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Today's Date: May 7, 2009     Release Date: March 18, 2009     Next Release Date: June 17, 2009
Earliest Quarter Revised on March 18, 2009: 2008:III

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 III IV p
  Current account  
1 Exports of goods and services and income receipts 41,086 44,161 44,931 45,435 45,749 48,273 50,657 45,966
2     Exports of goods and services 37,561 40,149 40,924 41,132 41,889 44,107 46,843 43,381
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 32,148 34,429 34,891 34,494 35,871 38,078 40,526 36,950
4         Services3 5,413 5,720 6,033 6,638 6,018 6,029 6,318 6,432
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 4 8 5 4 5 4 4 3
6             Travel 1,586 1,807 1,749 2,052 1,761 1,818 1,824 1,980
7             Passenger fares 647 575 557 552 689 612 554 548
8             Other transportation 338 351 377 391 388 430 451 370
9             Royalties and license fees5 441 453 607 655 488 478 472 509
10             Other private services5 2,392 2,522 2,731 2,974 2,679 2,679 3,003 3,013
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 4 4 6 9 8 8 9 8
12     Income receipts 3,525 4,011 4,008 4,303 3,860 4,166 3,814 2,584
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 3,516 4,002 3,999 4,294 3,851 4,157 3,805 2,575
14             Direct investment receipts 2,485 2,882 2,830 3,172 2,783 3,160 2,801 1,541
15             Other private receipts 1,029 1,118 1,167 1,121 1,067 996 1,003 1,034
16             U.S. government receipts 2 2 2 1 1 (*) 1 (*)
17         Compensation of employees 9 9 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 -65,783 -65,062 -57,313
19     Imports of goods and services -53,617 -56,747 -58,264 -60,719 -57,720 -62,257 -61,382 -53,936
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -49,429 -52,863 -54,552 -56,708 -53,146 -58,024 -57,445 -50,063
21         Services3 -4,188 -3,884 -3,712 -4,011 -4,574 -4,233 -3,937 -3,873
22             Direct defense expenditures -2 -2 -4 -2 -5 -2 -2 -2
23             Travel -2,970 -2,490 -2,265 -2,609 -3,090 -2,677 -2,380 -2,472
24             Passenger fares -187 -187 -231 -188 -234 -224 -242 -183
25             Other transportation -250 -273 -267 -272 -353 -373 -350 -274
26             Royalties and license fees5 -32 -30 -39 -32 -24 -16 -29 -28
27             Other private services5 -704 -859 -857 -860 -825 -895 -885 -866
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -43 -43 -49 -48 -43 -47 -49 -49
29     Income payments -3,158 -3,607 -3,776 -3,709 -3,328 -3,526 -3,680 -3,377
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -1,557 -1,819 -1,852 -1,771 -1,620 -1,698 -1,713 -1,369
31             Direct investment payments -97 -263 -275 -198 -194 -274 -316 -61
32             Other private payments -706 -771 -813 -814 -652 -624 -659 -641
33             U.S. government payments -754 -785 -764 -759 -774 -800 -738 -667
34         Compensation of employees -1,601 -1,788 -1,924 -1,939 -1,708 -1,828 -1,967 -2,007
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -3,115 -3,154 -3,137 -3,122 -3,181 -3,227 -3,320 -3,385
36     U.S. government grants4 -25 -18 -26 -20 -18 -24 -31 -27
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -71 -75 -73 -73 -73 -75 -75 -76
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -3,019 -3,061 -3,038 -3,029 -3,090 -3,128 -3,214 -3,282
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -25 -27 -31 -26 -26 -29 -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 2,613 -2,197 1,096
41     U.S. official reserve assets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42         Gold7 0 0 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 20 11 17
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets 0 -2 0 -1 0 0 0 0
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 11 11 15 11 13 12 10 13
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 2 6 -7 6 -5 8 1 4
50     U.S. private assets -2,306 -2,027 -4,904 -3,657 1,124 2,593 -2,208 1,079
51         Direct investment -3,029 -2,250 -1,918 -1,618 -2,498 -1,720 -2,153 -1,078
52         Foreign securities 2,078 872 359 -284 5,862 4,128 862 1,087
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
-34 -82 -141 -204 21 -1,098 186 613
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -1,321 -567 -3,204 -1,551 -2,261 1,283 -1,103 457
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
1,961 7,228 487 3,286 7,669 8,300 -3,841 6,844
56     Foreign official assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
57         U.S. government securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
59             Other10 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 1 -1 -1 3 -1 0 0 -2
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
64         Direct investment 1,132 -136 141 -1,073 1,298 987 606 -691
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 957 2,659 1,322 -188 2,664 -1,010 231 -1,516
67         U.S. currency n.a. n.a. 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 -1,421 -1,042
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 7,233 18 -3,257 18 10,095
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 )
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 19,162 14,158 24,685 22,497 9,706 9,853 23,789 6,816
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -17,281 -18,433 -19,661 -22,214 -17,275 -19,946 -16,919 -13,113
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 1,224 1,836 2,321 2,627 1,444 1,796 2,381 2,559
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -16,056 -16,597 -17,341 -19,587 -15,831 -18,150 -14,539 -10,555
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 367 404 232 594 532 640 134 -792
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -3,115 -3,154 -3,137 -3,122 -3,181 -3,227 -3,320 -3,385
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 -20,737 -17,725 -14,732

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