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

Table 12. U.S. International Transactions, by Area - Japan 26
[Millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted]
Line (Credits +; debits -) 1 2007 2008
I II III IV I II p
  Current account  
1 Exports of goods and services and income receipts 32,255 32,004 32,891 33,194 34,039 35,491
2     Exports of goods and services 25,129 24,883 25,717 26,322 26,873 28,410
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 15,098 15,450 14,751 15,599 16,127 17,285
4         Services3 10,032 9,433 10,965 10,724 10,746 11,125
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 289 124 117 233 110 128
6             Travel 2,621 2,548 3,381 2,469 2,797 3,061
7             Passenger fares 912 698 866 975 955 996
8             Other transportation 964 987 995 1,112 1,114 1,229
9             Royalties and license fees5 1,818 1,727 1,842 2,013 1,814 1,903
10             Other private services5 3,387 3,309 3,730 3,873 3,910 3,765
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 40 40 34 50 46 42
12     Income receipts 7,126 7,121 7,174 6,871 7,166 7,080
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 7,106 7,101 7,154 6,850 7,145 7,059
14             Direct investment receipts 2,009 1,952 2,151 2,201 2,659 2,782
15             Other private receipts 5,080 5,124 4,975 4,626 4,442 4,250
16             U.S. government receipts 17 25 28 23 44 27
17         Compensation of employees 20 20 20 21 21 21
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -59,564 -59,576 -60,433 -62,182 -59,994 -58,043
19     Imports of goods and services -42,525 -42,196 -42,840 -44,679 -44,167 -43,368
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -36,238 -35,634 -36,310 -37,855 -37,492 -36,384
21         Services3 -6,288 -6,563 -6,530 -6,824 -6,675 -6,984
22             Direct defense expenditures -394 -407 -390 -414 -473 -425
23             Travel -712 -878 -874 -915 -833 -968
24             Passenger fares -273 -327 -293 -387 -370 -381
25             Other transportation -1,563 -1,654 -1,712 -1,704 -1,694 -1,846
26             Royalties and license fees5 -1,910 -1,806 -1,809 -1,890 -1,860 -1,884
27             Other private services5 -1,403 -1,457 -1,418 -1,486 -1,397 -1,452
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -33 -34 -34 -28 -48 -28
29     Income payments -17,039 -17,379 -17,593 -17,503 -15,827 -14,675
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -17,001 -17,353 -17,571 -17,464 -15,787 -14,648
31             Direct investment payments -4,180 -4,186 -4,489 -4,320 -2,931 -1,941
32             Other private payments -3,099 -3,180 -3,347 -3,697 -3,640 -3,695
33             U.S. government payments -9,722 -9,987 -9,735 -9,447 -9,216 -9,012
34         Compensation of employees -38 -26 -22 -40 -40 -27
35 Unilateral current transfers, net 188 461 227 284 -270 -198
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -66 -72 -67 -68 -68 -69
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 254 533 294 352 -202 -129
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net 1 1 1 1 1 1
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		15,630 -11,916 28,111 16,739 -9,591 3,401
41     U.S. official reserve assets -17 -25 -28 -23 -43 -27
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
45         Foreign currencies -17 -25 -28 -23 -43 -27
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets -5 2 -1 (*) -20 18
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets 0 0 0 0 0 0
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 0 0 0 0 0 0
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -5 2 -1 (*) -20 18
50     U.S. private assets 15,652 -11,893 28,140 16,761 -9,528 3,410
51         Direct investment -1,510 -11,407 -1,826 -843 -987 -2,716
52         Foreign securities -3,780 -5,367 2,692 10,513 3,043 2,414
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-569 -466 309 -1,158 -101 -57
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 21,511 5,347 26,965 8,249 -11,483 3,769
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		-6,309 39,487 3,752 31,271 50,620 33,386
56     Foreign official assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
57         U.S. government securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
59             Other10 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 -118 58 27 105 103 82
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
64         Direct investment 7,739 6,110 8,567 6,359 5,763 15,943
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -6,058 10,668 2,883 16,183 18,662 7,880
67         U.S. currency n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
68         U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		965 80 379 -73 1,270 -1,068
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 -8,837 18 22,571 18 -8,104 18 8,697 18 24,822 18 10,549
70 Financial derivatives, net -14 -936 511 -2,051 -4,730 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 17,813 474 -5,060 -17,255 -10,076 -14,036
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -21,140 -20,184 -21,559 -22,256 -21,365 -19,099
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 3,744 2,870 4,436 3,900 4,071 4,141
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -17,396 -17,314 -17,123 -18,356 -17,294 -14,958
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) -9,913 -10,258 -10,419 -10,632 -8,661 -7,595
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) 188 461 227 284 -270 -198
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -27,121 -27,111 -27,315 -28,704 -26,224 -22,751

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