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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 - China 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 23,941 24,437 24,082 21,372 19,905 21,351
2     Exports of goods and services 21,570 21,946 21,961 19,977 18,375 19,324
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 17,519 18,071 17,652 16,311 14,370 15,909
4         Services3 4,051 3,875 4,309 3,665 4,005 3,415
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 0 0 0 0 (*) (*)
6             Travel 599 714 830 574 686 600
7             Passenger fares 211 220 272 194 240 180
8             Other transportation 787 887 830 668 486 550
9             Royalties and license fees5 491 544 623 669 473 635
10             Other private services5 1,956 1,500 1,746 1,554 2,114 1,444
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 7 9 8 7 7 7
12     Income receipts 2,372 2,491 2,121 1,396 1,530 2,027
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 2,362 2,481 2,111 1,386 1,520 2,017
14             Direct investment receipts 1,710 1,967 1,581 892 1,074 1,595
15             Other private receipts 636 506 515 487 432 416
16             U.S. government receipts 16 8 15 7 14 6
17         Compensation of employees 10 10 10 10 10 10
18 Imports of goods and services and income payments -86,978 -96,925 -112,120 -103,393 -79,650 -83,325
19     Imports of goods and services -75,073 -84,116 -98,785 -89,852 -66,809 -70,707
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -72,771 -81,565 -96,201 -87,425 -64,845 -68,623
21         Services3 -2,301 -2,551 -2,583 -2,426 -1,963 -2,084
22             Direct defense expenditures -7 -1 -4 -3 -2 -5
23             Travel -542 -637 -570 -550 -518 -579
24             Passenger fares -171 -158 -184 -185 -126 -124
25             Other transportation -893 -994 -1,002 -858 -635 -650
26             Royalties and license fees5 -43 -50 -60 -78 -53 -44
27             Other private services5 -639 -701 -754 -741 -620 -670
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -7 -10 -9 -11 -11 -11
29     Income payments -11,905 -12,808 -13,336 -13,541 -12,841 -12,618
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -11,769 -12,704 -13,241 -13,405 -12,702 -12,510
31             Direct investment payments -32 -46 -38 -35 -31 -39
32             Other private payments -1,264 -1,205 -1,271 -1,280 -1,074 -892
33             U.S. government payments -10,473 -11,453 -11,932 -12,090 -11,597 -11,579
34         Compensation of employees -136 -104 -94 -136 -139 -108
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -790 -632 -763 -707 -801 -645
36     U.S. government grants4 -2 -2 -4 -4 -8 -4
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -786 -628 -757 -701 -791 -639
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -45 -46 -47 -48 -49 -49
  Financial account  
40 U.S.-owned assets abroad, excluding financial derivatives
     (increase/financial outflow (-)) 		4,514 -220 6,407 1,617 2,719 8,121
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 37 18 45 23 35 17
47         U.S. credits and other long-term assets 0 0 0 0 0 0
48         Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets8 38 22 36 22 36 21
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -1 -4 9 1 -1 -4
50     U.S. private assets 4,477 -238 6,362 1,594 2,684 8,104
51         Direct investment -2,598 -1,757 -3,086 -8,285 2,032 7,056
52         Foreign securities 4,320 5,446 304 1,738 1,473 1,997
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		63 -271 -29 209 -1,097 1,028
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers14 2,692 -3,656 9,173 7,932 276 -1,977
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		88,993 122,830 129,947 101,469 72,691 44,963
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 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 344 11 76 -63 -359 -48
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 ) ( 18 )
66         U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities -10,675 -1,612 -7,485 -1,433 -2,265 -4,084
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 		3,180 707 706 -633 -170 -97
69         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers15 18 96,144 18 123,724 18 136,650 18 103,598 18 75,485 18 49,192
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) n.a.
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)16 -29,636 -49,444 -47,506 -20,311 -14,815 9,585
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -55,253 -63,494 -78,550 -71,114 -50,475 -52,714
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 1,750 1,324 1,726 1,239 2,042 1,331
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -53,503 -62,171 -76,824 -69,875 -48,434 -51,383
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) -9,534 -10,317 -11,215 -12,146 -11,311 -10,591
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -790 -632 -763 -707 -801 -645
77 Balance on current account (lines 1, 18, and 35 or lines 74, 75, and 76)13 -63,827 -73,120 -88,801 -82,727 -60,546 -62,619

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