U.S. International Transactions Accounts Data

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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 - Canada 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 89,912 97,026 92,074 79,627 65,380 67,725 72,443
2     Exports of goods and services 77,250 84,079 78,287 68,614 57,539 60,154 63,181
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 64,882 71,736 66,889 58,365 47,231 49,343 52,746
4         Services3 12,368 12,343 11,398 10,249 10,309 10,812 10,435
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 76 134 137 143 101 193 171
6             Travel 4,412 4,326 3,466 2,577 3,061 3,503 2,947
7             Passenger fares 1,052 947 1,075 809 845 811 969
8             Other transportation 883 940 1,005 882 756 697 786
9             Royalties and license fees5 1,560 1,580 1,326 1,432 1,158 1,403 1,168
10             Other private services5 4,369 4,378 4,368 4,387 4,368 4,169 4,382
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 17 38 22 18 19 35 13
12     Income receipts 12,662 12,946 13,786 11,014 7,841 7,571 9,262
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 12,619 12,904 13,745 10,978 7,806 7,537 9,222
14             Direct investment receipts 6,355 6,757 7,333 4,988 2,858 2,971 4,402
15             Other private receipts 6,264 6,147 6,412 5,990 4,948 4,566 4,820
16             U.S. government receipts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17         Compensation of employees 43 42 41 36 35 35 40
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -97,333 -106,407 -107,072 -83,219 -61,843 -63,436 -69,447
19     Imports of goods and services -91,292 -100,341 -100,233 -76,157 -57,441 -58,450 -64,462
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -85,710 -93,764 -92,686 -70,760 -52,994 -52,977 -58,097
21         Services3 -5,582 -6,576 -7,546 -5,397 -4,447 -5,473 -6,365
22             Direct defense expenditures -65 -49 -68 -72 -60 -80 -68
23             Travel -1,035 -1,888 -2,914 -1,084 -776 -1,492 -2,244
24             Passenger fares -79 -90 -125 -102 -60 -65 -83
25             Other transportation -1,239 -1,350 -1,310 -1,125 -968 -997 -1,055
26             Royalties and license fees5 -180 -197 -149 -141 -191 -218 -226
27             Other private services5 -2,880 -2,887 -2,864 -2,782 -2,301 -2,500 -2,601
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -105 -115 -116 -91 -92 -121 -88
29     Income payments -6,041 -6,067 -6,840 -7,063 -4,402 -4,986 -4,985
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -5,889 -5,927 -6,707 -6,927 -4,264 -4,853 -4,850
31             Direct investment payments -2,347 -2,474 -3,190 -3,568 -1,216 -2,109 -2,096
32             Other private payments -3,350 -3,219 -3,316 -3,251 -2,981 -2,639 -2,550
33             U.S. government payments -192 -234 -201 -108 -67 -105 -204
34         Compensation of employees -153 -140 -133 -136 -138 -133 -134
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -379 -462 -545 -428 -570 -499 -548
36     U.S. government grants4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -165 -167 -166 -166 -173 -174 -175
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -214 -295 -379 -262 -397 -325 -373
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net 31 23 167 30 30 26 23
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-))
-22,356 7,707 -9,354 4,946 5,389 -27,715 -36,074
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 (*) 1 (*) -1 1 -1 1
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets (*) 1 (*) -1 1 -1 1
50     U.S. private assets -22,356 7,706 -9,354 4,947 5,388 -27,714 -36,075
51         Direct investment -4,662 -3,394 -3,392 -1,585 -2,308 -3,597 -2,979
52         Foreign securities 1,281 -11,035 5,491 5,916 -39 -19,218 -15,247
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns
1,990 -772 152 2,233 492 -2,435 814
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers14 -20,965 22,907 -11,605 -1,617 7,243 -2,464 -18,663
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+))
28,579 34,042 -17,178 1,121 -3,351 22,975 38,346
56     Foreign official assets in the United States -17 202 -181 1,507 -1,872 1,111 -2,847
57         U.S. government securities ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
58             U.S. Treasury securities9 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
59             Other10 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
60         Other U.S. government liabilities11 79 -53 12 23 85 0 16
61         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
62         Other foreign official assets12 ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
63     Other foreign assets in the United States 28,596 33,840 -16,997 -386 -1,479 21,864 41,193
64         Direct investment 10,205 9,805 881 2,793 7,135 7,284 10,290
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities 7,196 10,864 -1,292 1,850 -2,380 6,324 2,845
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
( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 ) ( 17 )
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers15 10,012 4,311 -8,733 2,291 -6,730 629 7,075
70 Financial derivatives, net 3,139 399 -2,375 2,074 -1,045 -2,599 n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)16 -1,593 -32,327 44,284 -4,151 -3,990 3,523 -4,744
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -20,828 -22,028 -25,797 -12,395 -5,763 -3,635 -5,351
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 6,786 5,767 3,852 4,852 5,861 5,339 4,071
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -14,042 -16,261 -21,945 -7,543 98 1,704 -1,281
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) 6,621 6,880 6,947 3,951 3,439 2,586 4,278
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -379 -462 -545 -428 -570 -499 -548
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -7,800 -9,844 -15,544 -4,020 2,967 3,790 2,449

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