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 - Hong Kong 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 8,179 8,802 10,062 10,261 9,414 9,999 9,852 7,864
2     Exports of goods and services 5,869 6,177 6,760 7,090 6,653 7,621 7,463 6,076
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 4,610 4,790 5,231 5,456 5,105 6,025 5,825 4,642
4         Services3 1,259 1,387 1,529 1,634 1,548 1,595 1,638 1,435
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*)
6             Travel 110 130 163 94 129 142 164 103
7             Passenger fares 36 33 37 40 49 39 44 43
8             Other transportation 290 326 355 427 413 499 487 363
9             Royalties and license fees5 122 113 148 150 116 151 159 171
10             Other private services5 693 782 824 920 836 761 782 751
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 8 3 2 3 5 4 2 3
12     Income receipts 2,310 2,625 3,302 3,170 2,761 2,378 2,389 1,788
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 2,292 2,607 3,284 3,152 2,742 2,359 2,370 1,769
14             Direct investment receipts 1,702 2,005 2,513 2,281 1,889 1,817 1,655 1,102
15             Other private receipts 587 602 768 871 851 542 713 667
16             U.S. government receipts 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 0
17         Compensation of employees 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -4,866 -5,141 -5,397 -5,888 -5,377 -5,332 -5,307 -4,997
19     Imports of goods and services -3,153 -3,379 -3,553 -3,947 -3,616 -3,643 -3,605 -3,335
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -1,521 -1,705 -1,886 -1,978 -1,723 -1,461 -1,834 -1,503
21         Services3 -1,631 -1,675 -1,667 -1,969 -1,893 -2,182 -1,771 -1,832
22             Direct defense expenditures -3 -10 -2 -10 -1 -3 -2 -3
23             Travel -270 -306 -306 -400 -366 -359 -260 -405
24             Passenger fares -312 -357 -298 -394 -501 -526 -469 -441
25             Other transportation -476 -508 -531 -541 -439 -490 -492 -440
26             Royalties and license fees5 -7 -8 -8 -10 -11 -11 -14 -12
27             Other private services5 -552 -475 -512 -604 -567 -781 -524 -520
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -11 -10 -10 -10 -9 -12 -10 -10
29     Income payments -1,713 -1,761 -1,844 -1,941 -1,761 -1,689 -1,702 -1,661
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -1,707 -1,757 -1,841 -1,934 -1,754 -1,686 -1,700 -1,655
31             Direct investment payments -64 -66 -73 -63 -53 -55 -77 -72
32             Other private payments -800 -811 -893 -1,053 -963 -998 -1,095 -1,094
33             U.S. government payments -843 -880 -875 -818 -738 -633 -528 -489
34         Compensation of employees -6 -4 -3 -6 -6 -3 -2 -6
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -31 -7 -14 -4 -24 -5 -22 -12
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -28 -4 -11 -1 -21 -2 -19 -9
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -5 -5 -5 -6 -5 -5 -6 -6
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
1,401 501 -11,904 4,412 10,006 -2,105 1,546 4,879
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 14 (*) 14 0 14 (*) 9 (*)
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 14 0 14 0 14 0 9 0
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 0 (*) 0 0 0 (*) 0 (*)
50     U.S. private assets 1,387 501 -11,918 4,412 9,992 -2,105 1,537 4,878
51         Direct investment -1,510 -611 -1,998 -1,273 287 -3,002 -3,542 1,979
52         Foreign securities 1,440 1,924 -1,821 7,938 2,409 908 8,811 1,505
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
-400 95 -8,203 477 7,500 -746 890 -681
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 1,857 -907 104 -2,730 -204 735 -4,622 2,075
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
-363 16,159 16,378 15,538 5,599 3,451 14,301 -835
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 -4 0 0 2 -3 0 0 0
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 -82 79 -436 -105 576 106 495 19
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 1,128 13,960 12,344 10,429 711 3,257 755 1,990
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
166 24 366 -86 -1,823 84 67 -408
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 -1,571 18 2,096 18 4,104 18 5,298 18 6,138 18 4 18 12,984 18 -2,436
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 )
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 -4,315 -20,309 -9,120 -24,314 -19,611 -6,002 -20,364 -6,893
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) 3,089 3,085 3,345 3,478 3,382 4,565 3,992 3,138
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) -372 -288 -138 -335 -345 -587 -133 -397
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) 2,716 2,797 3,207 3,143 3,036 3,978 3,858 2,741
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 597 864 1,458 1,230 1,000 689 687 126
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -31 -7 -14 -4 -24 -5 -22 -12
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 3,282 3,654 4,651 4,369 4,012 4,662 4,522 2,855

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