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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 - Asia and Pacific 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 126,907 133,254 142,455 146,892 147,450 152,045 152,779 129,666
2     Exports of goods and services 100,507 104,727 111,477 115,518 117,468 122,389 123,924 104,639
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 71,055 75,459 78,121 83,613 83,794 88,696 88,057 72,151
4         Services3 29,452 29,268 33,355 31,906 33,675 33,693 35,867 32,488
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 1,164 1,172 883 991 1,409 1,020 918 958
6             Travel 5,444 6,633 7,899 5,408 6,221 7,447 8,014 5,946
7             Passenger fares 1,455 1,428 1,614 1,728 1,715 1,823 2,015 1,823
8             Other transportation 4,035 4,260 4,493 4,931 4,969 5,565 5,456 4,502
9             Royalties and license fees5 4,314 4,561 5,099 5,309 4,880 5,260 5,280 5,594
10             Other private services5 12,922 11,107 13,259 13,408 14,355 12,471 14,074 13,545
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 118 108 109 130 126 107 110 120
12     Income receipts 26,400 28,527 30,979 31,373 29,982 29,655 28,855 25,028
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 26,301 28,428 30,880 31,273 29,878 29,551 28,750 24,922
14             Direct investment receipts 15,298 16,731 18,637 19,405 18,101 18,673 17,520 13,344
15             Other private receipts 10,892 11,544 12,144 11,719 11,687 10,761 11,138 11,206
16             U.S. government receipts 111 153 99 149 90 117 92 372
17         Compensation of employees 99 99 99 100 104 104 105 105
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -228,779 -238,294 -251,590 -255,581 -236,734 -245,529 -260,032 -236,034
19     Imports of goods and services -189,771 -196,602 -209,665 -213,384 -197,468 -207,121 -222,720 -203,232
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -168,232 -174,048 -186,964 -189,318 -172,693 -181,269 -197,222 -178,079
21         Services3 -21,539 -22,554 -22,701 -24,067 -24,775 -25,852 -25,498 -25,153
22             Direct defense expenditures -1,455 -1,609 -1,507 -1,731 -1,691 -1,828 -2,044 -1,766
23             Travel -3,909 -4,246 -3,740 -4,541 -4,576 -4,512 -4,037 -4,603
24             Passenger fares -2,357 -2,364 -2,332 -2,549 -2,948 -2,608 -2,794 -2,854
25             Other transportation -5,490 -5,844 -6,083 -5,987 -6,025 -6,404 -6,550 -5,670
26             Royalties and license fees5 -2,169 -2,017 -2,021 -2,109 -2,082 -2,162 -1,794 -1,969
27             Other private services5 -5,987 -6,311 -6,840 -6,976 -7,262 -8,165 -8,106 -8,109
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -172 -163 -178 -174 -191 -173 -172 -181
29     Income payments -39,008 -41,692 -41,924 -42,196 -39,266 -38,409 -37,313 -32,802
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -38,624 -41,440 -41,718 -41,828 -38,891 -38,160 -37,105 -32,420
31             Direct investment payments -6,023 -7,123 -6,964 -6,816 -4,646 -3,856 -2,880 1,002
32             Other private payments -8,414 -8,718 -9,244 -9,839 -9,443 -9,387 -9,926 -9,705
33             U.S. government payments -24,187 -25,599 -25,510 -25,173 -24,802 -24,917 -24,299 -23,717
34         Compensation of employees -384 -252 -206 -368 -375 -248 -208 -382
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -5,301 -3,721 -5,014 -6,921 -6,142 -5,565 -5,269 -5,448
36     U.S. government grants4 -1,972 -1,232 -1,823 -4,223 -2,097 -2,499 -1,616 -2,126
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -228 -228 -226 -231 -235 -230 -237 -235
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -3,101 -2,261 -2,965 -2,467 -3,809 -2,836 -3,416 -3,086
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -239 -245 -251 -257 -263 -268 -276 -280
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-8,652 -30,259 28,982 -7,312 -11,556 -4,782 3,362 -79,143
41     U.S. official reserve assets -17 -25 -28 -23 -43 -27 -40 -32
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 -17 -25 -28 -23 -43 -27 -40 -32
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 85 134 347 253 122 147 -39,465 -116,222
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -144 -61 -16 -16 -43 -32 -21 -225
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 239 198 343 279 170 181 153 290
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -10 -3 20 -10 -5 -2 -39,597 -116,287
50     U.S. private assets -8,721 -30,368 28,663 -7,542 -11,635 -4,903 42,867 37,111
51         Direct investment -18,017 -15,325 -15,184 -5,831 -11,340 -18,449 -7,532 -5,103
52         Foreign securities -3,966 -3,860 2,677 15,552 -3,247 8,676 28,285 15,968
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-2,293 -2,627 -748 101 10,435 -770 1,527 -2,530
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 15,555 -8,556 41,918 -17,364 -7,483 5,640 20,587 28,776
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		110,157 151,481 21,071 124,136 164,831 136,621 127,737 177,894
56     Foreign official assets in the United States 108,755 63,499 -15,388 73,923 98,624 84,693 113,680 84,180
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 994 254 1,088 3,512 1,104 1,245 732 1,631
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 1,402 87,982 36,459 50,213 66,207 51,928 14,057 93,714
64         Direct investment 8,819 12,169 13,160 15,013 15,487 18,689 1,935 8,942
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 4,194 40,156 11,069 22,326 17,519 14,934 -32,510 2,850
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 		( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -5,554 25,324 34,894 13,320 -4,698 22,656 40,101 42,218
70 Financial derivatives, net -605 -944 -1,475 -1,453 -5,003 1,452 -891 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 6,512 -11,273 65,821 496 -52,583 -33,973 -17,409 13,344
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -97,177 -98,590 -108,843 -105,705 -88,899 -92,573 -109,165 -105,928
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 7,913 6,715 10,654 7,839 8,899 7,842 10,369 7,335
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -89,264 -91,875 -98,189 -97,866 -80,000 -84,732 -98,796 -98,593
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) -12,609 -13,165 -10,945 -10,823 -9,284 -8,753 -8,458 -7,775
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -5,301 -3,721 -5,014 -6,921 -6,142 -5,565 -5,269 -5,448
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -107,173 -108,760 -114,149 -115,610 -95,426 -99,050 -112,523 -111,815

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