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: 1986:I
Table 12. U.S. International Transactions, by Area - European Union 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 156,179 159,795 155,643 165,844 160,463
2     Exports of goods and services 97,188 100,340 96,443 103,998 99,441
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 57,234 55,472 52,853 58,954 58,218
4         Services3 39,954 44,868 43,590 45,044 41,224
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 255 432 226 415 243
6             Travel 5,506 7,124 8,190 5,854 5,582
7             Passenger fares 1,694 2,039 2,217 1,848 1,601
8             Other transportation 2,874 3,011 2,918 3,216 3,068
9             Royalties and license fees5 9,050 11,798 9,119 10,710 9,286
10             Other private services5 20,508 20,396 20,841 22,916 21,337
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 67 68 79 84 107
12     Income receipts 58,992 59,455 59,200 61,846 61,021
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 58,903 59,364 59,107 61,756 60,926
14             Direct investment receipts 32,020 36,247 37,585 40,357 40,078
15             Other private receipts 25,527 22,475 21,130 21,232 20,676
16             U.S. government receipts 1,356 642 392 167 172
17         Compensation of employees 89 91 93 90 95
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -143,327 -149,046 -154,664 -162,898 -156,243
19     Imports of goods and services -99,159 -102,093 -107,252 -110,711 -104,988
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -67,824 -67,583 -71,768 -77,208 -73,475
21         Services3 -31,335 -34,510 -35,484 -33,503 -31,512
22             Direct defense expenditures -2,815 -2,964 -3,065 -3,085 -3,071
23             Travel -2,973 -6,171 -6,139 -3,170 -2,928
24             Passenger fares -2,361 -2,913 -3,102 -2,332 -2,384
25             Other transportation -3,696 -3,568 -3,766 -3,498 -3,443
26             Royalties and license fees5 -3,355 -3,733 -3,512 -4,080 -3,797
27             Other private services5 -15,719 -14,822 -15,519 -16,943 -15,465
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -416 -340 -381 -395 -424
29     Income payments -44,168 -46,952 -47,412 -52,187 -51,255
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -44,021 -46,830 -47,297 -52,036 -51,100
31             Direct investment payments -7,401 -15,479 -18,073 -23,206 -23,215
32             Other private payments -32,060 -27,339 -25,545 -25,322 -24,376
33             U.S. government payments -4,560 -4,012 -3,679 -3,508 -3,509
34         Compensation of employees -147 -122 -115 -151 -155
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -2,530 42 -889 -1,230 -1,461
36     U.S. government grants4 -21 -35 -52 -28 -47
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -448 -457 -472 -468 -470
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -2,061 534 -365 -734 -944
  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 (-))
59,075 -27,347 -108,665 92,339 -99,293
41     U.S. official reserve assets -177 -87 -145 -72 -144
42         Gold7 0 0 0 0 0
43         Special drawing rights ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
44         Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
45         Foreign currencies -177 -87 -145 -72 -144
46     U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets 155,533 131,099 30,975 40,439 6,545
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets 0 -3 0 -2 0
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 27 10 86 14 31
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 155,506 131,092 30,889 40,427 6,514
50     U.S. private assets -96,280 -158,359 -139,495 51,972 -105,695
51         Direct investment -18,489 -33,755 -40,500 -21,397 -60,481
52         Foreign securities -11,255 -48,734 -9,208 -8,709 -24,509
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
3,287 8,128 30,767 2,604 20,075
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers14 -69,823 -83,998 -120,554 79,474 -40,780
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
-117,423 -79,700 99,572 -58,280 155,443
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 -202 -579 174 -593 132
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 -3,334 30,609 32,054 23,394 32,119
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -43,059 -31,312 9,248 -1,266 -12,222
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
-24,830 8,400 -6,210 -17,839 12,719
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers15 18 -45,998 18 -86,818 18 64,306 18 -61,976 18 122,695
70 Financial derivatives, net 3,428 6,189 8,061 15,844 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)16 44,597 90,066 942 -51,619 20 -58,908
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -10,590 -12,111 -18,914 -18,254 -15,257
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 8,618 10,357 8,106 11,541 9,711
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -1,971 -1,753 -10,809 -6,713 -5,546
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 14,824 12,503 11,788 9,659 9,766
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -2,530 42 -889 -1,230 -1,461
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 10,323 10,792 90 1,716 2,759

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