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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 - European Union 15 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 180,834 194,172 200,432 204,460 198,347 205,629 200,533 180,759
2     Exports of goods and services 101,278 105,258 107,658 110,545 113,638 122,827 120,827 111,817
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 60,675 60,850 58,654 62,065 68,047 72,622 67,567 62,564
4         Services3 40,603 44,408 49,004 48,479 45,591 50,204 53,260 49,254
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 872 836 724 585 772 485 551 527
6             Travel 5,479 7,163 9,199 7,171 6,702 9,135 11,550 7,884
7             Passenger fares 1,319 1,664 2,173 2,349 1,903 2,540 3,311 2,474
8             Other transportation 4,039 4,216 4,285 4,675 4,464 4,872 4,991 4,458
9             Royalties and license fees5 8,735 9,226 10,089 10,722 9,804 10,638 10,421 11,036
10             Other private services5 20,098 21,247 22,467 22,919 21,888 22,476 22,366 22,801
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 60 56 67 57 58 58 70 73
12     Income receipts 79,556 88,914 92,774 93,915 84,709 82,803 79,706 68,942
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 79,467 88,824 92,683 93,823 84,616 82,708 79,610 68,849
14             Direct investment receipts 32,962 37,569 38,063 40,317 37,845 39,481 35,987 29,977
15             Other private receipts 46,260 51,047 54,382 53,253 46,301 42,780 42,888 37,301
16             U.S. government receipts 245 208 238 253 470 447 735 1,571
17         Compensation of employees 89 90 91 92 94 95 95 93
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -189,413 -215,750 -209,434 -202,954 -190,954 -216,012 -204,953 -168,025
19     Imports of goods and services -115,758 -128,191 -128,575 -129,451 -123,695 -138,765 -135,790 -121,178
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -83,514 -90,087 -89,197 -93,382 -89,614 -97,947 -94,393 -85,365
21         Services3 -32,244 -38,104 -39,378 -36,069 -34,082 -40,817 -41,398 -35,813
22             Direct defense expenditures -2,616 -2,669 -2,727 -3,103 -3,032 -3,144 -3,446 -3,176
23             Travel -3,509 -7,197 -7,178 -4,069 -3,551 -8,063 -7,115 -4,123
24             Passenger fares -2,639 -3,928 -3,939 -2,779 -2,773 -4,541 -4,296 -3,090
25             Other transportation -5,171 -5,754 -6,060 -5,872 -5,856 -6,626 -6,954 -5,690
26             Royalties and license fees5 -2,938 -2,817 -2,861 -3,289 -3,079 -2,960 -3,104 -3,329
27             Other private services5 -14,999 -15,375 -16,211 -16,551 -15,397 -15,108 -16,083 -15,996
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -372 -364 -402 -405 -393 -376 -400 -409
29     Income payments -73,655 -87,559 -80,859 -73,503 -67,259 -77,247 -69,163 -46,847
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -73,521 -87,449 -80,755 -73,370 -67,123 -77,132 -69,054 -46,708
31             Direct investment payments -18,213 -26,000 -17,270 -11,200 -10,941 -24,910 -17,574 -527
32             Other private payments -49,984 -55,797 -57,137 -54,898 -48,588 -44,534 -44,244 -39,105
33             U.S. government payments -5,324 -5,652 -6,348 -7,272 -7,594 -7,688 -7,236 -7,076
34         Compensation of employees -134 -110 -104 -133 -137 -115 -109 -140
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -1,700 -801 -1,686 -525 -2,244 -963 -1,601 -1,211
36     U.S. government grants4 -34 -40 -38 -43 -64 -49 -49 -28
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -396 -418 -422 -425 -424 -427 -438 -434
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -1,270 -343 -1,226 -57 -1,756 -487 -1,114 -749
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -115 378 -118 -120 -121 -122 -124 -125
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-284,808 -292,561 -194,681 -96,072 -191,818 32,486 5,755 245,056
41     U.S. official reserve assets -179 -152 -163 -185 -249 -194 -291 -152
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 -179 -152 -163 -185 -249 -194 -291 -152
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 34 16 14 -19,984 5,021 -34,985 -169,692 -144,737
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -51 -61 -21 -74 -3 0 -22 -58
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 88 68 47 82 31 7 49 7
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -3 9 -12 -19,992 4,993 -34,992 -169,719 -144,686
50     U.S. private assets -284,663 -292,425 -194,531 -75,903 -196,590 67,665 175,738 389,945
51         Direct investment -25,518 -63,927 -34,781 -51,249 -43,228 -43,697 -33,034 -28,239
52         Foreign securities -85,477 -72,406 -67,184 -10,388 -31,740 -31,079 64,296 44,108
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		-41,853 -38,607 28,836 11,163 36,931 46,346 123,950 25,567
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -131,815 -117,485 -121,402 -25,429 -158,553 96,095 20,526 348,509
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		456,991 382,084 138,529 41,421 222,597 -177,044 -31,631 -222,072
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 -359 -249 -227 67 -48 169 305 512
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 9,726 42,566 74,635 21,491 35,491 45,482 39,990 60,164
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 128,597 200,312 -20,056 44,161 -8,250 -6,102 -50,452 5,301
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 		89,495 75,910 51,121 -98,652 79,370 -48,182 64,242 -113,707
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 18 229,532 18 63,545 18 33,056 18 74,354 18 116,034 18 -168,411 18 -85,716 18 -174,342
70 Financial derivatives, net 7,958 2,187 8,190 -8,317 -2,941 -8,304 -9,461 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 -169,748 -69,708 58,768 62,108 -32,866 164,330 41,482 -34,382
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -22,839 -29,237 -30,543 -31,317 -21,567 -25,325 -26,826 -22,802
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 8,359 6,304 9,626 12,411 11,510 9,387 11,862 13,441
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -14,480 -22,933 -20,917 -18,906 -10,057 -15,938 -14,964 -9,361
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 5,901 1,355 11,915 20,412 17,450 5,555 10,543 22,095
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -1,700 -801 -1,686 -525 -2,244 -963 -1,601 -1,211
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -10,278 -22,379 -10,688 981 5,149 -11,345 -6,021 11,523

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