development, and testing services 76 114 182 133 210 241 225 239 294 364 343 473
Sports and performing arts 21 25 40 54 48 84 145 156 122 120 154 210
Training services 7 9 10 13 17 77 101 101 137 145 152 269
Other business, professional, and technical services/1/ n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 41 39
Other unaffiliated services/2/ 1,961 1,818 1,737 2,028 2,753 3,139 3,510 3,712 4,206 4,524 4,600 4,952

n.a. Not available.

* Less than $500,000.

D Suppressed to avoid disclosure of data of individual companies.

1. Other business, professional, and technical services consists of language translation services, security services, collection services, actuarial services, salvage services, satellite photography services, oil spill and toxic waste cleanup services, and merchanting services.

2. Exports include mainly expenditures of foreign governments and international organizations in the United States. Imports include mainly wages of foreign residents temporarily employed in the United States and of Canadian and Mexican commuters in the U.S. border area.