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Today's Date: February 9, 2010     Release Date: December 16, 2009     Next Release Date: March 18, 2010
Earliest Quarter Revised on December 16, 2009: 2009:II
Table 12. U.S. International Transactions, by Area - Mexico 26
[Millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted]
Line (Credits +; debits -) 1 2008 2009
I II III IV I II III p
  Current account  
1 Exports of goods and services and income receipts 45,259 48,078 50,222 45,933 36,591 37,254 42,461
2     Exports of goods and services 41,481 44,086 46,496 43,177 34,437 34,672 39,193
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 35,719 38,154 40,329 36,945 29,056 29,522 33,795
4         Services3 5,762 5,932 6,166 6,232 5,381 5,150 5,398
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 5 4 4 4 5 11 3
6             Travel 1,668 1,830 1,837 1,991 1,424 1,380 1,455
7             Passenger fares 696 612 554 554 723 547 531
8             Other transportation 379 423 456 359 276 280 319
9             Royalties and license fees5 480 491 467 573 379 478 408
10             Other private services5 2,526 2,563 2,840 2,742 2,565 2,444 2,672
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 8 8 9 10 9 9 9
12     Income receipts 3,778 3,991 3,727 2,756 2,154 2,583 3,268
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 3,769 3,982 3,717 2,747 2,145 2,574 3,259
14             Direct investment receipts 2,720 3,007 2,735 1,739 1,382 1,879 2,535
15             Other private receipts 1,048 975 981 1,008 763 695 718
16             U.S. government receipts 1 (*) 1 (*) (*) 0 6
17         Compensation of employees 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -61,218 -66,036 -65,430 -57,631 -46,540 -47,833 -52,204
19     Imports of goods and services -57,821 -62,370 -61,575 -54,000 -43,427 -44,831 -49,136
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -53,443 -58,338 -57,768 -50,259 -39,479 -41,738 -46,028
21         Services3 -4,379 -4,031 -3,807 -3,741 -3,948 -3,093 -3,108
22             Direct defense expenditures -5 -2 -2 -2 -2 -4 -2
23             Travel -2,991 -2,564 -2,285 -2,371 -2,721 -1,905 -1,841
24             Passenger fares -234 -224 -242 -189 -184 -155 -203
25             Other transportation -347 -371 -355 -277 -266 -229 -224
26             Royalties and license fees5 -28 -16 -36 -26 -33 -24 -25
27             Other private services5 -731 -808 -839 -827 -696 -726 -764
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -43 -47 -49 -49 -46 -49 -49
29     Income payments -3,397 -3,667 -3,855 -3,631 -3,113 -3,002 -3,068
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -1,709 -1,861 -1,908 -1,644 -1,477 -1,289 -1,205
31             Direct investment payments -194 -269 -314 -134 -183 -146 -172
32             Other private payments -760 -786 -851 -838 -690 -636 -609
33             U.S. government payments -755 -806 -743 -672 -604 -507 -424
34         Compensation of employees -1,688 -1,806 -1,947 -1,987 -1,636 -1,712 -1,863
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -3,443 -3,416 -3,460 -3,461 -3,361 -3,248 -3,314
36     U.S. government grants4 -18 -24 -31 -19 -22 -19 -82
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -73 -75 -75 -75 -79 -92 -90
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -3,352 -3,317 -3,354 -3,367 -3,260 -3,137 -3,142
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -45 -57 -61 -63 -63 -59 -55
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		2,184 2,205 -2,408 547 -1,643 -2,840 -4,627
41     U.S. official reserve assets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42         Gold7 0 0 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 8 20 11 11 12 -3,221 14
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 13 12 10 10 10 0 10
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -5 8 1 1 2 -3,221 4
50     U.S. private assets 2,176 2,185 -2,419 536 -1,655 381 -4,641
51         Direct investment -1,448 -2,157 -2,374 -1,191 -2,008 -1,393 -2,776
52         Foreign securities 5,863 4,129 839 1,081 -261 583 -4,146
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		20 -1,089 222 389 475 -342 349
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers14 -2,259 1,302 -1,106 257 139 1,533 1,932
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		6,976 7,941 -4,180 6,449 -8,286 -6,013 -8,823
56     Foreign official assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
57         U.S. government securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
59             Other10 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 -1 0 0 -2 -1 -3 66
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
64         Direct investment 1,346 984 416 -1,073 345 -836 247
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 2,628 -1,013 247 -1,523 -240 53 507
67         U.S. currency n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
68         U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		279 1,100 -1,580 -1,042 -115 425 56
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers15 18 2,724 18 6,870 18 -3,263 18 10,089 18 -8,275 18 -5,652 18 -9,699
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 )
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)16 10,286 11,286 25,317 8,227 23,303 22,738 26,562
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -17,724 -20,184 -17,439 -13,314 -10,423 -12,216 -12,233
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 1,384 1,901 2,360 2,492 1,433 2,057 2,290
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -16,340 -18,283 -15,079 -10,823 -8,990 -10,159 -9,943
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 381 325 -129 -875 -959 -419 200
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -3,443 -3,416 -3,460 -3,461 -3,361 -3,248 -3,314
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -19,402 -21,375 -18,668 -15,159 -13,310 -13,826 -13,057

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