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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: No Revision

Table 12. U.S. International Transactions, by Area - European Union (10) 26
[Millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted]
Line (Credits +; debits -) 1 1984 1985
I II III IV I II III IV
  Current account  
1 Exports of goods and services and income receipts 23,062 23,486 23,018 24,266 22,917 22,887 20,849 24,165
2     Exports of goods and services 16,703 16,557 16,098 16,932 16,898 16,369 15,199 16,972
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 12,993 12,449 11,658 12,844 13,127 12,225 10,712 12,354
4         Services3 3,710 4,108 4,440 4,088 3,771 4,144 4,487 4,618
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 473 410 459 274 392 335 350 263
6             Travel 24 576 871 1,091 742 694 932 1,125 790
7             Passenger fares 24 184 319 339 239 192 283 391 309
8             Other transportation 754 810 834 871 735 812 862 851
9             Royalties and license fees5 647 686 659 809 650 732 637 1,030
10             Other private services5 1,059 995 1,021 1,114 1,068 1,030 1,074 1,328
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 17 18 38 38 40 20 49 47
12     Income receipts 6,359 6,929 6,920 7,334 6,019 6,518 5,651 7,193
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 6,359 6,929 6,920 7,334 6,019 6,518 5,651 7,193
14             Direct investment receipts 2,489 2,584 2,226 3,005 2,472 3,019 2,288 3,635
15             Other private receipts 3,767 4,248 4,594 4,176 3,458 3,389 3,258 3,403
16             U.S. government receipts 104 97 100 152 89 110 104 155
17         Compensation of employees ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -23,948 -27,836 -27,231 -26,826 -24,929 -29,851 -29,906 -29,750
19     Imports of goods and services -18,323 -21,006 -20,777 -20,594 -18,990 -23,448 -23,323 -23,566
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -13,754 -14,692 -14,036 -15,302 -13,940 -16,039 -15,310 -17,306
21         Services3 -4,569 -6,314 -6,741 -5,292 -5,050 -7,409 -8,013 -6,260
22             Direct defense expenditures -1,722 -1,800 -1,704 -1,786 -1,773 -1,872 -1,930 -2,417
23             Travel 24 -843 -2,099 -2,449 -994 -1,026 -2,791 -3,016 -1,068
24             Passenger fares 24 -333 -635 -736 -391 -399 -755 -927 -446
25             Other transportation -814 -911 -914 -950 -770 -905 -905 -971
26             Royalties and license fees5 -137 -141 -173 -196 -163 -154 -157 -170
27             Other private services5 -629 -659 -665 -897 -825 -831 -981 -1,107
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -91 -69 -100 -79 -95 -101 -97 -82
29     Income payments -5,626 -6,830 -6,454 -6,232 -5,939 -6,403 -6,584 -6,184
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -5,626 -6,830 -6,454 -6,232 -5,939 -6,403 -6,584 -6,184
31             Direct investment payments -1,431 -2,101 -1,467 -1,487 -1,315 -1,557 -1,637 -949
32             Other private payments -2,760 -3,247 -3,429 -3,092 -3,058 -3,377 -3,445 -3,789
33             U.S. government payments -1,435 -1,482 -1,558 -1,653 -1,566 -1,469 -1,502 -1,446
34         Compensation of employees ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
35 Unilateral current transfers, net 44 53 47 60 33 64 66 165
36     U.S. government grants4 -7 -9 -6 -7 -6 -4 -7 -5
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -139 -133 -125 -128 -131 -131 -132 -132
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 190 195 178 194 169 199 205 302
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 12
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-3,201 -11,410 2,187 -8,861 -5,844 -1,909 -11,358 -6,912
41     U.S. official reserve assets -205 78 -160 -240 -682 -66 -49 115
42         Gold7 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
43         Special drawing rights ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
45         Foreign currencies -205 78 -160 -240 -682 -66 -49 115
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets -9 72 89 172 16 2 143 160
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -63 -17 -14 -59 -23 -64 -7 -18
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 81 61 86 179 101 56 135 169
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -28 28 17 52 -62 10 15 9
50     U.S. private assets -2,986 -11,560 2,258 -8,794 -5,178 -1,845 -11,451 -7,187
51         Direct investment -1,814 -978 -793 -1,952 -2,295 -519 -2,242 -1,926
52         Foreign securities -920 -767 -1,947 -3,263 -1,854 -3,493 -2,244 -2,553
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
1,741 -870 172 -2,311 2,828 -1,036 -2,135 -2,001
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -1,993 -8,945 4,826 -1,267 -3,857 3,203 -4,830 -708
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
12,919 15,620 -1,521 21,431 8,221 12,636 19,860 26,290
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 16 -108 -25 100 42 -42 107 80
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 2,770 5,777 2,298 2,658 2,539 2,916 3,585 1,474
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 188 -268 968 8,074 8,186 4,968 8,905 15,871
67         U.S. currency ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
68         U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
2,151 531 -784 1,096 -389 473 925 3,661
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 7,794 18 9,688 18 -3,978 18 9,503 18 -2,157 18 4,321 18 6,338 18 5,204
70 Financial derivatives, net n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 -8,886 76 3,489 -10,079 -409 -3,837 477 -13,969
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -761 -2,243 -2,378 -2,458 -813 -3,814 -4,598 -4,952
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) -859 -2,206 -2,301 -1,204 -1,280 -3,265 -3,526 -1,642
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -1,620 -4,449 -4,679 -3,662 -2,093 -7,079 -8,124 -6,594
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 734 99 467 1,101 80 115 -933 1,009
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) 44 53 47 60 33 64 66 165
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -842 -4,297 -4,165 -2,501 -1,980 -6,900 -8,990 -5,420

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