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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, excluding European Union 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 25,566 30,372 29,649 30,241 32,914 35,133 34,790 28,186
2     Exports of goods and services 14,109 17,553 16,979 16,992 20,593 22,379 22,832 18,649
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 7,919 10,978 9,956 9,748 13,325 14,700 14,729 10,852
4         Services3 6,190 6,575 7,023 7,245 7,268 7,679 8,103 7,797
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 297 227 383 259 393 354 412 361
6             Travel 501 656 732 626 660 821 952 688
7             Passenger fares 131 151 172 196 212 231 272 206
8             Other transportation 495 515 531 572 671 665 688 577
9             Royalties and license fees5 2,120 2,197 2,310 2,398 2,277 2,509 2,468 2,592
10             Other private services5 2,629 2,811 2,878 3,174 3,040 3,083 3,293 3,357
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 17 18 18 20 15 16 19 17
12     Income receipts 11,457 12,819 12,670 13,249 12,322 12,754 11,958 9,537
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 11,436 12,798 12,649 13,228 12,300 12,732 11,936 9,515
14             Direct investment receipts 6,493 7,213 6,958 7,305 7,287 8,278 7,709 5,420
15             Other private receipts 4,902 5,567 5,673 5,890 4,973 4,397 4,130 3,960
16             U.S. government receipts 41 18 18 33 40 57 97 135
17         Compensation of employees 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -24,988 -29,207 -32,628 -32,677 -36,028 -38,846 -41,495 -34,939
19     Imports of goods and services -16,245 -20,461 -20,751 -20,774 -22,132 -26,365 -27,991 -20,854
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -11,135 -14,238 -14,492 -15,134 -16,767 -20,364 -21,692 -14,969
21         Services3 -5,109 -6,223 -6,259 -5,640 -5,364 -6,001 -6,299 -5,885
22             Direct defense expenditures -330 -352 -359 -407 -354 -407 -435 -400
23             Travel -342 -934 -766 -350 -317 -811 -718 -355
24             Passenger fares -191 -206 -197 -150 -153 -200 -208 -166
25             Other transportation -732 -891 -842 -829 -798 -870 -891 -811
26             Royalties and license fees5 -890 -828 -799 -836 -898 -891 -913 -1,014
27             Other private services5 -2,489 -2,871 -3,179 -2,932 -2,731 -2,681 -3,006 -3,015
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -136 -141 -117 -136 -113 -142 -128 -123
29     Income payments -8,743 -8,746 -11,877 -11,902 -13,897 -12,481 -13,504 -14,086
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -8,702 -8,715 -11,850 -11,861 -13,855 -12,449 -13,475 -14,043
31             Direct investment payments -1,148 -683 -3,739 -3,766 -6,329 -5,165 -6,141 -7,411
32             Other private payments -4,808 -5,186 -5,327 -5,341 -4,537 -3,974 -4,018 -3,617
33             U.S. government payments -2,746 -2,846 -2,784 -2,754 -2,989 -3,310 -3,316 -3,015
34         Compensation of employees -41 -31 -27 -41 -42 -32 -29 -43
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -1,554 -1,874 -2,091 -1,691 -1,592 -1,170 -1,397 -1,422
36     U.S. government grants4 -436 -401 -477 -387 -435 -443 -511 -679
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -23 -31 -32 -32 -32 -32 -32 -33
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -1,095 -1,442 -1,582 -1,272 -1,125 -695 -854 -710
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -97 -99 -101 -103 -104 -106 -107 -109
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-48,969 -3,409 -20,474 -17,670 10,936 50,580 -16,012 14,127
41     U.S. official reserve assets -45 -52 -56 -64 -67 -69 -74 -31
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 -45 -52 -56 -64 -67 -69 -74 -31
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 320 35 28 -3,564 -1,963 -5,969 -16,866 -4,412
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -38 -16 -6 -33 -3 -13 -15 -8
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 360 49 39 467 39 42 57 96
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -2 2 -5 -3,998 -1,999 -5,998 -16,908 -4,500
50     U.S. private assets -49,244 -3,392 -20,446 -14,042 12,966 56,618 928 18,570
51         Direct investment -7,604 -2,604 -7,887 -3,684 -4,156 -7,374 -4,348 -10,722
52         Foreign securities 3,660 479 -995 341 -515 7,929 2,489 2,390
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
-81 -507 640 -1,275 428 385 -802 879
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -45,219 -760 -12,204 -9,424 17,209 55,678 3,589 26,023
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
26,637 -13,237 -30,235 47,551 29,868 38,313 22,524 -24,574
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 134 172 -121 205 5 -56 93 580
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 1,350 -9,874 42 4,918 10,106 11,845 11,635 8,875
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 475 1,417 -2,964 7,688 4,856 5,629 -4,415 12,090
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
556 244 141 659 167 1,492 -380 -1,818
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 24,122 18 -5,196 18 -27,333 18 34,081 18 14,734 18 19,403 18 15,591 18 -44,301
70 Financial derivatives, net 3,773 1,654 1,933 -1,069 -5,121 -289 -1,719 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 19,631 15,799 53,947 -24,583 -30,873 -83,615 3,416 18,731
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -3,216 -3,260 -4,535 -5,387 -3,443 -5,664 -6,964 -4,117
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 1,080 352 764 1,605 1,904 1,678 1,804 1,912
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -2,136 -2,908 -3,772 -3,782 -1,539 -3,986 -5,159 -2,205
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 2,714 4,073 792 1,346 -1,575 273 -1,546 -4,549
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -1,554 -1,874 -2,091 -1,691 -1,592 -1,170 -1,397 -1,422
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -976 -708 -5,070 -4,127 -4,706 -4,883 -8,102 -8,175

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