U.S. International Transactions Accounts Data

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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 - Venezuela 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 3,798 4,348 4,535 4,444 4,301 4,723
2     Exports of goods and services 2,976 3,553 3,783 3,766 3,545 4,043
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 2,228 2,733 2,664 2,569 2,472 3,006
4         Services3 748 820 1,119 1,197 1,073 1,037
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*)
6             Travel 287 336 514 497 389 404
7             Passenger fares 98 93 147 205 170 133
8             Other transportation 36 45 53 51 62 66
9             Royalties and license fees5 54 71 91 103 68 73
10             Other private services5 273 274 313 340 384 360
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services (*) (*) (*) 1 1 1
12     Income receipts 823 795 752 679 755 680
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 821 792 749 676 753 678
14             Direct investment receipts 704 657 610 537 636 524
15             Other private receipts 117 132 139 136 117 151
16             U.S. government receipts 0 3 0 3 0 3
17         Compensation of employees 2 3 3 3 3 3
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -7,993 -10,689 -11,096 -13,327 -11,967 -14,902
19     Imports of goods and services -7,627 -9,759 -10,366 -12,829 -11,504 -14,641
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -7,488 -9,600 -10,181 -12,640 -11,283 -14,441
21         Services3 -138 -160 -185 -188 -221 -199
22             Direct defense expenditures -1 0 -1 0 0 0
23             Travel -55 -64 -86 -88 -98 -71
24             Passenger fares -16 -17 -19 -20 -18 -20
25             Other transportation -23 -30 -31 -31 -49 -54
26             Royalties and license fees5 -1 -1 (*) (*) -1 -1
27             Other private services5 -40 -45 -44 -46 -53 -51
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -2 -3 -3 -3 -2 -2
29     Income payments -367 -929 -731 -498 -463 -262
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -363 -927 -729 -494 -459 -259
31             Direct investment payments -5 (D) (D) (D) (D) -22
32             Other private payments -299 -297 -289 -274 -204 -183
33             U.S. government payments -59 (D) (D) (D) (D) -54
34         Compensation of employees -4 -2 -2 -4 -4 -2
35 Unilateral current transfers, net 58 -27 -35 28 34 -32
36     U.S. government grants4 -2 -1 -2 -4 -1 -3
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 61 -25 -32 33 36 -28
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net 3 3 3 3 3 3
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-957 -1,350 -867 7 439 -6,225
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 (*) 7 1 9
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 6 0 6 (*) 8
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets (*) -1 (*) 1 1 1
50     U.S. private assets -958 -1,355 -867 (*) 438 -6,234
51         Direct investment -415 -190 -443 -360 -311 -50
52         Foreign securities -306 -963 -210 -1 304 -6,265
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
-61 -65 -11 -86 5 23
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -176 -137 -203 447 440 58
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
565 -486 236 265 1,818 2,701
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 45 746 504 -1,336 417 449
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -141 -102 -61 65 275 -27
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
218 105 -77 -29 321 301
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 443 18 -1,235 18 -130 18 1,565 18 805 18 1,978
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 4,527 8,200 7,224 8,579 5,371 13,731
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -5,261 -6,867 -7,518 -10,072 -8,811 -11,435
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 609 660 935 1,009 852 837
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -4,651 -6,207 -6,583 -9,063 -7,958 -10,598
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 456 -134 21 181 292 419
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) 58 -27 -35 28 34 -32
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -4,138 -6,368 -6,597 -8,854 -7,632 -10,211

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