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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 - South and Central America 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 73,481 79,978 84,700 87,701 88,107 95,886
2     Exports of goods and services 64,009 69,004 72,682 75,478 76,411 83,805
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 51,324 55,243 57,423 59,168 61,098 67,714
4         Services3 12,685 13,761 15,260 16,310 15,313 16,091
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 169 158 159 189 182 175
6             Travel 4,004 4,893 5,354 5,291 4,764 5,519
7             Passenger fares 1,482 1,401 1,518 1,872 1,866 1,841
8             Other transportation 1,078 1,124 1,233 1,302 1,312 1,401
9             Royalties and license fees5 1,024 1,129 1,379 1,488 1,322 1,410
10             Other private services5 4,898 5,025 5,583 6,128 5,831 5,701
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 29 30 33 40 38 44
12     Income receipts 9,472 10,974 12,018 12,223 11,696 12,081
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 9,424 10,925 11,969 12,174 11,646 12,031
14             Direct investment receipts 6,411 7,524 8,323 8,477 8,153 8,581
15             Other private receipts 2,992 3,332 3,613 3,628 3,483 3,387
16             U.S. government receipts 21 69 33 69 10 63
17         Compensation of employees 48 49 49 49 50 50
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -89,706 -97,009 -101,495 -104,996 -101,779 -111,674
19     Imports of goods and services -83,089 -89,125 -93,409 -97,748 -95,244 -105,044
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -74,927 -80,791 -84,933 -88,970 -85,677 -95,824
21         Services3 -8,162 -8,334 -8,476 -8,778 -9,567 -9,220
22             Direct defense expenditures -67 -87 -82 -69 -78 -87
23             Travel -4,832 -4,549 -4,496 -4,679 -5,423 -4,947
24             Passenger fares -565 -594 -719 -855 -742 -694
25             Other transportation -796 -844 -851 -876 -1,062 -1,126
26             Royalties and license fees5 -40 -37 -46 -38 -34 -35
27             Other private services5 -1,746 -2,105 -2,155 -2,137 -2,099 -2,200
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -116 -118 -127 -124 -129 -131
29     Income payments -6,617 -7,884 -8,086 -7,248 -6,535 -6,630
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -4,980 -6,075 -6,145 -5,273 -4,791 -4,779
31             Direct investment payments -646 -1,335 -1,098 -133 -75 -142
32             Other private payments -2,308 -2,383 -2,497 -2,410 -1,843 -1,670
33             U.S. government payments -2,026 -2,357 -2,550 -2,730 -2,873 -2,967
34         Compensation of employees -1,637 -1,809 -1,941 -1,975 -1,744 -1,852
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -6,474 -6,322 -6,683 -6,351 -6,493 -6,734
36     U.S. government grants4 -585 -329 -623 -447 -402 -527
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -153 -165 -165 -166 -166 -171
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -5,736 -5,827 -5,894 -5,737 -5,926 -6,036
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -38 -55 -92 -41 -44 -49
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-8,000 -16,668 -24,701 -9,346 5,161 -15,229
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 118 262 -7 582 13 180
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -17 -88 -45 -8 -38 -31
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 152 216 132 584 68 206
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -17 134 -94 6 -18 5
50     U.S. private assets -8,118 -16,930 -24,694 -9,928 5,149 -15,409
51         Direct investment -5,499 -5,208 -6,141 -6,847 -6,287 -4,497
52         Foreign securities 2,074 -5,740 -2,733 -436 13,671 1,913
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-469 517 -333 -667 -721 -1,624
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -4,224 -6,499 -15,487 -1,978 -1,514 -11,201
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		30,015 41,258 22,983 23,979 25,489 26,321
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 6 38 26 12 170 6
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 1,504 783 849 -1,899 2,312 2,881
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 1,931 3,019 2,812 876 3,258 1,394
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 26,574 18 37,418 18 19,296 18 24,990 18 19,749 18 22,040
70 Financial derivatives, net -805 485 1,346 -2,343 -330 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 1,526 -1,666 23,942 11,396 -10,110 11,479
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -23,603 -25,548 -27,510 -29,801 -24,579 -28,110
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 4,523 5,427 6,784 7,532 5,746 6,871
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -19,080 -20,121 -20,726 -22,269 -18,833 -21,238
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 2,855 3,090 3,932 4,975 5,161 5,450
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -6,474 -6,322 -6,683 -6,351 -6,493 -6,734
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -22,699 -23,353 -23,477 -23,645 -20,166 -22,521

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