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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: 1982:I
Table 12. U.S. International Transactions, by Area - Canada 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 65,725 67,941 73,043 78,655 82,306
2     Exports of goods and services 57,460 59,915 63,266 67,213 70,114
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 47,331 49,268 52,679 56,177 58,125
4         Services3 10,129 10,647 10,587 11,037 11,990
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 52 101 73 66 64
6             Travel 3,053 3,497 3,154 3,115 4,186
7             Passenger fares 778 805 966 764 960
8             Other transportation 667 623 723 704 710
9             Royalties and license fees5 1,196 1,485 1,298 1,753 1,493
10             Other private services5 4,365 4,102 4,362 4,597 4,536
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 18 34 12 38 41
12     Income receipts 8,266 8,026 9,777 11,441 12,191
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 8,230 7,990 9,736 11,398 12,151
14             Direct investment receipts 3,792 3,824 5,395 6,853 7,504
15             Other private receipts 4,438 4,166 4,340 4,544 4,646
16             U.S. government receipts 0 0 1 1 1
17         Compensation of employees 35 36 41 43 40
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -61,975 -62,985 -69,507 -73,881 -78,913
19     Imports of goods and services -57,840 -58,239 -65,243 -69,320 -72,868
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -53,158 -52,507 -58,292 -63,945 -67,907
21         Services3 -4,682 -5,732 -6,951 -5,375 -4,961
22             Direct defense expenditures -60 -80 -81 -96 -95
23             Travel -768 -1,503 -2,616 -1,022 -803
24             Passenger fares -57 -65 -112 -82 -86
25             Other transportation -858 -910 -962 -984 -974
26             Royalties and license fees5 -172 -187 -160 -179 -178
27             Other private services5 -2,673 -2,862 -2,929 -2,918 -2,725
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -94 -124 -91 -94 -99
29     Income payments -4,135 -4,746 -4,264 -4,561 -6,045
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -3,995 -4,612 -4,129 -4,404 -5,880
31             Direct investment payments -1,080 -2,130 -1,668 -1,838 -3,305
32             Other private payments -2,824 -2,346 -2,217 -2,217 -2,176
33             U.S. government payments -91 -136 -244 -349 -399
34         Compensation of employees -140 -133 -135 -157 -165
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -630 -596 -641 -608 -700
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -173 -174 -175 -175 -175
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -457 -422 -466 -433 -525
  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 (-))
2,400 -28,205 -33,887 -11,161 -43,613
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 1 -1 -14 -2 -6
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets 0 0 -13 -4 -8
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 0 0 0 1 1
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets 1 -1 -1 1 1
50     U.S. private assets 2,399 -28,204 -33,873 -11,159 -43,607
51         Direct investment -6,130 -5,043 -3,838 -3,075 -8,607
52         Foreign securities 184 -19,381 -15,060 -7,586 -6,886
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
1,597 -2,270 -1,020 976 906
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers14 6,748 -1,510 -13,955 -1,474 -29,020
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
-8,179 11,894 41,217 20,504 39,313
56     Foreign official assets in the United States -2,852 941 -2,502 -657 -525
57         U.S. government securities ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
59             Other10 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 80 -110 76 26 9
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States -5,327 10,953 43,719 21,161 39,838
64         Direct investment 8,495 4,861 12,823 -366 1,726
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -8,632 -1,182 2,886 -1,386 3,982
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
( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers15 -5,294 -179 6,582 13,290 9,960
70 Financial derivatives, net -1,109 -2,599 -2,336 -1,286 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)16 3,767 14,550 -7,889 -12,223 20 1,607
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -5,828 -3,239 -5,613 -7,768 -9,783
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 5,447 4,915 3,635 5,661 7,029
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -381 1,676 -1,977 -2,107 -2,754
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 4,131 3,280 5,514 6,881 6,147
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -630 -596 -641 -608 -700
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 3,120 4,361 2,895 4,166 2,693

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