Home > International Economic Accounts > U.S. International Transactions Accounts Data > Table

U.S. International Transactions Accounts Data

Javascript is disabled in your browser - This may result in decreased functionality or appearance.

Data Table Options

Data Table Options
Fully customize (including individual line selection and graphing) OR select from the following choices:
                 Year:  First Year   Last Year   Get All Years
       Frequency: 
                 View: HTML  Locking Stubs  (requires Java enabled browser)  What is this?


Tools Options

Tools Options
Download these data
Download all data for the entire table
Help with downloading
Questions and comments


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 - Other Western Hemisphere 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 44,044 46,835 48,842 47,908 43,298 43,106
2     Exports of goods and services 10,500 11,186 12,468 13,822 13,464 14,519
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 4,430 4,551 4,842 6,082 5,821 6,086
4         Services3 6,070 6,635 7,626 7,741 7,643 8,433
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 9 8 9 8 9 21
6             Travel 557 863 1,361 797 591 1,037
7             Passenger fares 210 215 316 280 171 309
8             Other transportation 287 306 302 338 408 460
9             Royalties and license fees5 542 588 569 732 494 515
10             Other private services5 4,456 4,645 5,060 5,577 5,961 6,083
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 9 9 10 9 9 9
12     Income receipts 33,544 35,649 36,374 34,085 29,834 28,588
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 33,537 35,642 36,367 34,078 29,827 28,581
14             Direct investment receipts 8,782 9,104 8,990 9,078 9,841 11,165
15             Other private receipts 24,734 26,531 27,373 24,988 19,982 17,414
16             U.S. government receipts 21 7 4 12 4 2
17         Compensation of employees 7 7 7 7 7 7
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -42,389 -44,856 -44,636 -43,861 -37,584 -34,563
19     Imports of goods and services -11,812 -12,193 -12,064 -12,256 -12,484 -12,918
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -4,611 -4,860 -4,612 -4,675 -4,721 -4,961
21         Services3 -7,201 -7,333 -7,453 -7,581 -7,763 -7,956
22             Direct defense expenditures -7 -14 -10 -6 -8 -13
23             Travel -1,511 -1,441 -1,407 -1,326 -1,621 -1,574
24             Passenger fares -135 -159 -204 -175 -183 -186
25             Other transportation -702 -747 -777 -746 -787 -850
26             Royalties and license fees5 -75 -65 -68 -63 -65 -69
27             Other private services5 -4,747 -4,884 -4,963 -5,246 -5,074 -5,240
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -24 -22 -24 -19 -24 -25
29     Income payments -30,577 -32,664 -32,572 -31,605 -25,100 -21,645
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -30,558 -32,642 -32,534 -31,560 -25,082 -21,630
31             Direct investment payments -785 -1,234 -732 -709 -297 -306
32             Other private payments -27,295 -28,977 -29,543 -28,453 -22,641 -19,608
33             U.S. government payments -2,478 -2,431 -2,259 -2,398 -2,144 -1,716
34         Compensation of employees -19 -22 -38 -45 -18 -16
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -1,167 -1,010 -916 -1,095 -965 -997
36     U.S. government grants4 -79 -89 -87 -64 -62 -90
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -31 -33 -33 -33 -32 -34
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -1,057 -888 -796 -998 -871 -873
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net 1 1 (*) 1 -1 1
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-83,390 -139,081 44,209 25,202 -49,050 37,667
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 33 20 -8 4 20
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -84 0 -5 -53 0 0
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 88 31 27 44 5 20
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -2 2 -2 1 -1 0
50     U.S. private assets -83,392 -139,114 44,189 25,210 -49,054 37,647
51         Direct investment -2,544 -330 5,584 -12,734 -15,451 -3,417
52         Foreign securities -15,430 24 -32,607 -6,121 -16,127 -8,940
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-4,203 -89,116 49,481 93,231 32,992 5,003
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -61,215 -49,692 21,731 -49,166 -50,468 45,001
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		38,832 118,806 90,557 110,300 -48,610 -39,474
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 0 2 1 -1 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 -13,683 4,094 2,396 5,381 4,064 16,623
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 39,412 57,388 -29,501 25,338 -44,347 -14,166
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 13,104 18 57,324 18 117,660 18 79,580 18 -8,326 18 -41,931
70 Financial derivatives, net 1,995 -1,271 -3,754 1,580 2,146 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 42,073 20,577 -134,302 -140,034 90,766 -5,741
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -182 -309 230 1,407 1,100 1,124
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) -1,130 -698 174 160 -120 477
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -1,312 -1,007 404 1,567 980 1,601
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 2,967 2,985 3,802 2,480 4,734 6,942
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -1,167 -1,010 -916 -1,095 -965 -997
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 489 968 3,290 2,952 4,749 7,547

Footnotes

Download these estimates as a csv (comma-separated values) file
Download all quarters and years for the entire table as a csv or xls file
Help with downloading

U.S. International Transactions Accounts Help
U.S. International Transactions Accounts Data Home
U.S. International Transactions Press Release
E-mail us your questions and comments

Last updated: Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Bureau of Economic Analysis is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Department of Commerce logo.