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 - Canada 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 78,148 85,596 84,731 89,971 88,741 97,463 91,843 80,648
2     Exports of goods and services 68,500 74,546 72,710 77,228 77,076 84,382 78,665 68,847
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 58,178 63,922 61,452 66,159 64,624 71,897 66,959 58,357
4         Services3 10,322 10,624 11,258 11,069 12,452 12,486 11,706 10,490
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 68 74 52 86 76 134 137 141
6             Travel 2,972 3,207 3,254 3,419 4,406 4,351 3,465 2,577
7             Passenger fares 804 857 909 748 1,050 944 1,075 809
8             Other transportation 811 916 839 857 884 941 1,007 876
9             Royalties and license fees5 1,410 1,554 1,648 1,681 1,689 1,686 1,448 1,557
10             Other private services5 4,235 3,989 4,525 4,254 4,330 4,392 4,553 4,512
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 22 28 31 23 17 38 22 18
12     Income receipts 9,648 11,049 12,020 12,743 11,665 13,081 13,178 11,801
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 9,613 11,012 11,980 12,701 11,623 13,040 13,137 11,764
14             Direct investment receipts 4,315 5,245 5,739 6,385 5,462 6,996 6,830 5,829
15             Other private receipts 5,298 5,767 6,241 6,316 6,161 6,044 6,307 5,935
16             U.S. government receipts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17         Compensation of employees 35 37 40 42 42 42 41 37
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -89,623 -95,643 -93,923 -94,829 -95,662 -105,995 -104,641 -80,908
19     Imports of goods and services -82,151 -87,949 -86,432 -88,944 -89,425 -99,150 -98,507 -76,039
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -76,833 -81,618 -78,764 -83,108 -83,995 -92,714 -91,104 -70,732
21         Services3 -5,318 -6,331 -7,668 -5,836 -5,430 -6,436 -7,404 -5,307
22             Direct defense expenditures -54 -51 -52 -65 -65 -49 -68 -65
23             Travel -974 -1,951 -3,176 -1,147 -1,031 -1,888 -2,914 -1,084
24             Passenger fares -71 -76 -136 -116 -79 -88 -125 -102
25             Other transportation -1,185 -1,240 -1,232 -1,259 -1,245 -1,353 -1,315 -1,132
26             Royalties and license fees5 -201 -176 -162 -209 -184 -181 -145 -146
27             Other private services5 -2,762 -2,746 -2,818 -2,942 -2,722 -2,761 -2,721 -2,681
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -71 -91 -92 -98 -105 -115 -116 -97
29     Income payments -7,472 -7,694 -7,491 -5,884 -6,237 -6,846 -6,133 -4,870
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -7,340 -7,568 -7,365 -5,737 -6,086 -6,707 -6,001 -4,735
31             Direct investment payments -3,929 -3,945 -3,638 -1,994 -2,393 -3,018 -2,266 -1,145
32             Other private payments -3,048 -3,256 -3,429 -3,483 -3,412 -3,330 -3,395 -3,346
33             U.S. government payments -363 -367 -298 -260 -281 -359 -340 -244
34         Compensation of employees -132 -126 -126 -147 -151 -139 -133 -135
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -485 -318 -433 -497 -323 -381 -416 -326
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -161 -163 -163 -161 -165 -167 -166 -166
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -324 -155 -270 -336 -158 -214 -250 -160
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net 39 39 46 47 34 23 38 30
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-9,779 -33,481 -10,987 -12,931 -31,291 9,964 -8,245 3,590
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 0 1 (*) 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 0 1 (*) 1 (*) 1
50     U.S. private assets -9,779 -33,481 -10,987 -12,932 -31,291 9,963 -8,246 3,589
51         Direct investment -5,572 -3,153 -6,602 -7,445 -12,463 -2,155 -2,536 -3,739
52         Foreign securities -3,371 -3,360 -877 -5,153 1,278 -11,037 5,447 6,588
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
2,928 -3,136 1,559 -2,040 1,833 -772 620 2,113
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere -3,764 -23,832 -5,067 1,706 -21,939 23,927 -11,777 -1,373
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
17,549 28,101 22,617 5,426 29,867 33,136 -20,468 225
56     Foreign official assets in the United States 626 304 -1,056 847 -17 202 -181 1,507
57         U.S. government securities ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
59             Other10 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 -2 -10 107 56 79 -53 12 23
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States 16,923 27,797 23,673 4,579 29,884 32,934 -20,287 -1,282
64         Direct investment 5,174 12,236 14,048 5,468 9,446 11,544 883 1,581
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 5,750 5,432 6,896 7,451 7,346 10,763 -1,389 1,878
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 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere 3,208 8,740 8,424 -7,610 12,021 2,522 -8,758 2,356
70 Financial derivatives, net 2,630 -3,865 -625 -1,093 3,139 393 -2,375 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)14 1,521 19,571 -1,426 13,904 5,494 -34,602 44,263 -3,260
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -18,655 -17,696 -17,312 -16,949 -19,371 -20,817 -24,145 -12,374
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 5,004 4,293 3,590 5,233 7,023 6,050 4,302 5,183
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -13,651 -13,403 -13,722 -11,717 -12,348 -14,767 -19,843 -7,191
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 2,176 3,355 4,530 6,859 5,428 6,235 7,045 6,931
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -485 -318 -433 -497 -323 -381 -416 -326
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -11,960 -10,365 -9,625 -5,355 -7,243 -8,913 -13,213 -586

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