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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: March 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 2007 2008 2009 2010.Q4 2011.Q1/r 2011.Q2/r 2011.Q3/r 2011.Q4/p
1 Balance on current account -710,303 -677,135 -376,551 -112,179 -118,277 -123,431 -107,626 -124,105
2 Balance on goods and services -696,728 -698,338 -381,272 -118,749 -138,963 -145,215 -134,712 -141,066
3 Exports 1,654,561 1,842,682 1,575,037 484,747 507,602 523,864 538,190 535,389
4 Imports -2,351,288 -2,541,020 -1,956,310 -603,496 -646,565 -669,079 -672,902 -676,455
5 Income, net 101,485 147,089 128,001 39,930 52,949 57,292 60,575 50,250
6 Investment, net 111,109 157,841 137,058 42,221 55,178 59,507 62,805 52,514
7 Direct 244,584 284,292 262,178 67,338 79,279 80,896 82,947 73,578
8 Portfolio -133,475 -126,451 -125,120 -25,117 -24,100 -21,390 -20,143 -21,064
9 Compensation of employees -9,623 -10,752 -9,057 -2,292 -2,230 -2,215 -2,230 -2,264
10 Unilateral current transfers, net -115,061 -125,885 -123,280 -33,360 -32,263 -35,508 -33,489 -33,290
 
11 Change in U.S.government assets other than official reserve assets (increase, -) -22,273 -529,615 541,342 -240 -547 -1,358 -956 -99,289
 
12 Change in U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) -122 -4,848 -52,256 200 -3,619 -6,267 -4,079 -1,912
13 Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Special drawing rights (SDRs) -154 -106 -48,230 -10 1,961 -159 -27 -23
15 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund 1,021 -3,473 -3,357 321 -6,428 -5,974 -3,909 -1,768
16 Foreign currencies -989 -1,269 -669 -111 848 -134 -143 -121
 
17 Change in U.S. private assets abroad (increase, -) -1,431,209 866,571 -628,417 -236,762 -330,555 32,070 -70,112 90,248
18 Bank-reported claims2 -649,730 542,128 -242,865 -94,587 -87,810 194,654 25,860 88,488
19 Nonbank reported claims -928 456,177 144,867 -5,747 -95,007 7,069 18,202 69,343
20 U.S. purchase of foreign securities, net -366,512 197,347 -226,813 -43,438 -58,171 -30,444 -40,103 35,812
21 U.S. direct investments abroad, net -414,039 -329,081 -303,606 -92,990 -89,567 -139,209 -74,071 -103,395
 
22 Change in foreign official assets in United States (increase, +) 481,043 554,634 480,237 57,790 48,764 95,143 21,847 -923
23 U.S. Treasury securities 98,432 548,653 569,893 79,688 33,510 79,552 28,115 -17,573
24 Other U.S. government obligations 171,465 42,728 -132,569 -16,409 15,304 -3,206 -14,866 2,156
25 Other U.S. government liabilities2 5,436 9,029 58,182 3,841 2,645 2,089 2,245 1,828
26 Other U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks2 109,019 -149,676 -68,873 -7,277 -3,073 15,319 5,121 12,149
27 Other foreign official assets3 96,691 103,900 53,604 -2,053 378 1,389 1,232 517
 
 
28 Change in foreign private assets in United States (increase, +) 1,583,599 -123,228 -144,444 208,856 438,749 -91,294 210,969 60,481
29 U.S. bank-reported liabilities4 517,628 -428,337 -317,079 30,156 354,440 -112,608 61,540 -46,655
30 U.S. nonbank reported liabilities 183,221 -31,475 12,404 16,758 42,045 24,204 -21,092 -31,294
31 Foreign private purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, net 66,845 162,944 -14,937 29,514 3,466 -59,320 118,910 78,748
32 U.S. currency flows -10,675 29,187 12,632 13,440 12,576 13,989 9,614 18,817
33 Foreign purchases of other U.S. securities, net 605,414 -165,639 3,955 48,431 -2,590 -10,743 -25,569 -37,438
34 Foreign direct investments in United States, net 221,166 310,092 158,581 70,557 28,812 53,184 67,566 78,303
 
 
35 Capital account transactions, net5 384 6,010 -140 -2 -29 -829 -300 -3
36 Discrepancy 92,660 -59,443 130,773 82,841 -37,707 88,462 -45,793 75,502
37 Due to seasonal adjustment ... ... ... 14,802 13,225 -7,440 -24,988 19,203
38 Before seasonal adjustment 92,660 -59,443 130,772 68,039 -50,932 95,901 -20,805 56,300
 
  Memo  
  Changes in official assets  
39 U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) -122 -4,848 -52,256 200 -3,619 -6,267 -4,079 -1,912
 
40 Foreign official assets in United States, excluding line 25 (increase, +) 475,607 545,605 422,055 53,949 46,119 93,054 19,602 -2,751
  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 30, 2012