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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 - Taiwan 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 8,154 9,775 9,942 9,977 10,124 10,125 10,018 6,937
2     Exports of goods and services 7,327 8,808 8,744 8,868 9,030 8,944 9,013 6,360
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 5,425 6,880 6,694 6,963 7,027 6,971 6,698 4,473
4         Services3 1,902 1,929 2,050 1,906 2,003 1,972 2,315 1,887
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 139 242 183 220 130 204 211 221
6             Travel 247 283 332 164 231 319 388 180
7             Passenger fares 3 3 11 5 9 13 16 6
8             Other transportation 641 660 694 775 757 796 777 609
9             Royalties and license fees5 171 225 208 199 202 216 221 231
10             Other private services5 695 510 614 535 667 418 696 631
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 9
12     Income receipts 827 966 1,198 1,108 1,094 1,181 1,004 577
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 822 961 1,193 1,103 1,088 1,176 999 572
14             Direct investment receipts 460 532 728 704 651 744 584 143
15             Other private receipts 362 429 465 399 437 432 415 429
16             U.S. government receipts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17         Compensation of employees 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -12,502 -13,112 -13,499 -13,583 -12,617 -12,469 -12,940 -11,684
19     Imports of goods and services -10,753 -11,396 -11,813 -11,949 -11,115 -11,109 -11,650 -10,525
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -8,991 -9,454 -9,964 -10,080 -9,049 -9,121 -9,718 -8,611
21         Services3 -1,762 -1,942 -1,849 -1,869 -2,065 -1,988 -1,932 -1,915
22             Direct defense expenditures -59 -72 -61 -61 -72 -51 -29 -60
23             Travel -245 -319 -230 -250 -272 -315 -241 -253
24             Passenger fares -386 -410 -365 -414 -493 -420 -412 -464
25             Other transportation -935 -987 -1,027 -978 -1,051 -1,042 -1,043 -927
26             Royalties and license fees5 -7 -5 -11 -9 -8 -5 -22 -26
27             Other private services5 -129 -147 -152 -154 -167 -152 -183 -182
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -2 -2 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -4
29     Income payments -1,749 -1,715 -1,685 -1,634 -1,503 -1,360 -1,290 -1,159
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -1,726 -1,703 -1,677 -1,613 -1,481 -1,349 -1,282 -1,137
31             Direct investment payments -62 -65 -101 -124 -76 -8 1 150
32             Other private payments -395 -401 -393 -370 -335 -302 -316 -306
33             U.S. government payments -1,269 -1,237 -1,183 -1,119 -1,070 -1,039 -967 -981
34         Compensation of employees -23 -12 -8 -21 -21 -11 -8 -22
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -126 -84 -139 -96 -127 -89 -151 -98
36     U.S. government grants4 (*) 0 (*) 0 0 (*) (*) (*)
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -1 -1 -1 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -125 -83 -138 -94 -125 -86 -149 -96
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -9 -9
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
650 -1,970 1,686 1,588 -1,980 866 -286 -55
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 0 1 -1 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*)
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 0 1 -1 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*)
50     U.S. private assets 650 -1,971 1,687 1,587 -1,980 865 -286 -55
51         Direct investment -736 -157 -370 -658 -749 -514 -375 -1,837
52         Foreign securities 1,610 966 -420 22 169 371 729 573
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
69 -394 204 -141 -155 223 77 99
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -293 -2,386 2,273 2,364 -1,245 785 -717 1,110
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
-2,625 3,447 -8,368 356 3,714 -6,152 3,946 12,433
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 27 -78 12 -24 129 -16 11 85
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 5 -335 60 119 133 165 -46 -144
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 983 1,166 -20 -468 1,092 1,279 676 -215
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
67 -118 138 -141 -105 -98 -86 -88
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 -3,707 18 2,812 18 -8,558 18 870 18 2,465 18 -7,482 18 3,391 18 12,795
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 )
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 6,457 1,952 10,385 1,767 895 7,728 -577 -7,523
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -3,566 -2,575 -3,270 -3,118 -2,022 -2,150 -3,020 -4,138
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 139 -14 201 37 -62 -16 383 -27
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -3,426 -2,588 -3,070 -3,081 -2,084 -2,165 -2,637 -4,166
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) -922 -749 -487 -526 -409 -179 -286 -582
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -126 -84 -139 -96 -127 -89 -151 -98
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -4,474 -3,421 -3,696 -3,702 -2,620 -2,433 -3,074 -4,846

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