U.S. International Transactions Accounts Data

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Today's Date: August 5, 2010     Release Date: June 17, 2010     Next Release Date: September 16, 2010
Earliest Quarter Revised on June 17, 2010: 1999:I
Table 12. U.S. International Transactions, by Area - Germany 28 29
[Millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted]
Line (Credits +; debits -) 1 2009 2010
I II III IV I p
  Current account  
1 Exports of goods and services and income receipts 21,288 20,792 21,242 22,196 21,562
2     Exports of goods and services 16,617 16,656 16,842 18,162 17,328
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 11,226 10,169 10,505 11,880 11,662
4         Services3 5,391 6,487 6,337 6,282 5,666
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 28 41 27 41 19
6             Travel 871 1,152 1,410 1,001 883
7             Passenger fares 264 279 307 288 250
8             Other transportation 580 629 603 638 641
9             Royalties and license fees5 1,285 1,861 1,553 1,527 1,336
10             Other private services5 2,343 2,506 2,413 2,761 2,504
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 20 19 24 25 33
12     Income receipts 4,670 4,136 4,400 4,034 4,234
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 4,652 4,116 4,379 4,013 4,213
14             Direct investment receipts 1,134 1,433 1,745 1,539 1,838
15             Other private receipts 3,326 2,570 2,464 2,389 2,223
16             U.S. government receipts 192 113 170 85 152
17         Compensation of employees 19 20 20 21 20
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -29,165 -28,059 -31,104 -34,789 -31,359
19     Imports of goods and services -24,975 -23,243 -25,922 -28,696 -25,351
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -16,901 -15,951 -18,062 -20,962 -17,952
21         Services3 -8,074 -7,293 -7,860 -7,733 -7,398
22             Direct defense expenditures -1,868 -1,914 -2,048 -2,014 -2,015
23             Travel -468 -742 -743 -429 -461
24             Passenger fares -509 -618 -649 -482 -514
25             Other transportation -802 -796 -753 -737 -743
26             Royalties and license fees5 -702 -930 -773 -925 -794
27             Other private services5 -3,612 -2,181 -2,778 -3,031 -2,752
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -113 -111 -116 -116 -119
29     Income payments -4,190 -4,816 -5,181 -6,093 -6,008
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -4,160 -4,789 -5,156 -6,062 -5,976
31             Direct investment payments -1,469 -2,641 -3,286 -4,267 -4,261
32             Other private payments -2,223 -1,746 -1,505 -1,450 -1,373
33             U.S. government payments -468 -402 -365 -345 -342
34         Compensation of employees -30 -26 -25 -31 -32
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -846 477 10 -210 -200
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -115 -113 -117 -114 -116
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -731 590 127 -96 -84
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net 0 0 0 0 0
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-29,427 -15,390 22,194 31,724 22,330
41     U.S. official reserve assets -93 -16 -74 -32 -80
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
45         Foreign currencies -93 -16 -74 -32 -80
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 3 -1 -2 2 2
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets 0 0 0 0 0
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 0 0 0 0 0
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 3 -1 -2 2 2
50     U.S. private assets -29,337 -15,373 22,270 31,754 22,408
51         Direct investment -365 -3,249 165 -3,327 -4,293
52         Foreign securities 2,061 3,205 7,770 5,757 6,374
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
-4,029 7,191 2,174 4,796 11,646
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers14 -27,004 -22,520 12,161 24,528 8,681
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
-13,444 2,062 -17,600 -22,486 6,686
56     Foreign official assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
57         U.S. government securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
59             Other10 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 -1 32 14 -8 25
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
64         Direct investment 3,341 4,510 3,501 4,857 1,215
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -1,842 -4,927 252 -688 1,179
67         U.S. currency n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
68         U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
-1,146 -4,015 -839 -2,377 -1,701
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers15 18 -13,796 18 6,462 18 -20,528 18 -24,270 18 5,968
70 Financial derivatives, net -6,470 -428 2,204 3,116 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)16 58,064 20,546 3,053 449 20 -19,019
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -5,675 -5,781 -7,557 -9,082 -6,290
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) -2,683 -806 -1,523 -1,452 -1,732
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -8,357 -6,588 -9,080 -10,534 -8,022
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 480 -680 -782 -2,059 -1,775
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -846 477 10 -210 -200
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -8,723 -6,790 -9,851 -12,804 -9,997

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