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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 - China 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 23,941 24,437 24,082 21,372 19,905 21,524 23,010
2     Exports of goods and services 21,570 21,946 21,961 19,977 18,375 19,275 20,543
3         Goods, balance of payments basis2 17,519 18,071 17,652 16,311 14,370 15,909 16,604
4         Services3 4,051 3,875 4,309 3,665 4,005 3,366 3,939
5             Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts4 0 0 0 0 (*) (*) (*)
6             Travel 599 714 830 574 686 557 692
7             Passenger fares 211 220 272 194 240 151 211
8             Other transportation 787 887 830 668 486 550 614
9             Royalties and license fees5 491 544 623 669 473 556 506
10             Other private services5 1,956 1,500 1,746 1,554 2,114 1,545 1,909
11             U.S. government miscellaneous services 7 9 8 7 7 7 7
12     Income receipts 2,372 2,491 2,121 1,396 1,530 2,249 2,467
13         Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad 2,362 2,481 2,111 1,386 1,520 2,240 2,457
14             Direct investment receipts 1,710 1,967 1,581 892 1,074 1,814 2,059
15             Other private receipts 636 506 515 487 432 415 386
16             U.S. government receipts 16 8 15 7 14 11 12
17         Compensation of employees 10 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 -82,932 -93,543
19     Imports of goods and services -75,073 -84,116 -98,785 -89,852 -66,809 -70,766 -81,584
20         Goods, balance of payments basis2 -72,771 -81,565 -96,201 -87,425 -64,845 -68,623 -79,441
21         Services3 -2,301 -2,551 -2,583 -2,426 -1,963 -2,143 -2,144
22             Direct defense expenditures -7 -1 -4 -3 -2 -2 -5
23             Travel -542 -637 -570 -550 -518 -628 -547
24             Passenger fares -171 -158 -184 -185 -126 -109 -134
25             Other transportation -893 -994 -1,002 -858 -635 -682 -707
26             Royalties and license fees5 -43 -50 -60 -78 -53 -48 -50
27             Other private services5 -639 -701 -754 -741 -620 -662 -689
28             U.S. government miscellaneous services -7 -10 -9 -11 -11 -11 -12
29     Income payments -11,905 -12,808 -13,336 -13,541 -12,841 -12,166 -11,959
30         Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States -11,769 -12,704 -13,241 -13,405 -12,702 -12,058 -11,861
31             Direct investment payments -32 -46 -38 -35 -31 -28 -10
32             Other private payments -1,264 -1,205 -1,271 -1,280 -1,074 -892 -812
33             U.S. government payments -10,473 -11,453 -11,932 -12,090 -11,597 -11,138 -11,039
34         Compensation of employees -136 -104 -94 -136 -139 -108 -98
35 Unilateral current transfers, net -790 -632 -763 -707 -801 -663 -777
36     U.S. government grants4 -2 -2 -4 -4 -8 -5 -4
37     U.S. government pensions and other transfers -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2
38     Private remittances and other transfers6 -786 -628 -757 -701 -791 -656 -771
  Capital account  
39 Capital account transactions, net -45 -46 -47 -48 -49 -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 7,812 894
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 37 18 45 23 35 39 31
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 38 22 36 22 36 41 35
49         U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets -1 -4 9 1 -1 -2 -4
50     U.S. private assets 4,477 -238 6,362 1,594 2,684 7,773 863
51         Direct investment -2,598 -1,757 -3,086 -8,285 2,032 6,868 -2,607
52         Foreign securities 4,320 5,446 304 1,738 1,473 1,886 4,004
53         U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
             nonbanking concerns 		63 -271 -29 209 -1,097 998 -1,183
54         U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks and securities brokers14 2,692 -3,656 9,173 7,932 276 -1,979 649
55 Foreign-owned assets in the United States, excluding financial
     derivatives (increase/financial inflow (+)) 		88,993 122,830 129,947 101,469 72,691 45,030 51,952
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 344 11 76 -63 -359 40 85
65         U.S. Treasury securities ( 18 ) ( 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 -4,072 -609
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 		3,180 707 706 -633 -170 -97 -62
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 49,159 18 52,538
70 Financial derivatives, net ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 ) ( 19 )
71 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed)16 -29,636 -49,444 -47,506 -20,311 -14,815 9,278 18,513
  Memoranda:  
72 Balance on goods (lines 3 and 20) -55,253 -63,494 -78,550 -71,114 -50,475 -52,714 -62,836
73 Balance on services (lines 4 and 21) 1,750 1,324 1,726 1,239 2,042 1,223 1,795
74 Balance on goods and services (lines 2 and 19) -53,503 -62,171 -76,824 -69,875 -48,434 -51,491 -61,041
75 Balance on income (lines 12 and 29) -9,534 -10,317 -11,215 -12,146 -11,311 -9,917 -9,492
76 Unilateral current transfers, net (line 35) -790 -632 -763 -707 -801 -663 -777
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 -62,071 -71,310

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