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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 - Other Asia and Pacific 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 16,410 16,954 17,607 18,276 19,681 19,743
2     Exports of goods and services 12,841 13,063 13,724 14,300 15,338 15,540
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 9,671 9,755 10,152 10,977 11,750 11,725
4         Services3 3,171 3,307 3,572 3,322 3,588 3,815
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 185 217 237 245 202 282
6             Travel 407 726 731 525 491 874
7             Passenger fares 46 57 49 65 46 81
8             Other transportation 487 517 535 572 638 698
9             Royalties and license fees5 269 297 320 344 282 300
10             Other private services5 1,752 1,473 1,681 1,548 1,907 1,560
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 24 21 20 23 22 18
12     Income receipts 3,568 3,891 3,882 3,976 4,343 4,204
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 3,546 3,869 3,860 3,954 4,320 4,181
14             Direct investment receipts 2,804 3,008 3,018 3,030 3,404 3,222
15             Other private receipts 677 745 800 816 893 883
16             U.S. government receipts 65 116 42 108 23 76
17         Compensation of employees 22 22 22 22 23 23
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -30,097 -30,004 -32,554 -32,437 -31,705 -31,957
19     Imports of goods and services -28,763 -28,487 -31,027 -30,851 -30,246 -30,598
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -25,638 -25,482 -28,022 -27,477 -26,582 -27,076
21         Services3 -3,125 -3,005 -3,005 -3,374 -3,663 -3,522
22             Direct defense expenditures -344 -429 -390 -425 -400 -450
23             Travel -905 -779 -657 -982 -1,010 -860
24             Passenger fares -529 -412 -434 -480 -593 -480
25             Other transportation -496 -522 -567 -547 -618 -661
26             Royalties and license fees5 -13 -8 -15 -10 (D) -10
27             Other private services5 -756 -778 -859 -847 -941 -982
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -82 -78 -84 -83 (D) -79
29     Income payments -1,334 -1,517 -1,526 -1,586 -1,459 -1,359
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -1,284 -1,489 -1,507 -1,540 -1,411 -1,333
31             Direct investment payments 38 -17 10 -63 -9 -14
32             Other private payments -455 -459 -472 -431 -378 -314
33             U.S. government payments -867 -1,013 -1,045 -1,046 -1,024 -1,005
34         Compensation of employees -50 -28 -19 -45 -48 -27
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -3,734 -2,896 -3,628 -5,960 -3,880 -4,082
36     U.S. government grants4 -1,935 -1,186 -1,790 -4,185 -2,064 -2,326
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -115 -110 -112 -115 -116 -117
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -1,684 -1,600 -1,726 -1,660 -1,700 -1,639
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -129 -132 -135 -137 -141 -143
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-3,978 -2,392 -99 -9,343 -5,797 -1,135
41     U.S. official reserve assets 0 0 0 0 0 0
42         Gold7 0 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 8 91 258 178 68 73
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -144 -61 -16 -16 -43 -71
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 151 155 256 206 97 143
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 1 -3 18 -12 14 1
50     U.S. private assets -3,986 -2,483 -357 -9,521 -5,865 -1,208
51         Direct investment -2,563 984 -1,151 -1,147 -3,768 -2,978
52         Foreign securities -3,255 -1,417 -2,519 -3,486 -4,363 -601
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		142 32 -110 -211 11 267
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 1,690 -2,082 3,423 -4,677 2,255 2,104
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		8,249 12,080 -2,463 9,761 5,530 2,793
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 1,210 315 910 3,367 1,225 1,100
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 301 139 511 99 139 -3
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 735 1,769 126 741 581 232
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 		( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 6,003 18 9,857 18 -4,010 18 5,554 18 3,585 18 1,464
70 Financial derivatives, net 58 2,004 -1,950 -482 -1,625 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 13,221 4,387 23,222 20,323 17,938 14,780
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -15,967 -15,727 -17,870 -16,499 -14,832 -15,351
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 45 302 567 -52 -75 293
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -15,922 -15,425 -17,303 -16,551 -14,908 -15,059
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 2,235 2,374 2,356 2,390 2,883 2,845
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -3,734 -2,896 -3,628 -5,960 -3,880 -4,082
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -17,421 -15,947 -18,575 -20,121 -15,905 -16,296

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