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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 - Latin America and Other Western Hemisphere 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 132,469 138,982 144,319 129,427 103,264 104,480
2     Exports of goods and services 90,064 96,702 102,640 93,363 75,542 76,226
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 66,792 73,618 78,204 69,192 54,648 55,234
4         Services3 23,272 23,084 24,436 24,171 20,894 20,992
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 190 162 164 169 160 227
6             Travel 5,262 6,147 7,224 6,672 4,982 5,007
7             Passenger fares 2,043 1,963 2,113 2,164 1,959 1,628
8             Other transportation 1,752 1,922 2,066 1,707 1,307 1,324
9             Royalties and license fees5 1,631 1,779 1,694 1,923 1,517 2,172
10             Other private services5 12,347 11,057 11,121 11,482 10,919 10,584
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 47 53 53 54 50 51
12     Income receipts 42,405 42,281 41,679 36,064 27,722 28,254
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 42,349 42,224 41,622 36,007 27,666 28,198
14             Direct investment receipts 18,049 20,274 18,883 14,302 12,039 14,474
15             Other private receipts 24,285 21,894 22,725 21,644 15,616 13,667
16             U.S. government receipts 15 56 14 60 11 57
17         Compensation of employees 57 57 57 57 56 56
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -140,585 -148,718 -153,582 -127,739 -101,006 -101,116
19     Imports of goods and services -107,898 -118,856 -122,581 -100,527 -80,316 -82,771
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -90,740 -101,134 -104,958 -82,950 -63,702 -67,251
21         Services3 -17,157 -17,722 -17,623 -17,576 -16,614 -15,520
22             Direct defense expenditures -86 -84 -115 -80 -77 -82
23             Travel -7,092 -6,452 -6,467 -6,010 -6,560 -5,457
24             Passenger fares -925 -866 -934 -1,085 -865 -678
25             Other transportation -1,873 -2,007 -2,133 -1,785 -1,479 -1,369
26             Royalties and license fees5 -98 -92 -118 -121 -89 -100
27             Other private services5 -6,931 -8,068 -7,696 -8,342 -7,393 -7,673
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -153 -153 -160 -153 -150 -161
29     Income payments -32,687 -29,861 -31,001 -27,212 -20,689 -18,345
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -30,946 -28,018 -29,010 -25,150 -19,002 -16,598
31             Direct investment payments -858 -921 -1,379 222 253 413
32             Other private payments -24,780 -21,932 -22,624 -20,678 -15,168 -13,477
33             U.S. government payments -5,308 -5,165 -5,007 -4,694 -4,087 -3,534
34         Compensation of employees -1,742 -1,843 -1,991 -2,062 -1,688 -1,748
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -8,031 -8,674 -8,367 -8,808 -7,768 -7,516
36     U.S. government grants4 -466 -565 -727 -666 -783 -745
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -198 -204 -206 -206 -202 -204
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -7,367 -7,904 -7,434 -7,937 -6,782 -6,566
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -66 -88 1,492 -87 -89 -83
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		-18,391 11,236 16,115 -92,800 3,021 63,009
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 20 189 36 153 39 -3,519
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets -38 -21 -51 -16 -12 -453
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 76 188 63 167 54 160
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -19 22 24 2 -3 -3,226
50     U.S. private assets -18,410 11,047 16,079 -92,953 2,982 66,529
51         Direct investment -20,786 -16,994 -8,259 -18,453 -16,063 -7,898
52         Foreign securities -5,457 -10,677 -25,418 651 -18,065 -1,800
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		54,774 12,366 -36,598 37,281 11,367 18,069
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers14 -46,941 26,352 86,354 -112,432 25,743 58,158
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		19,895 -16,475 17,617 3,251 -58,962 -46,793
56     Foreign official assets in the United States 12,980 27,303 -14,247 -9,117 -6,914 945
57         U.S. government securities ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
59             Other10 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 169 6 47 30 170 36
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States 6,915 -43,778 31,864 12,368 -52,048 -47,738
64         Direct investment 2,736 22,588 3,625 -1,504 6,123 963
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -20,311 5,764 -4,078 -50,143 -18,979 14,427
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 		( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers15 32,487 -70,631 -45,106 48,470 -70,072 -48,658
70 Financial derivatives, net 1,816 4,441 10,332 280 4,039 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)16 12,892 19,295 -27,925 96,477 57,500 -11,982
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -23,949 -27,517 -26,754 -13,758 -9,054 -12,017
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 6,115 5,362 6,813 6,595 4,280 5,472
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -17,834 -22,155 -19,941 -7,164 -4,774 -6,545
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 9,718 12,419 10,678 8,852 7,032 9,909
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -8,031 -8,674 -8,367 -8,808 -7,768 -7,516
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -16,146 -18,409 -17,630 -7,120 -5,510 -4,152

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