U.S. International Services: Cross-Border Trade 1986-2004 and Sales Through Affiliates, 1986-2003

U.S. International Services: Cross-Border Trade 1986-2004, and Sales Through Affiliates, 1986-2003

These files contain historical data for U.S. international services, which are published annually in the Survey of Current Business, the monthly publication of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Balance of Payments Division.

DESCRIPTION OF DATA : U.S. international services cover cross-border (balance of payments) trade and sales through majority-owned affiliates.

FOOTNOTES:Included on each table, as needed.

RELEASE DATE: Coincides with the publication of the October 2005 Survey of Current Business.

PERIODS COVERED: For cross-border trade, 1986-2004; for sales by majority-owned affiliates, 1989-2003. (Global totals, without country or industry disaggregation, are available for 1986-88, for sales by foreign affiliates, and 1987-88, for sales by U.S. affiliates.)

PERIODS REVISED: For cross-border transactions, 1992-2003; for sales by majority-owned affiliates, 2002.

PERIODICITY: Estimates are for annual time periods.

UNIT OF MEASURE: Millions of U.S. dollars, except for the data in tables A, B, and E, which are in billions of U.S. dollars.

PRELIMINARY AND REVISED ESTIMATES: For cross-border trade, preliminary estimates are released in the year following the period covered. The data are typically revised one year later and two years later, and may be revised again in subsequent years. For sales by affiliates, preliminary estimates are released in the second year following the period covered. The data are revised one year later, and are generally not revised again. For more information on revisions, see the box in this year's article.

MAJOR CHANGES Coverage, definition, or methodology since the preceding release: See Christopher L. Bach, Annual Revision of the U.S. International Accounts, 1991-2004, Survey of Current Business 85, July 2005: Pages 54-67.

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COPYRIGHTED DATA contained on this file: NONE.

NULL VALUES:

0 -- Legitimate zero value.
n.a. -- Not available.
(*) -- Less than $500,000 (+/-).
(D) -- Suppressed to avoid disclosure of data of individual companies.
(....) -- No reported transactions.

DEFINITIONS:

MNC -- Multinational company
MOFA-- Majority-owned foreign affiliate
MOUSA-- Majority-owned U.S. affiliate
UBO -- Ultimate beneficial owner

CONTACTS:

For cross-border transactions: Michael Mann (202) 606-9573; E-Mail: Michael.Mann@BEA.GOV
For sales by majority-owned foreign affiliates: Maria Borga (202) 606-9853; E-Mail: Maria.Borga@BEA.GOV

DESCRIPTION OF FILES

Data on cross-border trade are shown in tables C, D, E, F, and 1-8.
Data on sales through majority-owned affiliates are shown in tables G and 9-11.
Summary data for both cross-border trade and sales through affiliates are shown in tables A and B.

Table A:

Sales of services to Foreign and U.S. markets, 2002-2004

XLS:Tables (14 kb)

Table B:

Sales of services to foreign and U.S. markets through cross-border trade and through affiliates, 1986-2004

XLS: Tables (23 kb)

Table C:

Cross-border services, percent change from preceding year

XLS: Tables (15 kb)

Table D:

Cross-border services exports and imports by type and country, 2004

XLS: Tables (19 kb)

Table E:

Intrafirm trade in services, by type:

1994-1996

XLS: Tables (16 kb)

1997-2004

XLS: Tables (73 kb)

Table F:

Unaffiliated financial services transactions, 1994-2004

XLS: Tables (16 kb)

Table 1:

Summary data for trade in private services by type:

1986-1991

XLS: Tables (31 kb)

1992-2004

XLS: Tables (46 kb)

Table 2:

Summary data for private service trade by area and country:

1986-1991

XLS: Tables (33 kb)

1992-2004

XLS: Tables (48 kb)

Table 3:

Travel, passenger fares, and other transportation, 1986-2004

XLS: Tables (303 kb)

Table 4:

Royalties and license fees, 1986-2004

XLS: Tables (292 kb)

Table 5:

Other private services:

1986-1991

XLS: Tables (131 kb)

1992-2004

XLS: Tables (228 kb)

Table 6:

Insurance:

1986-1991

XLS: Tables (91 kb)

1992-2004

XLS: Tables (221 kb)

Table 7:

Business, professional, and technical services:

1986-2000

XLS: Tables (245 kb)

2001-2004

XLS: Tables (78 kb)

Table 8:

Other private services by affiliation of transactors, 1992-2004 (Note: 1986-1991: Affiliated, and Film and Tape rentals data are available in 'Table 5: Other private services'.):

1992-2004

XLS: Tables (186 kb)

Table 9:

Sales of services to foreign persons by U.S. MNCs through their Nonbank MOFAs and to U.S. persons by foreign MNCs through their Nonbank MOUSAs, by country, 1989-2003

XLS: Tables (43 kb)

Table G:

Sales of services by U.S. MNCs through their nonbank MOFAs, and by foreign MNCs through their nonbank MOUSAs:

1989-1998

XLS: Tables (20 kb)

1999-2003

XLS: Tables (19 kb)

Table 10:

Sales of services to foreign persons by U.S. MNCs through their Nonbank MOFAs:

SIC-Based industry of affiliate by country of affiliate, 1989-1998

XLS: Tables (103 kb)

NAICS-Based industry of affiliate by country of affiliate, 1999-2003