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Today's Date: November 5, 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 - South Africa 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 2,008 2,195 2,605 2,559 2,462 2,479
2     Exports of goods and services 1,580 1,791 2,189 2,070 2,021 2,081
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 1,127 1,293 1,624 1,456 1,520 1,521
4         Services3 453 497 565 614 501 560
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 (*) (*) (*) (*) 1 (*)
6             Travel 66 96 95 89 71 115
7             Passenger fares 3 7 11 11 4 11
8             Other transportation 43 45 48 55 59 65
9             Royalties and license fees5 88 137 140 174 128 137
10             Other private services5 252 211 270 285 236 231
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 1 1 1 1 1 1
12     Income receipts 428 404 416 489 441 398
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 426 402 414 487 439 396
14             Direct investment receipts 223 178 183 251 184 133
15             Other private receipts 203 219 231 230 255 258
16             U.S. government receipts 0 5 0 6 0 5
17         Compensation of employees 2 2 2 2 2 2
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -2,384 -2,787 -2,898 -2,658 -2,917 -3,157
19     Imports of goods and services -2,317 -2,716 -2,860 -2,634 -2,867 -3,086
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -2,013 -2,328 -2,436 -2,270 -2,534 -2,650
21         Services3 -304 -388 -424 -364 -333 -435
22             Direct defense expenditures -1 -1 -2 -1 -1 -1
23             Travel -103 -158 -182 -98 -73 -174
24             Passenger fares -36 -35 -46 -46 -51 -42
25             Other transportation -22 -22 -22 -20 -28 -29
26             Royalties and license fees5 -3 -10 -3 -5 -8 -9
27             Other private services5 -126 -149 -154 -180 -157 -168
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -14 -13 -15 -14 -15 -14
29     Income payments -67 -71 -38 -24 -50 -72
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -64 -69 -36 -21 -47 -69
31             Direct investment payments -10 -14 (D) (D) (D) -6
32             Other private payments -35 -34 -43 -32 -34 -33
33             U.S. government payments -19 -21 (D) (D) (D) -30
34         Compensation of employees -3 -2 -2 -3 -3 -2
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -159 -170 -205 -183 -223 -194
36     U.S. government grants4 -36 -38 -51 -30 -66 -28
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -121 -130 -152 -151 -155 -164
  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 (-)) 		-647 -231 -650 -890 -1,796 -273
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 1 1 7 -11 2 1
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 1 1 7 -11 2 1
50     U.S. private assets -648 -232 -657 -879 -1,798 -274
51         Direct investment -530 22 -87 -127 -200 -82
52         Foreign securities -414 -259 -539 -519 -1,651 -248
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-39 20 -64 54 -11 -52
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 335 -15 33 -287 64 108
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		74 338 -760 614 3,506 -1,697
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 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 5 120 -590 19 452 -2
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -30 -94 -56 36 47 151
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 		0 5 -7 20 31 -15
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 99 18 307 18 -107 18 539 18 2,976 18 -1,831
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 1,109 657 1,909 559 -1,030 2,843
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -886 -1,035 -812 -814 -1,014 -1,129
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 149 109 141 250 168 125
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -737 -925 -671 -564 -846 -1,004
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 361 333 378 465 391 326
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -159 -170 -205 -183 -223 -194
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -535 -763 -498 -282 -678 -872

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