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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: August 2013

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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 2010 2011 2012 2012.Q1 2012.Q2 2012.Q3 2012.Q4 2013.Q1/p
1 Balance on current account -449,471 -457,725 -440,416 -120,842 -110,513 -106,742 -102,320 -106,145
2 Balance on goods and services -499,379 -556,838 -534,656 -142,947 -135,302 -129,029 -127,378 -123,658
3 Exports 1,844,468 2,112,825 2,210,585 548,046 553,702 552,275 556,561 559,018
4 Imports -2,343,847 -2,669,663 -2,745,240 -690,993 -689,004 -681,304 -683,939 -682,676
5 Income, net 177,659 232,648 223,928 54,876 57,457 54,630 56,965 51,976
6 Investment, net 185,690 240,727 232,264 56,885 59,653 56,752 58,974 53,930
7 Direct 288,016 310,560 293,486 72,642 74,295 70,861 75,688 70,473
8 Portfolio -102,326 -69,832 -61,223 -15,757 -14,642 -14,109 -16,714 -16,543
9 Compensation of employees -8,031 -8,079 -8,336 -2,009 -2,196 -2,122 -2,010 -1,955
10 Unilateral current transfers, net -127,751 -133,535 -129,688 -32,771 -32,668 -32,343 -31,906 -34,463
 
11 Change in U.S.government assets other than official reserve assets (increase, -) 7,540 -103,666 85,331 51,087 16,650 15,206 2,388 826
 
12 Change in U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) -1,834 -15,877 -4,460 -1,233 -3,289 -833 895 -876
13 Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Special drawing rights (SDRs) -31 1,752 -37 -11 -10 -10 -6 -5
15 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund -1,293 -18,079 -4,032 -1,078 -3,179 -744 969 -755
16 Foreign currencies -510 450 -391 -144 -100 -79 -68 -116
 
17 Change in U.S. private assets abroad (increase, -) -915,659 -332,761 -178,341 43,665 178,701 -281,428 -119,279 -218,707
18 Bank-reported claims2 -506,821 215,866 380,498 221,602 271,030 -142,935 30,801 16,629
19 Nonbank reported claims 31,326 4,147 -25,723 -67,175 16,793 6,325 18,334 -16,283
20 U.S. purchase of foreign securities, net -139,084 -143,770 -144,823 2,276 -22,920 -51,183 -72,996 -130,556
21 U.S. direct investments abroad, net -301,080 -409,004 -388,293 -113,038 -86,202 -93,635 -95,418 -88,497
 
22 Change in foreign official assets in United States (increase, +) 398,309 253,816 393,922 144,468 57,374 107,684 84,396 84,768
23 U.S. Treasury securities 442,012 169,813 433,155 143,100 96,213 100,571 93,271 78,533
24 Other U.S. government obligations -88,718 -20,712 -118,495 -18,875 -53,286 -13,262 -33,072 -21,930
25 Other U.S. government liabilities2 12,442 9,563 8,241 2,939 2,773 1,722 807 1,106
26 Other U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks2 -7,967 27,474 -1,572 -14,458 406 7,066 5,414 20,061
27 Other foreign official assets3 40,540 67,678 72,593 31,762 11,268 11,587 17,976 6,998
 
 
28 Change in foreign private assets in United States (increase, +) 935,612 715,190 149,962 32,913 -233,842 192,886 158,005 210,772
29 U.S. bank-reported liabilities4 194,177 290,334 -387,378 -127,450 -220,672 15,412 -54,668 104,950
30 U.S. nonbank reported liabilities 67,985 6,053 -39,505 13,279 -25,581 -4,763 -22,440 -20,467
31 Foreign private purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, net 298,341 188,045 156,385 64,974 -4,652 62,548 33,515 109,378
32 U.S. currency flows 28,319 54,996 57,141 18,057 7,116 16,156 15,812 4,957
33 Foreign purchases of other U.S. securities, net 140,939 -54,462 196,908 28,297 -39,577 64,694 143,494 -10,880
34 Foreign direct investments in United States, net 205,851 230,224 166,411 35,756 49,524 38,839 42,292 22,834
 
 
35 Capital account transactions, net5 -157 -1,212 6,956 -1 -241 -470 7,668 0
36 Discrepancy 11,585 -92,771 -5,891 -142,718 92,741 78,825 -34,738 25,475
37 Due to seasonal adjustment ... ... ... 13,576 -16,117 -21,229 23,771 14,317
38 Before seasonal adjustment 11,585 -92,771 -5,892 -156,294 108,858 100,054 -58,510 11,158
 
  Memo  
  Changes in official assets  
39 U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) -1,834 -15,877 -4,460 -1,233 -3,289 -833 895 -876
 
40 Foreign official assets in United States, excluding line 25 (increase, +) 385,867 244,253 385,681 141,529 54,601 105,962 83,589 83,662
  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 30, 2013