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 - Belgium 27 28
[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 7,143 7,670 7,708 8,805 8,930
2     Exports of goods and services 6,106 6,382 6,235 6,836 6,993
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 5,261 5,434 5,304 5,697 5,902
4         Services3 845 948 931 1,139 1,091
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 3 11 1 2 1
6             Travel 131 136 193 102 133
7             Passenger fares 65 119 74 51 62
8             Other transportation 80 72 84 88 96
9             Royalties and license fees5 205 250 175 412 356
10             Other private services5 360 358 401 482 439
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 1 1 3 2 3
12     Income receipts 1,037 1,288 1,473 1,969 1,937
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 1,032 1,283 1,468 1,965 1,932
14             Direct investment receipts 552 595 709 1,087 952
15             Other private receipts 480 688 759 878 980
16             U.S. government receipts 0 0 0 0 0
17         Compensation of employees 5 5 5 5 5
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -9,799 -9,642 -9,715 -11,478 -10,958
19     Imports of goods and services -3,770 -4,127 -4,278 -5,659 -5,172
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -2,953 -3,200 -3,368 -4,483 -4,138
21         Services3 -817 -927 -910 -1,176 -1,034
22             Direct defense expenditures -74 -142 -66 -189 -180
23             Travel -42 -34 -60 -40 -41
24             Passenger fares -19 -20 -20 -26 -20
25             Other transportation -130 -125 -132 -113 -112
26             Royalties and license fees5 -70 -67 -64 -143 -122
27             Other private services5 -470 -526 -552 -650 -545
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -12 -13 -15 -15 -14
29     Income payments -6,029 -5,515 -5,437 -5,820 -5,786
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -6,026 -5,512 -5,435 -5,816 -5,783
31             Direct investment payments -374 -484 -502 -801 -918
32             Other private payments -5,324 -4,743 -4,662 -4,749 -4,595
33             U.S. government payments -328 -285 -271 -266 -270
34         Compensation of employees -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -104 -64 -68 -84 -95
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -6 -6 -6 -6 -6
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -98 -58 -62 -78 -89
  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 (-))
-18,987 -8,532 -17,093 -664 -23,879
41     U.S. official reserve assets 0 0 0 0 0
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
45         Foreign currencies ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 3 -1 3 -2 3
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 3 -2 3
50     U.S. private assets -18,990 -8,531 -17,096 -662 -23,882
51         Direct investment -480 -35 -2,408 -2,173 -7,267
52         Foreign securities -14,182 -15,689 -8,767 -4,799 -17,193
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
-370 -14 122 67 19
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers14 -3,958 7,207 -6,043 6,243 559
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
-2,592 4,118 817 -29 578
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 10 -13 3 -19 5
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 3,571 3,852 2,497 4,644 3,757
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -3,747 -2,773 -1,265 -2,511 -3,127
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
-31 169 635 -44 -10
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers15 18 -2,395 18 2,883 18 -1,053 18 -2,099 18 -47
70 Financial derivatives, net -570 1,073 1,261 776 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)16 24,910 5,376 17,090 2,674 20 25,424
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) 2,308 2,234 1,936 1,214 1,765
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 28 21 21 -36 57
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) 2,336 2,255 1,957 1,177 1,822
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) -4,993 -4,227 -3,964 -3,850 -3,849
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -104 -64 -68 -84 -95
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -2,760 -2,036 -2,075 -2,757 -2,122

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