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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: May 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 2009 2010 2011 2010.Q4 2011.Q1 2011.Q2 2011.Q3 2011.Q4/p
1 Balance on current account -376,551 -470,898 -473,440 -112,179 -118,277 -123,431 -107,626 -124,105
2 Balance on goods and services -381,272 -500,027 -559,956 -118,749 -138,963 -145,215 -134,712 -141,066
3 Exports 1,575,037 1,837,577 2,105,045 484,747 507,602 523,864 538,190 535,389
4 Imports -1,956,310 -2,337,604 -2,665,001 -603,496 -646,565 -669,079 -672,902 -676,455
5 Income, net 128,001 165,224 221,065 39,930 52,949 57,292 60,575 50,250
6 Investment, net 137,058 174,459 230,004 42,221 55,178 59,507 62,805 52,514
7 Direct 262,178 280,639 316,701 67,338 79,279 80,896 82,947 73,578
8 Portfolio -125,120 -106,180 -86,697 -25,117 -24,100 -21,390 -20,143 -21,064
9 Compensation of employees -9,057 -9,234 -8,938 -2,292 -2,230 -2,215 -2,230 -2,264
10 Unilateral current transfers, net -123,280 -136,095 -134,550 -33,360 -32,263 -35,508 -33,489 -33,290
 
11 Change in U.S.government assets other than official reserve assets (increase, -) 541,342 7,540 -102,150 -240 -547 -1,358 -956 -99,289
 
12 Change in U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) -52,256 -1,834 -15,877 200 -3,619 -6,267 -4,079 -1,912
13 Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Special drawing rights (SDRs) -48,230 -31 1,752 -10 1,961 -159 -27 -23
15 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund -3,357 -1,293 -18,079 321 -6,428 -5,974 -3,909 -1,768
16 Foreign currencies -669 -510 450 -111 848 -134 -143 -121
 
17 Change in U.S. private assets abroad (increase, -) -628,417 -1,010,888 -278,348 -236,762 -330,555 32,070 -70,112 90,248
18 Bank-reported claims2 -242,865 -515,043 221,192 -94,587 -87,810 194,654 25,860 88,488
19 Nonbank reported claims 144,867 7,421 -393 -5,747 -95,007 7,069 18,202 69,343
20 U.S. purchase of foreign securities, net -226,813 -151,916 -92,906 -43,438 -58,171 -30,444 -40,103 35,812
21 U.S. direct investments abroad, net -303,606 -351,350 -406,241 -92,990 -89,567 -139,209 -74,071 -103,395
 
22 Change in foreign official assets in United States (increase, +) 480,237 349,754 164,831 57,790 48,764 95,143 21,847 -923
23 U.S. Treasury securities 569,893 397,797 123,604 79,688 33,510 79,552 28,115 -17,573
24 Other U.S. government obligations -132,569 -80,817 -612 -16,409 15,304 -3,206 -14,866 2,156
25 Other U.S. government liabilities2 58,182 12,124 8,807 3,841 2,645 2,089 2,245 1,828
26 Other U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks2 -68,873 -9,375 29,516 -7,277 -3,073 15,319 5,121 12,149
27 Other foreign official assets3 53,604 30,025 3,516 -2,053 378 1,389 1,232 517
 
 
28 Change in foreign private assets in United States (increase, +) -144,444 895,982 618,906 208,856 438,749 -91,294 210,969 60,481
29 U.S. bank-reported liabilities4 -317,079 177,100 256,717 30,156 354,440 -112,608 61,540 -46,655
30 U.S. nonbank reported liabilities 12,404 77,456 13,863 16,758 42,045 24,204 -21,092 -31,294
31 Foreign private purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, net -14,937 256,428 141,804 29,514 3,466 -59,320 118,910 78,748
32 U.S. currency flows 12,632 28,319 54,996 13,440 12,576 13,989 9,614 18,817
33 Foreign purchases of other U.S. securities, net 3,955 120,453 -76,340 48,431 -2,590 -10,743 -25,569 -37,438
34 Foreign direct investments in United States, net 158,581 236,226 227,866 70,557 28,812 53,184 67,566 78,303
 
 
35 Capital account transactions, net5 -140 -152 -1,160 -2 -29 -829 -300 -3
36 Discrepancy 130,773 216,761 80,464 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 130,772 216,761 80,464 68,039 -50,932 95,901 -20,805 56,300
 
  Memo  
  Changes in official assets  
39 U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) -52,256 -1,834 -15,877 200 -3,619 -6,267 -4,079 -1,912
 
40 Foreign official assets in United States, excluding line 25 (increase, +) 422,055 337,630 156,024 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: May 25, 2012