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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: January 2012

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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 2008 2009 2010 2010.Q3 2010.Q4 2011.Q1 2011.Q2 2011.Q3/p
1 Balance on current account -677,135 -376,551 -470,898 -120,127 -112,179 -119,591 -124,719 -110,281
2 Balance on goods and services -698,338 -381,272 -500,027 -131,113 -118,749 -139,972 -146,205 -135,580
3 Exports 1,842,682 1,575,037 1,837,577 465,194 484,747 507,557 523,834 536,473
4 Imports -2,541,020 -1,956,310 -2,337,604 -596,307 -603,496 -647,529 -670,040 -672,053
5 Income, net 147,089 128,001 165,224 45,740 39,930 52,658 56,936 58,305
6 Investment, net 157,841 137,058 174,459 48,066 42,221 54,886 59,150 60,520
7 Direct 284,292 262,178 280,639 74,188 67,338 78,982 80,536 80,872
8 Portfolio -126,451 -125,120 -106,180 -26,122 -25,117 -24,096 -21,386 -20,352
9 Compensation of employees -10,752 -9,057 -9,234 -2,327 -2,292 -2,228 -2,215 -2,215
10 Unilateral current transfers, net -125,885 -123,280 -136,095 -34,754 -33,360 -32,277 -35,449 -33,006
 
11 Change in U.S.government assets other than official reserve assets (increase, -) -529,615 541,342 7,540 788 -240 -547 -1,358 -1,265
 
12 Change in U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) -4,848 -52,256 -1,834 -1,096 200 -3,619 -6,267 -4,079
13 Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Special drawing rights (SDRs) -106 -48,230 -31 -8 -10 1,961 -159 -27
15 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund -3,473 -3,357 -1,293 -956 321 -6,428 -5,974 -3,909
16 Foreign currencies -1,269 -669 -510 -132 -111 848 -134 -143
 
17 Change in U.S. private assets abroad (increase, -) 866,571 -628,417 -1,010,888 -286,526 -236,762 -330,193 32,740 -65,490
18 Bank-reported claims2 542,128 -242,865 -515,043 -166,310 -94,587 -87,810 194,654 13,892
19 Nonbank reported claims 456,177 144,867 7,421 -2,146 -5,747 -95,007 7,069 18,944
20 U.S. purchase of foreign securities, net 197,347 -226,813 -151,916 -39,336 -43,438 -58,171 -30,444 -27,561
21 U.S. direct investments abroad, net -329,081 -303,606 -351,350 -78,734 -92,990 -89,205 -138,539 -70,765
 
22 Change in foreign official assets in United States (increase, +) 554,634 480,237 349,754 135,477 57,790 48,764 95,143 24,371
23 U.S. Treasury securities 548,653 569,893 397,797 188,994 79,688 33,510 79,552 31,311
24 Other U.S. government obligations 42,728 -132,569 -80,817 -65,258 -16,409 15,304 -3,206 -15,578
25 Other U.S. government liabilities2 9,029 58,182 12,124 1,773 3,841 2,645 2,089 2,365
26 Other U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks2 -149,676 -68,873 -9,375 10,019 -7,277 -3,073 15,319 5,041
27 Other foreign official assets3 103,900 53,604 30,025 -51 -2,053 378 1,389 1,232
 
 
28 Change in foreign private assets in United States (increase, +) -123,228 -144,444 895,982 327,638 208,856 438,430 -92,376 230,371
29 U.S. bank-reported liabilities4 -428,337 -317,079 177,100 83,066 30,156 354,440 -112,608 63,658
30 U.S. nonbank reported liabilities -31,475 12,404 77,456 11,668 16,758 42,045 24,204 -19,020
31 Foreign private purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, net 162,944 -14,937 256,428 60,659 29,514 3,466 -59,320 123,814
32 U.S. currency flows 29,187 12,632 28,319 10,514 13,440 12,576 13,989 9,614
33 Foreign purchases of other U.S. securities, net -165,639 3,955 120,453 82,076 48,431 -2,590 -10,743 -22,962
34 Foreign direct investments in United States, net 310,092 158,581 236,226 79,655 70,557 28,493 52,102 75,267
 
 
35 Capital account transactions, net5 6,010 -140 -152 -146 -2 -29 -829 0
36 Discrepancy -59,443 130,773 216,761 -44,116 82,841 -36,436 90,161 -73,627
37 Due to seasonal adjustment ... ... ... -21,959 14,802 14,497 -5,740 -24,678
38 Before seasonal adjustment -59,443 130,772 216,761 -22,157 68,039 -50,932 95,901 -48,949
 
  Memo  
  Changes in official assets  
39 U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) -4,848 -52,256 -1,834 -1,096 200 -3,619 -6,267 -4,079
 
40 Foreign official assets in United States, excluding line 25 (increase, +) 545,605 422,055 337,630 133,704 53,949 46,119 93,054 22,006
  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 27, 2012