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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 - Members of OPEC 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 17,356 19,185 21,920 25,420 23,455 25,482
2     Exports of goods and services 14,073 15,456 17,818 21,186 19,008 20,948
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 9,694 10,683 12,404 15,875 13,625 15,514
4         Services3 4,378 4,772 5,413 5,310 5,383 5,434
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 1,086 826 804 724 808 578
6             Travel 549 702 1,076 786 855 984
7             Passenger fares 138 144 202 273 300 255
8             Other transportation 381 439 503 547 610 617
9             Royalties and license fees5 171 246 258 267 255 272
10             Other private services5 2,041 2,405 2,561 2,702 2,548 2,720
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 11 8 8 10 7 8
12     Income receipts 3,283 3,729 4,102 4,234 4,447 4,534
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 3,262 3,707 4,081 4,213 4,426 4,513
14             Direct investment receipts 2,744 3,133 3,521 3,635 3,976 4,076
15             Other private receipts 467 521 536 520 430 379
16             U.S. government receipts 51 53 23 57 20 59
17         Compensation of employees 20 21 21 21 21 21
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -41,933 -50,065 -53,787 -59,061 -64,618 -75,530
19     Imports of goods and services -38,454 -45,423 -49,588 -55,194 -60,738 -71,962
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -35,087 -41,821 -45,873 -51,557 -56,772 -67,976
21         Services3 -3,366 -3,601 -3,714 -3,636 -3,966 -3,986
22             Direct defense expenditures -2,684 -2,780 -2,863 -2,692 -2,737 -2,819
23             Travel -176 -228 -255 -280 -407 -359
24             Passenger fares -83 -87 -76 -118 -215 -152
25             Other transportation -154 -179 -193 -195 -219 -261
26             Royalties and license fees5 -3 -2 -1 -6 -2 -2
27             Other private services5 -253 -312 -314 -332 -374 -382
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -11 -11 -11 -11 -11 -11
29     Income payments -3,478 -4,642 -4,199 -3,867 -3,880 -3,567
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -3,461 -4,632 -4,178 -3,843 -3,861 -3,556
31             Direct investment payments -105 -994 -514 -129 -333 -151
32             Other private payments -1,701 -1,747 -1,730 -1,786 -1,691 -1,624
33             U.S. government payments -1,655 -1,891 -1,934 -1,928 -1,837 -1,781
34         Compensation of employees -17 -10 -20 -24 -19 -12
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -2,296 -1,842 -1,546 -1,758 -1,672 -1,739
36     U.S. government grants4 -2,132 -1,579 -1,294 -1,517 -1,337 -1,314
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -10 -8 -8 -13 -18 -16
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -154 -255 -243 -228 -317 -409
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -38 -39 -39 -40 -41 -41
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-4,542 -4,254 1,037 -6,355 11,245 -4,868
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 -17 110 61 138 73 117
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -109 -5 -9 -3 -8 -4
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 95 113 69 141 95 134
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -4 2 1 0 -14 -13
50     U.S. private assets -4,524 -4,365 976 -6,494 11,172 -4,984
51         Direct investment -1,595 -224 -1,287 -202 -1,754 -480
52         Foreign securities -1,503 -734 2,064 2,636 3,507 -5,496
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		183 -1,221 607 -388 465 -151
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -1,609 -2,186 -407 -8,540 8,954 1,143
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		14,173 14,068 4,470 20,806 20,752 30,708
56     Foreign official assets in the United States 10,329 -248 1,374 15,901 17,766 14,935
57         U.S. government securities ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
59             Other10 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 215 -207 -60 330 257 1,181
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States 3,844 14,316 3,096 4,905 2,986 15,773
64         Direct investment -218 1,926 1,174 -948 2,294 1,421
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 2,904 2,806 1,682 2,192 92 4,390
67         U.S. currency 0 0 0 0 0 0
68         U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -1,397 3,956 -1,226 4,146 -3,670 1,856
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 17,280 22,948 27,944 20,989 10,633 25,986
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -25,392 -31,137 -33,468 -35,682 -43,147 -52,462
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 1,011 1,170 1,698 1,674 1,417 1,448
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -24,380 -29,966 -31,769 -34,008 -41,730 -51,014
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) -195 -913 -97 366 567 967
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -2,296 -1,842 -1,546 -1,758 -1,672 -1,739
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -26,873 -32,723 -33,413 -35,399 -42,835 -51,786

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