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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: March 2014

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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 2012.Q4 2013.Q1/r 2013.Q2/r 2013.Q3/r 2013.Q4/p
1 Balance on current account -381,636 -449,471 -457,725 -102,320 -105,045 -96,750 -96,365 -81,118
2 Balance on goods and services -383,657 -499,379 -556,838 -127,378 -121,958 -117,449 -121,541 -113,915
3 Exports 1,578,187 1,844,468 2,112,825 556,561 558,427 565,273 568,639 579,046
4 Imports -1,961,844 -2,343,847 -2,669,663 -683,939 -680,385 -682,722 -690,180 -692,962
5 Income, net 123,580 177,659 232,648 56,965 50,053 55,183 59,136 64,393
6 Investment, net 132,259 185,690 240,727 58,974 52,081 57,381 61,344 66,619
7 Direct 257,692 288,016 310,560 75,688 68,344 71,854 75,344 80,251
8 Portfolio -125,433 -102,326 -69,832 -16,714 -16,263 -14,473 -14,000 -13,632
9 Compensation of employees -8,678 -8,031 -8,079 -2,010 -2,029 -2,198 -2,208 -2,227
10 Unilateral current transfers, net -121,559 -127,751 -133,535 -31,906 -33,140 -34,484 -33,960 -31,595
 
11 Change in U.S.government assets other than official reserve assets (increase, -) 541,342 7,540 -103,666 2,388 -446 3,115 -142 -553
 
12 Change in U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) -52,256 -1,834 -15,877 895 -876 191 1,001 2,782
13 Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Special drawing rights (SDRs) -48,230 -31 1,752 -6 -5 -6 -5 -6
15 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund -3,357 -1,293 -18,079 969 -755 287 1,071 2,835
16 Foreign currencies -669 -510 450 -68 -116 -90 -65 -47
 
17 Change in U.S. private assets abroad (increase, -) -617,946 -915,659 -332,761 -119,279 -226,892 -108,659 -71,684 -150,820
18 Bank-reported claims4 -234,679 -506,821 215,866 30,801 12,594 126,586 64,877 48,171
19 Nonbank reported claims 154,139 31,326 4,147 18,334 -22,437 -59,730 -1,054 21,457
20 U.S. purchase of foreign securities, net -227,024 -139,084 -143,770 -72,996 -133,783 -79,359 -42,280 -133,456
21 U.S. direct investments abroad, net -310,382 -301,080 -409,004 -95,418 -83,266 -96,156 -93,227 -86,992
 
22 Change in foreign official assets in United States (increase, +) 480,286 398,309 253,816 84,396 126,871 -6,577 66,070 97,380
23 U.S. Treasury securities 569,893 442,012 169,813 93,271 118,533 -11,974 13,890 115,074
24 Other U.S. government obligations -132,569 -88,718 -20,712 -33,072 -21,930 -11,584 19,224 -16,585
25 Other U.S. government liabilities2 58,206 12,442 9,563 807 1,608 3,546 3,768 2,384
26 Other U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks4 -68,848 -7,967 27,474 5,414 20,061 -9,354 29,024 21,212
27 Other foreign official assets3 53,604 40,540 67,678 17,976 8,599 22,789 164 -24,705
 
28 Change in foreign private assets in United States (increase, +) -165,223 935,612 715,190 158,005 140,016 175,140 79,522 227,645
29 U.S. bank-reported liabilities4 -324,237 194,177 290,334 -54,668 86,154 155,144 -120,230 88,468
30 U.S. nonbank reported liabilities 9,536 67,985 6,053 -22,440 -20,872 18,850 -59,979 -2,818
31 Foreign private purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, net -15,451 298,341 188,045 33,515 50,780 -6,065 64,833 92,672
32 U.S. currency flows 12,632 28,319 54,996 15,812 4,957 9,486 12,664 10,615
33 Foreign purchases of other U.S. securities, net 1,855 140,939 -54,462 143,494 -10,970 -43,203 127,913 -29,437
34 Foreign direct investments in United States, net 150,442 205,851 230,224 42,292 29,967 40,928 54,321 68,145
 
35 Capital account transactions, net5 -140 -157 -1,212 7,668 -40 -227 -146 NA
36 Discrepancy 150,757 11,585 -92,771 -34,738 62,464 30,256 28,313 -92,577
37 Due to seasonal adjustment ... ... ... 23,771 13,040 -13,910 -16,793 17,662
38 Before seasonal adjustment 150,757 11,585 -92,771 -58,510 49,424 44,165 45,106 -110,238
 
  Memo  
  Changes in official assets  
39 U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) -52,256 -1,834 -15,877 895 -876 191 1,001 2,782
 
40 Foreign official assets in United States, excluding line 25 (increase, +) 422,080 385,867 244,253 83,589 125,263 -10,123 62,302 94,996
  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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