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Today's Date: November 21, 2009     Release Date: September 16, 2009     Next Release Date: December 16, 2009
Earliest Quarter Revised on September 16, 2009: 2009:I
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 p
  Current account  
1 Exports of goods and services and income receipts 45,259 48,078 50,222 45,933 36,591 37,314
2     Exports of goods and services 41,481 44,086 46,496 43,177 34,437 34,827
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 35,719 38,154 40,329 36,945 29,056 29,522
4         Services3 5,762 5,932 6,166 6,232 5,381 5,305
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 5 4 4 4 5 6
6             Travel 1,668 1,830 1,837 1,991 1,424 1,380
7             Passenger fares 696 612 554 554 723 531
8             Other transportation 379 423 456 359 276 280
9             Royalties and license fees5 480 491 467 573 379 599
10             Other private services5 2,526 2,563 2,840 2,742 2,565 2,500
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 8 8 9 10 9 9
12     Income receipts 3,778 3,991 3,727 2,756 2,154 2,486
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 3,769 3,982 3,717 2,747 2,145 2,478
14             Direct investment receipts 2,720 3,007 2,735 1,739 1,382 1,787
15             Other private receipts 1,048 975 981 1,008 763 690
16             U.S. government receipts 1 (*) 1 (*) (*) 1
17         Compensation of employees 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 -47,952
19     Imports of goods and services -57,821 -62,370 -61,575 -54,000 -43,427 -44,875
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -53,443 -58,338 -57,768 -50,259 -39,479 -41,738
21         Services3 -4,379 -4,031 -3,807 -3,741 -3,948 -3,137
22             Direct defense expenditures -5 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2
23             Travel -2,991 -2,564 -2,285 -2,371 -2,721 -1,905
24             Passenger fares -234 -224 -242 -189 -184 -172
25             Other transportation -347 -371 -355 -277 -266 -215
26             Royalties and license fees5 -28 -16 -36 -26 -33 -45
27             Other private services5 -731 -808 -839 -827 -696 -749
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -43 -47 -49 -49 -46 -49
29     Income payments -3,397 -3,667 -3,855 -3,631 -3,113 -3,076
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -1,709 -1,861 -1,908 -1,644 -1,477 -1,364
31             Direct investment payments -194 -269 -314 -134 -183 -209
32             Other private payments -760 -786 -851 -838 -690 -629
33             U.S. government payments -755 -806 -743 -672 -604 -526
34         Compensation of employees -1,688 -1,806 -1,947 -1,987 -1,636 -1,712
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -3,443 -3,416 -3,460 -3,461 -3,361 -3,326
36     U.S. government grants4 -18 -24 -31 -19 -22 -20
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -73 -75 -75 -75 -79 -77
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -3,352 -3,317 -3,354 -3,367 -3,260 -3,229
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -45 -57 -61 -63 -63 -59
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		2,184 2,205 -2,408 547 -1,643 -2,567
41     U.S. official reserve assets 0 0 0 0 0 0
42         Gold7 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 -3,229
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets 0 0 0 0 0 -15
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 13 12 10 10 10 3
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -5 8 1 1 2 -3,217
50     U.S. private assets 2,176 2,185 -2,419 536 -1,655 662
51         Direct investment -1,448 -2,157 -2,374 -1,191 -2,008 -1,044
52         Foreign securities 5,863 4,129 839 1,081 -261 558
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		20 -1,089 222 389 475 -319
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers14 -2,259 1,302 -1,106 257 139 1,467
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		6,976 7,941 -4,180 6,449 -8,286 -5,887
56     Foreign official assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
57         U.S. government securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
59             Other10 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 -1 0 0 -2 -1 -3
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
64         Direct investment 1,346 984 416 -1,073 345 -735
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 2,628 -1,013 247 -1,523 -240 62
67         U.S. currency 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
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 -5,636
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)16 10,286 11,286 25,317 8,227 23,303 22,477
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -17,724 -20,184 -17,439 -13,314 -10,423 -12,216
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 1,384 1,901 2,360 2,492 1,433 2,168
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -16,340 -18,283 -15,079 -10,823 -8,990 -10,048
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 381 325 -129 -875 -959 -590
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -3,443 -3,416 -3,460 -3,461 -3,361 -3,326
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 -13,964

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