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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 - South and Central America 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 73,481 79,978 84,700 87,701 88,554
2     Exports of goods and services 64,009 69,004 72,682 75,478 76,622
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 51,324 55,243 57,423 59,168 61,098
4         Services3 12,685 13,761 15,260 16,310 15,524
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 169 158 159 189 202
6             Travel 4,004 4,893 5,354 5,291 4,524
7             Passenger fares 1,482 1,401 1,518 1,872 1,725
8             Other transportation 1,078 1,124 1,233 1,302 1,311
9             Royalties and license fees5 1,024 1,129 1,379 1,488 1,398
10             Other private services5 4,898 5,025 5,583 6,128 6,324
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 29 30 33 40 39
12     Income receipts 9,472 10,974 12,018 12,223 11,932
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 9,424 10,925 11,969 12,174 11,883
14             Direct investment receipts 6,411 7,524 8,323 8,477 8,378
15             Other private receipts 2,992 3,332 3,613 3,628 3,483
16             U.S. government receipts 21 69 33 69 22
17         Compensation of employees 48 49 49 49 49
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -89,706 -97,009 -101,495 -104,996 -101,826
19     Imports of goods and services -83,089 -89,125 -93,409 -97,748 -95,035
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -74,927 -80,791 -84,933 -88,970 -85,677
21         Services3 -8,162 -8,334 -8,476 -8,778 -9,358
22             Direct defense expenditures -67 -87 -82 -69 -90
23             Travel -4,832 -4,549 -4,496 -4,679 -5,273
24             Passenger fares -565 -594 -719 -855 -687
25             Other transportation -796 -844 -851 -876 -1,062
26             Royalties and license fees5 -40 -37 -46 -38 -39
27             Other private services5 -1,746 -2,105 -2,155 -2,137 -2,075
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -116 -118 -127 -124 -132
29     Income payments -6,617 -7,884 -8,086 -7,248 -6,791
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -4,980 -6,075 -6,145 -5,273 -5,046
31             Direct investment payments -646 -1,335 -1,098 -133 -338
32             Other private payments -2,308 -2,383 -2,497 -2,410 -1,835
33             U.S. government payments -2,026 -2,357 -2,550 -2,730 -2,873
34         Compensation of employees -1,637 -1,809 -1,941 -1,975 -1,745
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -6,474 -6,322 -6,683 -6,351 -6,611
36     U.S. government grants4 -585 -329 -623 -447 -530
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -153 -165 -165 -166 -167
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -5,736 -5,827 -5,894 -5,737 -5,914
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -38 -55 -92 -41 -44
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-8,000 -16,668 -24,701 -9,346 4,482
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 118 262 -7 582 26
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -17 -88 -45 -8 -41
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 152 216 132 584 77
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -17 134 -94 6 -10
50     U.S. private assets -8,118 -16,930 -24,694 -9,928 4,456
51         Direct investment -5,499 -5,208 -6,141 -6,847 -6,823
52         Foreign securities 2,074 -5,740 -2,733 -436 13,519
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-469 517 -333 -667 -720
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -4,224 -6,499 -15,487 -1,978 -1,520
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		30,015 41,258 22,983 23,979 24,203
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 6 38 26 12 169
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 1,504 783 849 -1,899 1,213
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 1,931 3,019 2,812 876 3,237
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 		( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 26,574 18 37,418 18 19,296 18 24,990 18 19,584
70 Financial derivatives, net -805 485 1,346 -2,343 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 1,526 -1,666 23,942 11,396 -8,760
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -23,603 -25,548 -27,510 -29,801 -24,579
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 4,523 5,427 6,784 7,532 6,166
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -19,080 -20,121 -20,726 -22,269 -18,413
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 2,855 3,090 3,932 4,975 5,142
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -6,474 -6,322 -6,683 -6,351 -6,611
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -22,699 -23,353 -23,477 -23,645 -19,882

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