U.S. International Transactions Accounts Data

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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 - Europe 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 206,400 224,544 230,081 234,701 231,262 240,763 235,323 208,945
2     Exports of goods and services 115,387 122,811 124,637 127,537 134,231 145,206 143,659 130,466
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 68,594 71,828 68,610 71,813 81,372 87,322 82,296 73,415
4         Services3 46,793 50,983 56,027 55,724 52,859 57,884 61,363 57,051
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 1,170 1,064 1,107 844 1,165 839 963 888
6             Travel 5,980 7,819 9,931 7,797 7,362 9,956 12,502 8,572
7             Passenger fares 1,450 1,815 2,345 2,545 2,115 2,771 3,583 2,680
8             Other transportation 4,534 4,731 4,816 5,247 5,135 5,537 5,679 5,035
9             Royalties and license fees5 10,855 11,422 12,399 13,120 12,080 13,147 12,889 13,628
10             Other private services5 22,727 24,058 25,344 26,093 24,929 25,559 25,659 26,158
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 77 74 85 77 73 75 88 90
12     Income receipts 91,013 101,733 105,444 107,164 97,031 95,556 91,664 78,479
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 90,903 101,622 105,332 107,051 96,916 95,440 91,546 78,364
14             Direct investment receipts 39,455 44,782 45,021 47,622 45,132 47,759 43,696 35,397
15             Other private receipts 51,162 56,614 60,055 59,143 51,274 47,177 47,018 41,261
16             U.S. government receipts 286 226 256 286 510 504 832 1,706
17         Compensation of employees 110 111 112 113 115 117 117 115
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -214,401 -244,957 -242,062 -235,631 -226,983 -254,858 -246,448 -202,965
19     Imports of goods and services -132,003 -148,652 -149,326 -150,225 -145,827 -165,129 -163,782 -142,032
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -94,649 -104,325 -103,689 -108,517 -106,381 -118,311 -116,085 -100,334
21         Services3 -37,354 -44,327 -45,637 -41,708 -39,446 -46,819 -47,697 -41,697
22             Direct defense expenditures -2,946 -3,021 -3,086 -3,510 -3,386 -3,551 -3,881 -3,576
23             Travel -3,851 -8,131 -7,944 -4,419 -3,868 -8,874 -7,833 -4,478
24             Passenger fares -2,830 -4,134 -4,136 -2,929 -2,926 -4,741 -4,504 -3,256
25             Other transportation -5,903 -6,645 -6,902 -6,701 -6,655 -7,495 -7,845 -6,501
26             Royalties and license fees5 -3,828 -3,645 -3,660 -4,125 -3,977 -3,850 -4,017 -4,343
27             Other private services5 -17,488 -18,246 -19,390 -19,483 -18,128 -17,788 -19,089 -19,011
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -508 -505 -519 -541 -506 -519 -528 -532
29     Income payments -82,398 -96,305 -92,736 -85,406 -81,156 -89,728 -82,666 -60,933
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -82,223 -96,164 -92,605 -85,231 -80,978 -89,581 -82,529 -60,751
31             Direct investment payments -19,361 -26,683 -21,009 -14,966 -17,270 -30,075 -23,715 -7,938
32             Other private payments -54,792 -60,983 -62,464 -60,239 -53,125 -48,508 -48,262 -42,722
33             U.S. government payments -8,070 -8,498 -9,132 -10,026 -10,583 -10,998 -10,552 -10,091
34         Compensation of employees -175 -141 -131 -174 -178 -147 -138 -182
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -3,254 -2,674 -3,778 -2,216 -3,836 -2,133 -2,997 -2,632
36     U.S. government grants4 -470 -441 -515 -430 -499 -492 -560 -707
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -419 -449 -454 -457 -456 -459 -470 -467
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -2,365 -1,784 -2,809 -1,329 -2,881 -1,182 -1,967 -1,458
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -212 278 -219 -223 -224 -228 -231 -234
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-333,776 -295,970 -215,155 -113,742 -180,883 83,066 -10,257 259,183
41     U.S. official reserve assets -224 -204 -219 -249 -316 -263 -365 -183
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 -224 -204 -219 -249 -316 -263 -365 -183
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 354 51 42 -23,548 3,058 -40,954 -186,558 -149,149
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -89 -77 -27 -107 -6 -13 -37 -66
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 448 117 86 549 70 49 106 103
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -5 11 -17 -23,990 2,994 -40,990 -186,627 -149,186
50     U.S. private assets -333,907 -295,817 -214,977 -89,945 -183,624 124,283 176,666 408,515
51         Direct investment -33,122 -66,531 -42,668 -54,933 -47,384 -51,071 -37,382 -38,961
52         Foreign securities -81,817 -71,927 -68,179 -10,047 -32,255 -23,150 66,785 46,498
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
-41,934 -39,114 29,476 9,888 37,359 46,731 123,148 26,446
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -177,034 -118,245 -133,606 -34,853 -141,344 151,773 24,115 374,532
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
483,628 368,846 108,294 88,972 252,465 -138,732 -9,107 -246,647
56     Foreign official assets in the United States 18,394 -7,127 15,707 46,401 42,919 22,790 1,074 -103,225
57         U.S. government securities ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
59             Other10 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 -225 -77 -348 272 -43 113 398 1,092
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States 465,234 375,973 92,587 42,571 209,546 -161,522 -10,181 -143,422
64         Direct investment 11,076 32,691 74,677 26,409 45,597 57,326 51,625 69,038
65         U.S. Treasury securities 33,142 16,830 72,680 29,884 25,936 41,442 23,427 20,432
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 129,072 201,729 -23,020 51,849 -3,394 -473 -54,867 17,391
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
90,051 76,154 51,262 -97,993 79,537 -46,690 63,862 -115,525
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 201,893 48,569 -83,012 32,422 61,870 -213,127 -94,228 -134,758
70 Financial derivatives, net 11,731 3,841 10,123 -9,386 -8,062 -8,593 -11,180 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 -150,117 -53,909 112,716 37,525 -63,738 80,715 44,898 -15,650
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -26,055 -32,497 -35,078 -36,703 -25,009 -30,989 -33,789 -26,919
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 9,439 6,656 10,390 14,015 13,413 11,065 13,666 15,353
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -16,616 -25,841 -24,688 -22,688 -11,596 -19,923 -20,123 -11,566
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 8,615 5,429 12,707 21,759 15,875 5,828 8,997 17,546
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -3,254 -2,674 -3,778 -2,216 -3,836 -2,133 -2,997 -2,632
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -11,254 -23,087 -15,758 -3,146 443 -16,228 -14,123 3,348

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