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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 - India 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 5,910 6,859 9,708 8,711 7,919 8,222 9,492 6,809
2     Exports of goods and services 5,205 5,787 8,437 7,594 6,947 7,504 8,707 6,014
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 2,878 3,382 5,763 5,494 4,223 4,628 5,875 3,900
4         Services3 2,327 2,405 2,674 2,101 2,724 2,876 2,832 2,114
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 23 50 19 10 10 10 9 10
6             Travel 462 931 806 450 572 1,102 881 495
7             Passenger fares 183 353 282 235 249 462 343 248
8             Other transportation 103 104 123 136 162 176 180 118
9             Royalties and license fees5 163 194 291 255 258 264 266 291
10             Other private services5 1,380 761 1,140 999 1,458 847 1,138 937
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 13 13 13 15 15 15 15 15
12     Income receipts 705 1,072 1,271 1,116 971 718 785 795
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 701 1,068 1,267 1,112 967 714 780 790
14             Direct investment receipts 432 754 878 674 517 354 407 407
15             Other private receipts 263 312 383 434 446 358 367 380
16             U.S. government receipts 6 2 6 4 4 2 6 3
17         Compensation of employees 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -8,592 -8,781 -8,856 -9,860 -10,195 -9,627 -10,134 -9,935
19     Imports of goods and services -8,066 -8,161 -8,298 -9,241 -9,655 -9,149 -9,662 -9,416
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -5,829 -5,887 -5,896 -6,490 -6,639 -6,197 -6,693 -6,214
21         Services3 -2,237 -2,274 -2,402 -2,751 -3,016 -2,952 -2,970 -3,203
22             Direct defense expenditures -17 -13 -5 -6 -1 -3 -5 -5
23             Travel -528 -473 -410 -658 -743 -518 -392 -667
24             Passenger fares -44 -23 -31 -44 -57 -64 -106 -50
25             Other transportation -98 -103 -97 -110 -103 -98 -108 -89
26             Royalties and license fees5 -17 -24 -25 -32 -18 -23 -25 -24
27             Other private services5 -1,527 -1,634 -1,829 -1,894 -2,084 -2,239 -2,327 -2,361
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -5 -5 -5 -6 -10 -7 -7 -7
29     Income payments -526 -620 -558 -619 -540 -478 -472 -519
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -445 -572 -521 -542 -463 -432 -436 -440
31             Direct investment payments -101 -202 -204 -236 -222 -227 -225 -223
32             Other private payments -137 -151 -177 -163 -106 -92 -102 -94
33             U.S. government payments -207 -219 -140 -143 -135 -113 -109 -123
34         Compensation of employees -81 -48 -37 -76 -77 -46 -36 -79
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -731 -551 -695 -590 -888 -592 -742 -595
36     U.S. government grants4 -35 -43 -30 -35 -30 -23 -33 -16
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -5 -5 -5 -6 -5 -6 -6 -6
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -691 -503 -660 -549 -853 -563 -703 -573
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -44 -45 -47 -48 -49 -51 -52 -54
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-3,931 -1,636 -2,544 282 1,828 -1,553 -1,377 925
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 25 13 28 34 16 4 35 20
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 26 15 27 29 17 12 25 28
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -1 -2 1 5 -1 -8 10 -8
50     U.S. private assets -3,956 -1,649 -2,572 248 1,812 -1,557 -1,412 905
51         Direct investment -1,194 -652 -967 -913 -1,019 -327 -503 -575
52         Foreign securities -2,725 -836 -508 1,421 2,636 13 1,135 828
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
17 38 -188 -29 91 -124 -69 144
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -54 -199 -909 -231 104 -1,119 -1,975 508
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
6,203 -6,337 897 1,760 -267 1,108 3,288 11,647
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 -11 -36 -9 -2 126 62 70 31
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 197 281 781 264 1,202 186 341 214
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -107 -62 -134 -76 1,610 -149 -97 -28
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
-17 699 180 202 -33 -75 -10 -56
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 6,141 18 -7,219 18 79 18 1,372 18 -3,172 18 1,084 18 2,984 18 11,486
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 )
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 1,186 10,492 1,536 -255 1,653 2,492 -475 -8,797
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -2,951 -2,505 -133 -997 -2,416 -1,569 -817 -2,313
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 90 131 272 -650 -292 -76 -138 -1,089
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -2,861 -2,374 139 -1,647 -2,708 -1,645 -955 -3,402
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 179 452 713 498 432 240 313 276
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -731 -551 -695 -590 -888 -592 -742 -595
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -3,414 -2,474 157 -1,739 -3,165 -1,997 -1,384 -3,722

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