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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 - Mexico 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 41,086 44,161 44,931 45,435 45,749 48,109
2     Exports of goods and services 37,561 40,149 40,924 41,132 41,889 44,211
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 32,148 34,429 34,891 34,494 35,871 38,078
4         Services3 5,413 5,720 6,033 6,638 6,018 6,134
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 4 8 5 4 5 3
6             Travel 1,586 1,807 1,749 2,052 1,761 1,811
7             Passenger fares 647 575 557 552 689 661
8             Other transportation 338 351 377 391 388 420
9             Royalties and license fees5 441 453 607 655 488 519
10             Other private services5 2,392 2,522 2,731 2,974 2,679 2,711
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 4 4 6 9 8 8
12     Income receipts 3,525 4,011 4,008 4,303 3,860 3,898
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 3,516 4,002 3,999 4,294 3,851 3,889
14             Direct investment receipts 2,485 2,882 2,830 3,172 2,783 2,891
15             Other private receipts 1,029 1,118 1,167 1,121 1,067 996
16             U.S. government receipts 2 2 2 1 1 2
17         Compensation of employees 9 9 9 9 9 9
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -56,775 -60,354 -62,040 -64,428 -61,048 -65,715
19     Imports of goods and services -53,617 -56,747 -58,264 -60,719 -57,720 -62,238
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -49,429 -52,863 -54,552 -56,708 -53,146 -58,024
21         Services3 -4,188 -3,884 -3,712 -4,011 -4,574 -4,214
22             Direct defense expenditures -2 -2 -4 -2 -5 -2
23             Travel -2,970 -2,490 -2,265 -2,609 -3,090 -2,676
24             Passenger fares -187 -187 -231 -188 -234 -219
25             Other transportation -250 -273 -267 -272 -353 -373
26             Royalties and license fees5 -32 -30 -39 -32 -24 -24
27             Other private services5 -704 -859 -857 -860 -825 -873
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -43 -43 -49 -48 -43 -47
29     Income payments -3,158 -3,607 -3,776 -3,709 -3,328 -3,477
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -1,557 -1,819 -1,852 -1,771 -1,620 -1,647
31             Direct investment payments -97 -263 -275 -198 -194 -225
32             Other private payments -706 -771 -813 -814 -652 -622
33             U.S. government payments -754 -785 -764 -759 -774 -800
34         Compensation of employees -1,601 -1,788 -1,924 -1,939 -1,708 -1,830
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -3,115 -3,154 -3,137 -3,122 -3,181 -3,196
36     U.S. government grants4 -25 -18 -26 -20 -18 -28
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -71 -75 -73 -73 -73 -75
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -3,019 -3,061 -3,038 -3,029 -3,090 -3,093
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -25 -27 -31 -26 -26 -25
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-2,293 -2,012 -4,896 -3,641 1,132 2,477
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 13 15 8 16 8 12
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets 0 -2 0 -1 0 -8
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 11 11 15 11 13 12
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 2 6 -7 6 -5 8
50     U.S. private assets -2,306 -2,027 -4,904 -3,657 1,124 2,465
51         Direct investment -3,029 -2,250 -1,918 -1,618 -2,498 -1,833
52         Foreign securities 2,078 872 359 -284 5,862 4,111
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-34 -82 -141 -204 21 -1,097
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -1,321 -567 -3,204 -1,551 -2,261 1,284
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		1,961 7,228 487 3,286 7,669 7,669
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 -1 3 -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 1,132 -136 141 -1,073 1,298 792
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 957 2,659 1,322 -188 2,664 -1,019
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 		135 239 353 -123 282 1,090
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 -264 18 4,467 18 -1,328 18 4,667 18 3,426 18 6,806
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 19,162 14,158 24,685 22,497 9,706 10,682
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -17,281 -18,433 -19,661 -22,214 -17,275 -19,946
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 1,224 1,836 2,321 2,627 1,444 1,920
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -16,056 -16,597 -17,341 -19,587 -15,831 -18,027
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 367 404 232 594 532 420
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -3,115 -3,154 -3,137 -3,122 -3,181 -3,196
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -18,804 -19,347 -20,245 -22,116 -18,480 -20,803

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