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Today's Date: November 4, 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 - Europe, excluding European Union 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 25,566 30,372 29,649 30,241 32,914 34,279
2     Exports of goods and services 14,109 17,553 16,979 16,992 20,593 22,118
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 7,919 10,978 9,956 9,748 13,325 14,700
4         Services3 6,190 6,575 7,023 7,245 7,268 7,418
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 297 227 383 259 393 382
6             Travel 501 656 732 626 660 788
7             Passenger fares 131 151 172 196 212 217
8             Other transportation 495 515 531 572 671 653
9             Royalties and license fees5 2,120 2,197 2,310 2,398 2,277 2,394
10             Other private services5 2,629 2,811 2,878 3,174 3,040 2,968
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 17 18 18 20 15 16
12     Income receipts 11,457 12,819 12,670 13,249 12,322 12,161
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 11,436 12,798 12,649 13,228 12,300 12,139
14             Direct investment receipts 6,493 7,213 6,958 7,305 7,287 7,665
15             Other private receipts 4,902 5,567 5,673 5,890 4,973 4,417
16             U.S. government receipts 41 18 18 33 40 57
17         Compensation of employees 21 21 21 21 22 22
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -24,988 -29,207 -32,628 -32,677 -36,028 -39,572
19     Imports of goods and services -16,245 -20,461 -20,751 -20,774 -22,132 -26,692
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -11,135 -14,238 -14,492 -15,134 -16,767 -20,364
21         Services3 -5,109 -6,223 -6,259 -5,640 -5,364 -6,328
22             Direct defense expenditures -330 -352 -359 -407 -354 -352
23             Travel -342 -934 -766 -350 -317 -1,030
24             Passenger fares -191 -206 -197 -150 -153 -237
25             Other transportation -732 -891 -842 -829 -798 -870
26             Royalties and license fees5 -890 -828 -799 -836 -898 -910
27             Other private services5 -2,489 -2,871 -3,179 -2,932 -2,731 -2,820
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -136 -141 -117 -136 -113 -109
29     Income payments -8,743 -8,746 -11,877 -11,902 -13,897 -12,880
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -8,702 -8,715 -11,850 -11,861 -13,855 -12,849
31             Direct investment payments -1,148 -683 -3,739 -3,766 -6,329 -5,586
32             Other private payments -4,808 -5,186 -5,327 -5,341 -4,537 -3,953
33             U.S. government payments -2,746 -2,846 -2,784 -2,754 -2,989 -3,310
34         Compensation of employees -41 -31 -27 -41 -42 -32
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -1,554 -1,874 -2,091 -1,691 -1,592 -1,596
36     U.S. government grants4 -436 -401 -477 -387 -435 -464
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -23 -31 -32 -32 -32 -33
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -1,095 -1,442 -1,582 -1,272 -1,125 -1,099
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -97 -99 -101 -103 -104 -106
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-48,969 -3,409 -20,474 -17,670 10,936 53,506
41     U.S. official reserve assets -45 -52 -56 -64 -67 -69
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
45         Foreign currencies -45 -52 -56 -64 -67 -69
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 320 35 28 -3,564 -1,963 -5,985
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -38 -16 -6 -33 -3 -12
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 360 49 39 467 39 28
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -2 2 -5 -3,998 -1,999 -6,001
50     U.S. private assets -49,244 -3,392 -20,446 -14,042 12,966 59,560
51         Direct investment -7,604 -2,604 -7,887 -3,684 -4,156 -5,036
52         Foreign securities 3,660 479 -995 341 -515 7,940
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-81 -507 640 -1,275 428 399
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -45,219 -760 -12,204 -9,424 17,209 56,257
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		26,637 -13,237 -30,235 47,551 29,868 30,191
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 134 172 -121 205 5 -56
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 1,350 -9,874 42 4,918 10,106 4,028
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 475 1,417 -2,964 7,688 4,856 5,596
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 		556 244 141 659 167 1,490
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 24,122 18 -5,196 18 -27,333 18 34,081 18 14,734 18 19,133
70 Financial derivatives, net 3,773 1,654 1,933 -1,069 -5,121 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 19,631 15,799 53,947 -24,583 -30,873 -76,702
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -3,216 -3,260 -4,535 -5,387 -3,443 -5,664
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 1,080 352 764 1,605 1,904 1,090
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -2,136 -2,908 -3,772 -3,782 -1,539 -4,574
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 2,714 4,073 792 1,346 -1,575 -719
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -1,554 -1,874 -2,091 -1,691 -1,592 -1,596
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -976 -708 -5,070 -4,127 -4,706 -6,889

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