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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: March 2011

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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 2009.Q4 2010.Q1/r 2010.Q2/r 2010.Q3/r 2010.Q4/p
1 Balance on current account -802,636 -718,094 -668,854 -100,907 -108,683 -122,727 -125,489 -113,345
2 Balance on goods and services -759,240 -702,099 -698,802 -104,707 -113,870 -132,506 -132,621 -116,730
3 Exports 1,452,783 1,648,665 1,839,012 420,444 439,622 450,566 461,761 482,217
4 Imports -2,212,023 -2,350,763 -2,537,814 -525,152 -553,492 -583,072 -594,382 -598,947
5 Income, net 48,085 99,553 151,974 35,068 40,076 42,943 41,366 38,589
6 Investment, net 54,692 106,649 159,294 37,027 42,118 45,028 43,461 40,707
7 Direct 174,046 241,578 287,687 64,541 68,904 71,582 69,151 65,299
8 Portfolio -119,354 -134,929 -128,393 -27,514 -26,786 -26,554 -25,690 -24,592
9 Compensation of employees -6,607 -7,095 -7,320 -1,959 -2,042 -2,085 -2,095 -2,118
10 Unilateral current transfers, net -91,481 -115,548 -122,026 -31,268 -34,889 -33,163 -34,234 -35,204
 
11 Change in U.S.government assets other than official reserve assets (increase, -) 5,346 -22,273 -529,615 45,754 9,433 -2,441 788 -297
 
12 Change in U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) 2,374 -122 -4,848 1,379 -773 -165 -1,096 200
13 Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Special drawing rights (SDRs) -223 -154 -106 -487 -7 -6 -8 -10
15 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund 3,331 1,021 -3,473 1,980 -581 -77 -956 321
16 Foreign currencies -734 -989 -1,269 -114 -185 -82 -132 -111
 
17 Change in U.S. private assets abroad (increase, -) -1,293,449 -1,453,324 690,540 -55,817 -309,931 -138,653 -340,717 -241,072
18 Bank-reported claims2 -502,099 -649,730 422,631 56,579 -171,782 -57,013 -193,481 -96,872
19 Nonbank reported claims -181,299 -23,089 421,153 16,248 10,821 11,306 -18,623 -1,957
20 U.S. purchase of foreign securities, net -365,129 -366,512 197,897 -45,489 -46,147 -20,329 -50,489 -50,185
21 U.S. direct investments abroad, net -244,922 -413,993 -351,141 -83,155 -102,823 -72,617 -78,124 -92,058
 
22 Change in foreign official assets in United States (increase, +) 487,939 481,043 550,770 116,835 72,507 43,568 132,885 49,082
23 U.S. Treasury securities 208,564 98,432 548,653 124,428 89,654 18,229 188,994 77,247
24 Other U.S. government obligations 219,837 171,465 42,728 -22,953 -6,270 19,619 -67,958 -22,360
25 Other U.S. government liabilities2 2,816 5,436 8,912 1,297 4,060 2,484 1,786 3,887
26 Other U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks2 22,365 109,019 -153,423 12,712 -15,968 3,886 10,019 -7,277
27 Other foreign official assets3 34,357 96,691 103,900 1,351 1,031 -650 44 -2,415
 
 
28 Change in foreign private assets in United States (increase, +) 1,577,230 1,626,612 -96,048 -13,220 247,751 118,673 355,868 224,497
29 U.S. bank-reported liabilities4 462,043 511,463 -411,968 -63,898 63,831 -6,747 104,142 30,994
30 U.S. nonbank reported liabilities 244,793 182,355 -36,522 -24,982 20,877 9,406 3,755 15,924
31 Foreign private purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, net -58,229 66,845 161,411 15,221 103,092 101,320 64,497 37,498
32 U.S. currency flows 2,227 -10,675 29,187 -1,428 2,265 2,100 10,514 13,440
33 Foreign purchases of other U.S. securities, net 683,245 605,414 -166,490 20,353 6,077 -5,588 104,062 70,866
34 Foreign direct investments in United States, net 243,151 271,210 328,334 41,514 51,609 18,182 68,898 55,775
 
 
35 Capital account transactions, net5 -1,788 384 6,010 -56 -3 -2 -146 0
36 Discrepancy -4,727 79,552 84,991 -14,779 73,860 91,698 -11,351 80,935
37 Due to seasonal adjustment ... ... ... 13,336 11,082 -4,825 -21,393 15,137
38 Before seasonal adjustment -4,727 79,551 84,991 -28,115 62,779 96,523 10,042 65,798
 
  Memo  
  Changes in official assets  
39 U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) 2,374 -122 -4,848 1,379 -773 -165 -1,096 200
 
40 Foreign official assets in United States, excluding line 25 (increase, +) 485,123 475,607 541,858 115,538 68,447 41,084 131,099 45,195
  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: March 25, 2011