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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 - Other 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 7,531 6,842 8,835 8,776 9,082 9,564
2     Exports of goods and services 6,186 5,484 7,176 7,153 7,339 7,356
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 4,219 3,544 4,650 5,053 5,014 5,187
4         Services3 1,967 1,939 2,526 2,100 2,325 2,170
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 392 213 439 248 324 198
6             Travel 172 279 381 219 219 335
7             Passenger fares 44 54 66 71 73 76
8             Other transportation 199 242 260 293 239 280
9             Royalties and license fees5 75 97 117 123 84 90
10             Other private services5 1,064 1,035 1,242 1,125 1,365 1,176
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 21 20 21 22 20 16
12     Income receipts 1,345 1,359 1,659 1,623 1,743 2,208
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 1,328 1,342 1,642 1,606 1,725 2,190
14             Direct investment receipts 1,136 1,187 1,440 1,432 1,446 1,950
15             Other private receipts 128 132 134 152 222 224
16             U.S. government receipts 64 23 68 22 57 16
17         Compensation of employees 17 17 17 17 18 18
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -19,170 -22,037 -23,197 -24,656 -26,305 -32,399
19     Imports of goods and services -18,777 -21,594 -22,744 -24,179 -25,845 -31,965
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -17,767 -20,465 -21,617 -23,109 -24,785 -30,747
21         Services3 -1,010 -1,129 -1,127 -1,071 -1,060 -1,217
22             Direct defense expenditures -81 -88 -93 -93 -119 -99
23             Travel -368 -455 -466 -410 -355 -502
24             Passenger fares -26 -35 -32 -37 -49 -42
25             Other transportation -91 -90 -87 -91 -97 -121
26             Royalties and license fees5 -1 -1 -3 -3 -4 -4
27             Other private services5 -394 -411 -393 -386 -386 -405
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -49 -48 -53 -51 -51 -45
29     Income payments -393 -443 -452 -477 -460 -434
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -365 -428 -441 -449 -432 -419
31             Direct investment payments -19 -17 (D) (D) (D) -4
32             Other private payments -199 -225 -225 -226 -209 -178
33             U.S. government payments -147 -186 (D) (D) (D) -237
34         Compensation of employees -28 -15 -11 -28 -28 -15
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -3,042 -1,646 -1,792 -1,685 -3,447 -1,824
36     U.S. government grants4 -2,244 -835 -924 -795 -2,365 -763
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -22 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -776 -805 -862 -884 -1,076 -1,055
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -9 -44 -14 -10 -11 -14
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-635 -37 -810 -2,846 -6,903 -2,079
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 53 5 84 -14 52 -11
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -61 -67 -64 -58 -65 -81
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 123 79 147 49 120 67
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -9 -7 1 -5 -3 3
50     U.S. private assets -688 -42 -894 -2,832 -6,955 -2,068
51         Direct investment -1,465 -402 -506 1,092 -347 1,464
52         Foreign securities 560 130 -28 2,163 1,938 -587
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-52 -62 63 -89 -497 -59
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 269 292 -423 -5,998 -8,049 -2,886
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		1,156 6,137 -1,696 9,447 4,819 11,408
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 -367 -115 -192 27 97 36
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 -141 -43 -136 91 431 -208
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -63 -137 -161 -334 -2,705 -573
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 1,727 18 6,432 18 -1,207 18 9,663 18 6,996 18 12,153
70 Financial derivatives, net -263 -212 329 -121 -146 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 14,433 10,996 18,344 11,094 22,912 15,344
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -13,548 -16,921 -16,968 -18,056 -19,772 -25,561
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 956 811 1,399 1,030 1,265 953
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -12,591 -16,111 -15,568 -17,026 -18,507 -24,608
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 952 916 1,206 1,146 1,283 1,774
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -3,042 -1,646 -1,792 -1,685 -3,447 -1,824
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -14,681 -16,841 -16,154 -17,565 -20,670 -24,658

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