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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 - Other South and Central America 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 15,732 18,061 19,310 20,986 21,332 24,296
2     Exports of goods and services 13,832 15,516 16,602 18,357 18,642 21,622
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 10,173 11,210 11,833 13,458 14,194 16,481
4         Services3 3,659 4,306 4,768 4,899 4,449 5,141
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 133 141 135 152 161 157
6             Travel 1,419 1,981 2,206 1,970 1,695 2,380
7             Passenger fares 427 477 526 721 563 682
8             Other transportation 464 493 540 598 582 606
9             Royalties and license fees5 153 172 221 219 218 233
10             Other private services5 1,041 1,020 1,117 1,215 1,206 1,053
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 22 22 23 24 24 30
12     Income receipts 1,900 2,546 2,708 2,628 2,690 2,674
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 1,870 2,516 2,678 2,598 2,659 2,644
14             Direct investment receipts 1,171 1,757 1,862 1,808 1,952 1,971
15             Other private receipts 688 742 790 768 703 656
16             U.S. government receipts 11 17 26 22 4 17
17         Compensation of employees 30 30 30 30 30 30
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -15,577 -15,863 -17,221 -16,035 -17,420 -18,026
19     Imports of goods and services -13,698 -13,964 -15,395 -14,930 -16,533 -17,073
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -11,030 -10,891 -12,290 -11,809 -13,221 -13,681
21         Services3 -2,667 -3,073 -3,105 -3,120 -3,313 -3,391
22             Direct defense expenditures -61 -78 -73 -64 -65 -78
23             Travel -1,443 -1,694 -1,683 -1,544 -1,830 -1,868
24             Passenger fares -282 -298 -366 -546 -384 -347
25             Other transportation -372 -394 -403 -417 -473 -496
26             Royalties and license fees5 -1 -1 -1 -1 -4 -4
27             Other private services5 -445 -544 -512 -484 -481 -524
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -64 -64 -67 -65 -75 -74
29     Income payments -1,880 -1,899 -1,827 -1,105 -887 -954
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -1,858 -1,886 -1,817 -1,083 -865 -940
31             Direct investment payments -533 -490 -428 243 (D) 168
32             Other private payments -921 -947 -944 -863 -693 -631
33             U.S. government payments -404 -449 -445 -463 (D) -477
34         Compensation of employees -22 -13 -10 -22 -22 -13
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -3,117 -2,852 -3,186 -2,959 -3,012 -3,169
36     U.S. government grants4 -551 -304 -589 -419 -378 -489
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -69 -77 -77 -79 -80 -82
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -2,497 -2,471 -2,520 -2,461 -2,554 -2,598
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -16 -22 -60 -19 -21 -18
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-959 -4,121 -5,580 -1,284 -2,634 -908
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 5 135 -37 462 -4 71
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -16 -85 -45 -7 -32 -16
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 37 96 103 471 41 90
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -16 124 -95 -2 -13 -3
50     U.S. private assets -964 -4,256 -5,543 -1,746 -2,630 -979
51         Direct investment -1,014 -2,963 -2,070 -1,999 -2,891 -1,428
52         Foreign securities 1,442 178 942 2,310 3,624 2,563
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-291 116 -238 -131 -635 -22
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -1,101 -1,587 -4,177 -1,926 -2,728 -2,092
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		4,693 7,654 -1,752 5,542 3,888 5,718
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 32 29 34 14 162 -7
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 544 325 66 145 -170 ( 18 )
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 607 962 1,378 1,601 571 1,585
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 3,510 18 6,338 18 -3,230 18 3,782 18 3,325 18 4,140
70 Financial derivatives, net -805 485 1,346 -2,343 -330 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 50 -3,342 7,143 -3,888 -1,802 -7,892
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -857 319 -457 1,649 973 2,800
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 991 1,233 1,664 1,779 1,136 1,749
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) 134 1,552 1,207 3,427 2,109 4,549
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 21 646 882 1,523 1,803 1,721
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -3,117 -2,852 -3,186 -2,959 -3,012 -3,169
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -2,963 -654 -1,098 1,992 899 3,101

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