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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: August 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 2011.Q1 2011.Q2 2011.Q3 2011.Q4 2012.Q1/p
1 Balance on current account -381,896 -441,951 -465,926 -119,997 -119,117 -108,158 -118,656 -137,313
2 Balance on goods and services -379,154 -494,737 -559,880 -137,225 -141,549 -134,822 -146,286 -150,997
3 Exports 1,578,945 1,842,485 2,103,367 508,811 524,000 537,351 533,204 542,921
4 Imports -1,958,099 -2,337,222 -2,663,247 -646,036 -665,549 -672,173 -679,489 -693,918
5 Income, net 119,717 183,859 227,007 52,451 56,209 58,478 59,869 47,571
6 Investment, net 127,552 191,017 235,014 54,465 58,212 60,486 61,851 49,453
7 Direct 252,965 297,895 321,679 78,730 79,562 80,845 82,542 70,963
8 Portfolio -125,413 -106,878 -86,665 -24,265 -21,351 -20,359 -20,691 -21,511
9 Compensation of employees -7,834 -7,158 -8,006 -2,014 -2,003 -2,008 -1,983 -1,882
10 Unilateral current transfers, net -122,459 -131,074 -133,053 -35,223 -33,777 -31,815 -32,240 -33,887
 
11 Change in U.S.government assets other than official reserve assets (increase, -) 541,342 7,540 -103,666 -547 -1,358 -1,137 -100,624 52,676
 
12 Change in U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) -52,256 -1,834 -15,877 -3,619 -6,267 -4,079 -1,912 -1,239
13 Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Special drawing rights (SDRs) -48,230 -31 1,752 1,961 -159 -27 -23 -11
15 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund -3,357 -1,293 -18,079 -6,428 -5,974 -3,909 -1,768 -1,084
16 Foreign currencies -669 -510 450 848 -134 -143 -121 -144
 
17 Change in U.S. private assets abroad (increase, -) -608,622 -945,189 -364,110 -368,778 15,042 -86,679 76,305 63,343
18 Bank-reported claims2 -245,842 -511,297 213,627 -86,699 199,487 14,428 86,411 220,264
19 Nonbank reported claims 153,695 32,969 -11,608 -92,203 6,147 9,326 65,122 -49,562
20 U.S. purchase of foreign securities, net -227,024 -138,984 -146,797 -85,472 -57,195 -40,110 35,980 3,571
21 U.S. direct investments abroad, net -289,451 -327,877 -419,332 -104,404 -133,397 -70,323 -111,208 -110,930
 
22 Change in foreign official assets in United States (increase, +) 480,286 398,188 211,826 72,974 121,822 19,889 -2,859 67,593
23 U.S. Treasury securities 569,893 442,012 171,179 56,274 104,363 28,115 -17,573 82,751
24 Other U.S. government obligations -132,569 -88,718 -12,444 11,445 -7,179 -16,866 156 363
25 Other U.S. government liabilities2 58,206 12,321 9,063 2,714 2,236 2,287 1,826 2,814
26 Other U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks2 -68,848 -7,967 30,010 -3,090 15,764 5,121 12,215 -19,087
27 Other foreign official assets3 53,604 40,540 14,018 5,631 6,638 1,232 517 752
 
 
28 Change in foreign private assets in United States (increase, +) -165,896 910,091 789,164 505,998 -23,268 246,508 59,926 -25,654
29 U.S. bank-reported liabilities4 -324,330 175,871 309,177 359,977 -101,355 92,820 -42,265 -126,779
30 U.S. nonbank reported liabilities 8,956 62,957 6,567 40,688 25,538 -19,670 -39,989 17,200
31 Foreign private purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, net -15,451 297,797 240,878 55,054 -17,613 120,918 82,519 33,992
32 U.S. currency flows 12,632 28,319 54,996 12,576 13,989 9,614 18,817 18,057
33 Foreign purchases of other U.S. securities, net 1,855 139,316 -56,442 4,338 -5,108 -20,396 -35,276 3,186
34 Foreign direct investments in United States, net 150,442 205,831 233,988 33,365 61,281 63,222 76,120 28,690
 
 
35 Capital account transactions, net5 -140 -157 -1,212 -29 -829 -300 -55 NA
36 Discrepancy 142,365 59,237 -89,208 -88,930 6,555 -62,094 55,263 -19,407
37 Due to seasonal adjustment ... ... ... 17,684 -11,134 -26,771 20,223 19,853
38 Before seasonal adjustment 142,365 59,237 -89,208 -106,614 17,689 -35,323 35,040 -39,260
 
  Memo  
  Changes in official assets  
39 U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) -52,256 -1,834 -15,877 -3,619 -6,267 -4,079 -1,912 -1,239
 
40 Foreign official assets in United States, excluding line 25 (increase, +) 422,080 385,867 202,763 70,260 119,586 17,602 -4,685 64,779
  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: August 31, 2012