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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 - South and Central America 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 72,680 75,209 83,172 90,665 90,699
2     Exports of goods and services 64,848 65,720 72,373 80,395 79,749
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 50,335 51,154 56,885 62,896 63,645
4         Services3 14,513 14,566 15,488 17,499 16,104
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 120 181 136 134 311
6             Travel 4,393 4,627 5,219 5,567 4,406
7             Passenger fares 1,800 1,533 1,538 1,729 1,618
8             Other transportation 973 978 1,042 1,107 1,032
9             Royalties and license fees5 1,138 1,374 1,141 1,947 1,658
10             Other private services5 6,050 5,833 6,369 6,973 7,036
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 39 40 43 43 43
12     Income receipts 7,831 9,489 10,799 10,270 10,950
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 7,783 9,440 10,751 10,221 10,901
14             Direct investment receipts 5,302 6,983 8,227 7,440 8,069
15             Other private receipts 2,473 2,407 2,495 2,702 2,814
16             U.S. government receipts 8 50 29 79 18
17         Compensation of employees 48 48 49 49 50
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -75,156 -77,400 -85,291 -92,070 -94,680
19     Imports of goods and services -69,780 -72,494 -80,628 -87,376 -90,244
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -60,748 -64,154 -72,405 -78,609 -80,886
21         Services3 -9,032 -8,340 -8,222 -8,767 -9,358
22             Direct defense expenditures -58 -57 -76 -49 -48
23             Travel -5,202 -4,339 -4,079 -4,346 -5,184
24             Passenger fares -702 -586 -578 -662 -726
25             Other transportation -726 -704 -655 -665 -686
26             Royalties and license fees5 -48 -63 -48 -29 -29
27             Other private services5 -2,172 -2,455 -2,643 -2,883 -2,553
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -124 -136 -143 -133 -132
29     Income payments -5,376 -4,906 -4,664 -4,695 -4,436
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -3,563 -3,019 -2,647 -2,660 -2,601
31             Direct investment payments -12 25 -40 -114 -35
32             Other private payments -1,136 -939 -812 -796 -780
33             U.S. government payments -2,415 -2,105 -1,795 -1,750 -1,786
34         Compensation of employees -1,813 -1,887 -2,017 -2,034 -1,835
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -7,141 -6,849 -7,021 -6,919 -7,222
36     U.S. government grants4 -668 -591 -760 -598 -838
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -167 -183 -184 -185 -181
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -6,305 -6,075 -6,077 -6,136 -6,203
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -2 -29 0 -7 0
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		5,102 -16,723 -17,572 -21,661 -12,150
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 20 -3,520 -433 -512 3,241
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -11 -444 -475 -639 -18
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 37 141 41 139 36
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -6 -3,217 1 -12 3,223
50     U.S. private assets 5,082 -13,203 -17,139 -21,149 -15,391
51         Direct investment -2,958 -5,434 -8,030 -5,198 -8,122
52         Foreign securities -920 -2,887 -10,141 -17,015 -1,995
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		859 -1,254 459 766 361
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers14 8,101 -3,628 573 298 -5,635
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		-12,582 5,070 -5,399 28,774 -2,348
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 170 27 159 5 -156
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 -748 -1,218 863 1,939 2,830
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -4,377 -2,047 2,943 4,847 4,860
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 		( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers15 18 -7,627 18 8,308 18 -9,364 18 21,983 18 -9,882
70 Financial derivatives, net 856 -152 158 656 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)16 16,242 20,874 31,953 562 20 25,701
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -10,412 -13,000 -15,520 -15,713 -17,241
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 5,481 6,226 7,265 8,732 6,746
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -4,931 -6,775 -8,255 -6,981 -10,495
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 2,455 4,583 6,136 5,575 6,514
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -7,141 -6,849 -7,021 -6,919 -7,222
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -9,617 -9,041 -9,140 -8,324 -11,203

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