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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 - China 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 19,679 21,106 22,605 24,740 24,449 24,929
2     Exports of goods and services 17,915 18,965 20,208 22,190 22,010 22,361
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 14,614 15,852 16,249 18,359 17,954 18,667
4         Services3 3,301 3,113 3,959 3,831 4,056 3,693
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 0 0 0 (*) 0 0
6             Travel 420 497 716 448 599 597
7             Passenger fares 125 119 175 199 212 170
8             Other transportation 607 643 683 720 710 784
9             Royalties and license fees5 406 415 519 540 504 531
10             Other private services5 1,739 1,436 1,857 1,917 2,025 1,603
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 4 4 9 7 7 9
12     Income receipts 1,765 2,141 2,397 2,549 2,439 2,568
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 1,756 2,132 2,388 2,540 2,430 2,559
14             Direct investment receipts 1,184 1,465 1,568 1,766 1,684 1,937
15             Other private receipts 553 658 802 765 730 615
16             U.S. government receipts 19 9 18 9 16 7
17         Compensation of employees 9 9 9 9 10 10
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -83,571 -89,998 -100,364 -101,479 -87,268 -97,155
19     Imports of goods and services -73,332 -78,959 -88,815 -89,370 -75,062 -84,348
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -71,450 -76,644 -86,522 -87,069 -72,767 -81,575
21         Services3 -1,882 -2,315 -2,293 -2,302 -2,295 -2,773
22             Direct defense expenditures -1 -1 -1 -1 -7 -1
23             Travel -528 -758 -551 -621 -542 -836
24             Passenger fares -137 -188 -191 -178 -170 -220
25             Other transportation -764 -854 -890 -870 -895 -999
26             Royalties and license fees5 -18 -31 -29 -37 -33 -33
27             Other private services5 -426 -476 -622 -587 -640 -675
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -8 -7 -9 -8 -7 -9
29     Income payments -10,239 -11,039 -11,549 -12,108 -12,206 -12,808
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -10,118 -10,944 -11,462 -11,990 -12,085 -12,711
31             Direct investment payments -6 -7 -10 -16 -16 -22
32             Other private payments -1,010 -962 -1,193 -1,479 -1,358 -1,370
33             U.S. government payments -9,102 -9,975 -10,259 -10,495 -10,711 -11,319
34         Compensation of employees -121 -95 -87 -118 -121 -97
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -675 -538 -645 -564 -718 -586
36     U.S. government grants4 -2 -3 -3 -3 -2 -2
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -671 -533 -640 -559 -714 -582
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -40 -41 -42 -43 -44 -46
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		99 5 2,366 -494 5,005 -765
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 42 19 40 25 37 17
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 43 21 39 22 38 21
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -1 -2 1 3 -1 -4
50     U.S. private assets 57 -14 2,326 -519 4,968 -782
51         Direct investment -2,417 -1,484 -1,354 -455 -2,139 -2,307
52         Foreign securities 5,888 3,247 784 1,230 4,320 5,447
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		66 -401 279 -40 64 -272
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -3,480 -1,376 2,617 -1,254 2,723 -3,650
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		87,638 63,616 34,180 50,173 76,635 109,707
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 22 -22 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 46 -9 -3 89 331 -153
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 2,285 5,983 -4,112 -7,573 -9,527 -910
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 		-518 2,425 435 -2,801 3,183 707
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 85,825 18 55,195 18 37,882 18 60,458 18 82,648 18 110,063
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 -23,131 5,849 41,900 27,667 -18,058 -36,084
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -56,836 -60,793 -70,273 -68,710 -54,813 -62,907
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 1,418 799 1,666 1,530 1,761 920
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -55,418 -59,994 -68,607 -67,180 -53,052 -61,987
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) -8,474 -8,898 -9,152 -9,559 -9,767 -10,239
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -675 -538 -645 -564 -718 -586
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -64,567 -69,430 -78,404 -77,302 -63,537 -72,812

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