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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 - Belgium 25 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 8,425 9,271 9,577 9,813 10,253 11,263
2     Exports of goods and services 6,671 7,285 7,467 7,701 8,185 8,931
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 5,758 6,350 6,402 6,644 7,160 7,831
4         Services3 913 935 1,066 1,057 1,025 1,100
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 11 14 9 12 15 8
6             Travel 114 155 187 142 166 186
7             Passenger fares 75 84 100 71 87 120
8             Other transportation 128 133 135 147 150 151
9             Royalties and license fees5 195 182 214 248 229 243
10             Other private services5 390 367 419 435 376 391
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 1 1 1 1 1 1
12     Income receipts 1,753 1,985 2,109 2,113 2,069 2,332
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 1,748 1,980 2,104 2,108 2,064 2,327
14             Direct investment receipts 850 837 837 831 850 969
15             Other private receipts 898 1,143 1,267 1,277 1,214 1,358
16             U.S. government receipts 0 0 0 0 0 0
17         Compensation of employees 5 5 5 5 5 5
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -9,598 -10,625 -10,595 -11,147 -10,958 -11,452
19     Imports of goods and services -4,274 -5,025 -4,380 -4,939 -5,531 -5,807
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -3,560 -4,221 -3,545 -3,958 -4,647 -4,852
21         Services3 -714 -804 -835 -981 -884 -956
22             Direct defense expenditures -37 -46 -37 -39 -47 -46
23             Travel -35 -59 -47 -34 -36 -65
24             Passenger fares 0 0 -6 -29 -39 -22
25             Other transportation -155 -178 -186 -193 -203 -231
26             Royalties and license fees5 -53 -49 -48 -56 -54 -55
27             Other private services5 -422 -461 -499 -618 -493 -524
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -12 -11 -12 -12 -12 -12
29     Income payments -5,324 -5,600 -6,215 -6,208 -5,427 -5,644
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -5,321 -5,598 -6,213 -6,205 -5,424 -5,642
31             Direct investment payments -240 -206 -796 -807 -274 -522
32             Other private payments -4,425 -4,767 -4,823 -4,838 -4,633 -4,634
33             U.S. government payments -656 -625 -594 -560 -517 -486
34         Compensation of employees -3 -2 -2 -3 -3 -2
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -57 -45 -58 -57 -48 -23
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -5 -6 -7 -6 -6 -7
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -52 -39 -51 -51 -42 -16
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-26,658 -22,051 11,023 -8,449 -19,128 -18,028
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 (*) (*) -2 1 (*) 0
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 (*) (*) -2 1 (*) 0
50     U.S. private assets -26,658 -22,051 11,025 -8,450 -19,127 -18,028
51         Direct investment -1,390 -281 -1,089 -466 -1,103 -491
52         Foreign securities -9,280 -6,193 -8,429 -5,117 -14,796 -9,566
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-2,952 -6,549 871 275 -2,291 659
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -13,036 -9,028 19,672 -3,142 -937 -8,630
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		4,213 9,643 -3,880 10,957 -10,815 -564
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 1 1 5 0 -8 9
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 414 778 937 7,611 -1,488 2,096
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 8,789 10,454 -2,729 -3,048 -5,889 -3,390
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 		-4,908 -1,916 -237 284 -207 884
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 -83 18 326 18 -1,856 18 6,110 18 -3,223 18 -163
70 Financial derivatives, net -503 139 381 -2,413 23 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 24,184 13,674 -6,442 1,301 30,679 18,810
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) 2,198 2,129 2,856 2,686 2,512 2,979
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 199 132 231 76 141 144
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) 2,397 2,261 3,087 2,762 2,653 3,123
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) -3,571 -3,615 -4,105 -4,095 -3,358 -3,312
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -57 -45 -58 -57 -48 -23
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -1,231 -1,399 -1,076 -1,390 -753 -211

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