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International Summary Statistics

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: January 2010

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U.S. International Transactions Summary (3.10) 
Millions of dollars; quarterly data seasonally adjusted, except as noted1
Item credits or debits 2006 2007 2008 2008.Q3 2008.Q4 2009.Q1 2009.Q2 2009.Q3/p
1 Balance on current account -803,547 -726,573 -706,068 -184,178 -154,875 -104,450 -97,980 -108,034
2 Balance on goods and services -760,359 -701,422 -695,936 -185,942 -144,495 -92,408 -81,240 -97,378
3 Exports 1,451,684 1,643,168 1,826,596 478,064 424,151 372,201 371,409 392,534
4 Imports -2,212,043 -2,344,590 -2,522,532 -664,006 -568,646 -464,609 -452,649 -489,912
5 Income, net 48,085 90,845 118,231 34,125 21,146 18,301 16,670 23,709
6 Investment, net 54,692 97,941 125,550 35,936 23,024 20,110 18,423 25,466
7 Direct 174,046 236,715 249,885 66,997 51,263 51,198 47,730 51,389
8 Portfolio -119,354 -138,774 -124,335 -31,061 -28,239 -31,088 -29,307 -25,923
9 Compensation of employees -6,607 -7,095 -7,320 -1,811 -1,878 -1,809 -1,753 -1,757
10 Unilateral current transfers, net -91,273 -115,996 -128,363 -32,361 -31,527 -30,343 -33,410 -34,365
 
11 Change in U.S.government assets other than official reserve assets (increase, -) 5,346 -22,273 -529,615 -225,997 -265,293 244,102 193,750 57,928
 
12 Change in U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) 2,374 -122 -4,848 -179 -3,126 -982 -3,632 -49,021
13 Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Special drawing rights (SDRs) -223 -154 -106 -30 -25 -15 -8 -47,720
15 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund 3,331 1,021 -3,473 256 -2,886 -754 -3,485 -1,098
16 Foreign currencies -734 -989 -1,269 -405 -215 -213 -139 -203
 
17 Change in U.S. private assets abroad (increase, -) -1,293,449 -1,449,731 534,357 255,498 383,150 -148,387 -152,720 -303,009
18 Bank-reported claims2 -502,099 -644,093 433,379 143,079 293,882 -89,401 -27,208 -240,076
19 Nonbank reported claims -181,299 -40,517 372,229 87,352 103,739 17,477 14,519 47,656
20 U.S. purchase of foreign securities, net -365,129 -366,524 60,761 79,182 70,015 -36,201 -92,589 -47,847
21 U.S. direct investments abroad, net -244,922 -398,597 -332,012 -54,115 -84,486 -40,262 -47,442 -62,742
 
22 Change in foreign official assets in United States (increase, +) 487,939 480,949 487,021 115,573 -16,024 70,892 124,299 123,584
23 U.S. Treasury securities 208,564 98,432 477,652 116,479 178,948 118,309 123,713 123,763
24 Other U.S. government obligations 219,837 171,465 65,846 -10,559 -95,974 256 -3,052 -29,628
25 Other U.S. government liabilities2 2,816 5,342 8,626 1,642 2,900 2,720 1,228 53,313
26 Other U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks2 22,365 109,019 -153,443 9,797 -109,370 -51,891 -732 -27,483
27 Other foreign official assets3 34,357 96,691 88,340 -1,786 7,472 1,498 3,142 3,619
 
 
28 Change in foreign private assets in United States (increase, +) 1,577,230 1,648,511 47,050 2,324 4,136 -138,649 -109,685 208,823
29 U.S. bank-reported liabilities4 462,043 509,288 -326,589 -120,255 -35,171 -163,770 -178,890 126,978
30 U.S. nonbank reported liabilities 244,793 201,681 -45,167 76,442 -139,824 -8,270 43,003 22,079
31 Foreign private purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, net -58,229 66,807 196,619 80,049 81,496 53,716 -22,755 -9,156
32 U.S. currency flows 2,227 -10,675 29,187 5,845 29,862 11,816 -1,935 4,179
33 Foreign purchases of other U.S. securities, net 683,245 605,652 -126,737 -102,512 -29,029 -55,992 13,917 24,720
34 Foreign direct investments in United States, net 243,151 275,758 319,737 62,755 96,802 23,851 36,975 40,023
 
 
35 Capital account transactions, net5 -3,906 -1,895 953 2,967 -695 -710 -719 -686
36 Discrepancy -1,698 64,912 200,055 38,067 67,236 69,777 35,422 70,416
37 Due to seasonal adjustment ... ... ... -25,884 14,264 10,571 -1,806 -20,677
38 Before seasonal adjustment -1,697 64,912 200,055 63,951 52,972 59,206 37,227 91,094
 
  Memo  
  Changes in official assets  
39 U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) 2,374 -122 -4,848 -179 -3,126 -982 -3,632 -49,021
 
40 Foreign official assets in United States, excluding line 25 (increase, +) 485,123 475,607 478,395 113,931 -18,924 68,172 123,071 70,271
  1. Seasonal factors are not calculated for lines 11-16, 18-20, 22-35, and 38-41.   Return to table
  2. Associated primarily with military sales contracts and other transactions arranged with or through foreign official agencies.   Return to table
  3. Consists of investments in U.S. corporate stocks and in debt securities of private corporations and state and local governments.   Return to table
  4. Reporting banks included all types of depository institutions as well as some brokers and dealers.  Return to table
  5. Consists of capital transfers (such as those of accompanying migrants entering or leaving the country and debt forgiveness) and the acquisition and disposal of nonproduced nonfinancial assets.   Return to table
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business.
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Last update: January 29, 2010