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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 - European Union 15 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 180,834 194,172 200,432 204,460 198,112
2     Exports of goods and services 101,278 105,258 107,658 110,545 114,705
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 60,675 60,850 58,654 62,065 68,047
4         Services3 40,603 44,408 49,004 48,479 46,658
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 872 836 724 585 681
6             Travel 5,479 7,163 9,199 7,171 6,498
7             Passenger fares 1,319 1,664 2,173 2,349 1,617
8             Other transportation 4,039 4,216 4,285 4,675 4,740
9             Royalties and license fees5 8,735 9,226 10,089 10,722 10,120
10             Other private services5 20,098 21,247 22,467 22,919 22,946
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 60 56 67 57 56
12     Income receipts 79,556 88,914 92,774 93,915 83,407
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 79,467 88,824 92,683 93,823 83,316
14             Direct investment receipts 32,962 37,569 38,063 40,317 36,655
15             Other private receipts 46,260 51,047 54,382 53,253 46,190
16             U.S. government receipts 245 208 238 253 471
17         Compensation of employees 89 90 91 92 91
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -189,413 -215,750 -209,434 -202,954 -195,916
19     Imports of goods and services -115,758 -128,191 -128,575 -129,451 -125,202
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -83,514 -90,087 -89,197 -93,382 -89,614
21         Services3 -32,244 -38,104 -39,378 -36,069 -35,588
22             Direct defense expenditures -2,616 -2,669 -2,727 -3,103 -3,070
23             Travel -3,509 -7,197 -7,178 -4,069 -3,948
24             Passenger fares -2,639 -3,928 -3,939 -2,779 -3,115
25             Other transportation -5,171 -5,754 -6,060 -5,872 -5,855
26             Royalties and license fees5 -2,938 -2,817 -2,861 -3,289 -3,055
27             Other private services5 -14,999 -15,375 -16,211 -16,551 -16,137
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -372 -364 -402 -405 -407
29     Income payments -73,655 -87,559 -80,859 -73,503 -70,715
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -73,521 -87,449 -80,755 -73,370 -70,578
31             Direct investment payments -18,213 -26,000 -17,270 -11,200 -14,682
32             Other private payments -49,984 -55,797 -57,137 -54,898 -48,276
33             U.S. government payments -5,324 -5,652 -6,348 -7,272 -7,620
34         Compensation of employees -134 -110 -104 -133 -137
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -1,700 -801 -1,686 -525 -1,688
36     U.S. government grants4 -34 -40 -38 -43 -22
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -396 -418 -422 -425 -429
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -1,270 -343 -1,226 -57 -1,237
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -115 378 -118 -120 -121
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-284,808 -292,561 -194,681 -96,072 -181,541
41     U.S. official reserve assets -179 -152 -163 -185 -249
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
45         Foreign currencies -179 -152 -163 -185 -249
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 34 16 14 -19,984 5,030
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -51 -61 -21 -74 0
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 88 68 47 82 31
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -3 9 -12 -19,992 4,999
50     U.S. private assets -284,663 -292,425 -194,531 -75,903 -186,322
51         Direct investment -25,518 -63,927 -34,781 -51,249 -45,311
52         Foreign securities -85,477 -72,406 -67,184 -10,388 -32,236
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-41,853 -38,607 28,836 11,163 45,249
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -131,815 -117,485 -121,402 -25,429 -154,024
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		456,991 382,084 138,529 41,421 196,547
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 -359 -249 -227 67 -12
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 9,726 42,566 74,635 21,491 26,797
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 128,597 200,312 -20,056 44,161 -8,757
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 		89,495 75,910 51,121 -98,652 58,921
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 229,532 18 63,545 18 33,056 18 74,354 18 119,598
70 Financial derivatives, net 7,958 2,187 8,190 -8,317 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 -169,748 -69,708 58,768 62,108 -15,392
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -22,839 -29,237 -30,543 -31,317 -21,567
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 8,359 6,304 9,626 12,411 11,070
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -14,480 -22,933 -20,917 -18,906 -10,497
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 5,901 1,355 11,915 20,412 12,693
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -1,700 -801 -1,686 -525 -1,688
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -10,278 -22,379 -10,688 981 508

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