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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 - Other 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 16,410 16,954 17,607 18,276 19,681 19,925 20,467 16,927
2     Exports of goods and services 12,841 13,063 13,724 14,300 15,338 15,702 16,141 13,445
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 9,671 9,755 10,152 10,977 11,750 11,725 12,283 9,970
4         Services3 3,171 3,307 3,572 3,322 3,588 3,978 3,858 3,475
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 185 217 237 245 202 311 252 260
6             Travel 407 726 731 525 491 855 773 577
7             Passenger fares 46 57 49 65 46 74 72 68
8             Other transportation 487 517 535 572 638 705 687 588
9             Royalties and license fees5 269 297 320 344 282 312 291 317
10             Other private services5 1,752 1,473 1,681 1,548 1,907 1,703 1,762 1,648
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 24 21 20 23 22 18 21 17
12     Income receipts 3,568 3,891 3,882 3,976 4,343 4,223 4,327 3,482
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 3,546 3,869 3,860 3,954 4,320 4,200 4,303 3,459
14             Direct investment receipts 2,804 3,008 3,018 3,030 3,404 3,273 3,396 2,416
15             Other private receipts 677 745 800 816 893 848 878 953
16             U.S. government receipts 65 116 42 108 23 79 29 90
17         Compensation of employees 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -30,097 -30,004 -32,554 -32,437 -31,705 -32,103 -33,877 -30,644
19     Imports of goods and services -28,763 -28,487 -31,027 -30,851 -30,246 -30,727 -32,629 -29,507
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -25,638 -25,482 -28,022 -27,477 -26,582 -27,076 -28,991 -25,687
21         Services3 -3,125 -3,005 -3,005 -3,374 -3,663 -3,651 -3,638 -3,820
22             Direct defense expenditures -344 -429 -390 -425 -400 -504 -532 -550
23             Travel -905 -779 -657 -982 -1,010 -844 -810 -998
24             Passenger fares -529 -412 -434 -480 -593 -435 -446 -538
25             Other transportation -496 -522 -567 -547 -618 -661 -695 -561
26             Royalties and license fees5 -13 -8 -15 -10 (D) -26 -26 (D)
27             Other private services5 -756 -778 -859 -847 -941 -1,101 -1,045 -1,056
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -82 -78 -84 -83 (D) -80 -83 (D)
29     Income payments -1,334 -1,517 -1,526 -1,586 -1,459 -1,376 -1,248 -1,137
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -1,284 -1,489 -1,507 -1,540 -1,411 -1,349 -1,227 -1,090
31             Direct investment payments 38 -17 10 -63 -9 -30 -12 -11
32             Other private payments -455 -459 -472 -431 -378 -314 -331 -288
33             U.S. government payments -867 -1,013 -1,045 -1,046 -1,024 -1,005 -884 -791
34         Compensation of employees -50 -28 -19 -45 -48 -27 -20 -47
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -3,734 -2,896 -3,628 -5,960 -3,880 -4,200 -3,433 -3,943
36     U.S. government grants4 -1,935 -1,186 -1,790 -4,185 -2,064 -2,474 -1,579 -2,106
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -115 -110 -112 -115 -116 -112 -118 -115
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -1,684 -1,600 -1,726 -1,660 -1,700 -1,614 -1,736 -1,722
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -129 -132 -135 -137 -141 -143 -147 -148
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-3,978 -2,392 -99 -9,343 -5,797 -1,609 -2,810 1,502
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 8 91 258 178 68 110 56 216
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -144 -61 -16 -16 -43 -32 -21 -5
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 151 155 256 206 97 141 77 220
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 1 -3 18 -12 14 1 (*) 1
50     U.S. private assets -3,986 -2,483 -357 -9,521 -5,865 -1,719 -2,866 1,286
51         Direct investment -2,563 984 -1,151 -1,147 -3,768 -3,338 -745 1,271
52         Foreign securities -3,255 -1,417 -2,519 -3,486 -4,363 -607 -2,733 -57
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
142 32 -110 -211 11 272 246 195
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 1,690 -2,082 3,423 -4,677 2,255 1,954 366 -123
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
8,249 12,080 -2,463 9,761 5,530 2,799 -1,662 9,381
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 1,210 315 910 3,367 1,225 1,100 493 1,211
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 301 139 511 99 139 45 -87 -33
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 735 1,769 126 741 581 235 -682 -763
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
( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 6,003 18 9,857 18 -4,010 18 5,554 18 3,585 18 1,419 18 -1,386 18 8,966
70 Financial derivatives, net 58 2,004 -1,950 -482 -1,625 -1,599 135 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 13,221 4,387 23,222 20,323 17,938 16,930 21,327 6,925
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -15,967 -15,727 -17,870 -16,499 -14,832 -15,351 -16,709 -15,717
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 45 302 567 -52 -75 327 220 -346
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -15,922 -15,425 -17,303 -16,551 -14,908 -15,024 -16,488 -16,063
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 2,235 2,374 2,356 2,390 2,883 2,847 3,079 2,346
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -3,734 -2,896 -3,628 -5,960 -3,880 -4,200 -3,433 -3,943
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -17,421 -15,947 -18,575 -20,121 -15,905 -16,378 -16,843 -17,661

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