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Table 1.—Revisions to the Current-Account Estimates

[Millions of dollars; quarterly data are seasonally adjusted]

Exports of goods, services, and income Imports of goods, services, and income Unilateral transfers Balance on current account
Previous Revised Revision Previous Revised Revision Previous Revised Revision Previous Revised Revision
1986 401,843 401,258 -585 -528,513 -528,513 -24,189 -24,833 -644 -150,859 -152,088 -1,229
1987 449,514 449,292 -222 -592,745 -592,745 -23,107 -23,939 -832 -166,338 -167,392 -1,054
1988 560,426 560,233 -193 -662,487 -662,403 84 -25,023 -26,266 -1,243 -127,083 -128,436 -1,353
1989 642,025 641,659 -366 -719,758 -719,539 219 -26,106 -27,696 -1,590 -103,839 -105,575 -1,736
1990 697,426 697,083 -343 -756,694 -756,522 172 -33,393 -35,219 -1,826 -92,661 -94,657 -1,996
1991 718,194 717,726 -468 -732,486 -731,753 733 6,869 4,510 -2,359 -7,424 -9,518 -2,094
1992 737,394 736,704 -690 -766,796 -763,773 3,023 -32,148 -35,514 -3,366 -61,549 -62,583 -1,034
1993 763,826 762,851 -975 -829,668 -825,147 4,521 -34,084 -37,640 -3,556 -99,925 -99,936 -11
1994 838,820 840,006 1,186 -954,304 -948,544 5,760 -35,761 -39,866 -4,105 -151,245 -148,405 2,840
1995 965,008 969,189 4,181 -1,087,828 -1,082,268 5,559 -30,095 -35,075 -4,980 -152,915 -148,154 4,760
1992:I 183,312 183,103 -209 -183,420 -183,077 343 -6,881 -7,680 -799 -6,989 -7,654 -665
II 184,496 184,312 -184 -192,263 -191,127 1,136 -7,746 -8,580 -834 -15,513 -15,395 118
III 183,222 183,063 -159 -192,980 -192,693 287 -7,030 -7,871 -841 -16,788 -17,501 -713
IV 186,367 186,226 -141 -198,133 -196,875 1,258 -10,491 -11,383 -892 -22,257 -22,032 225
1993:I 187,428 187,026 -402 -197,290 -196,816 474 -7,521 -8,380 -859 -17,383 -18,170 -787
II 191,023 190,582 -441 -207,751 -206,269 1,482 -7,609 -8,533 -924 -24,337 -24,220 117
III 188,544 188,218 -326 -207,342 -206,420 922 -8,234 -9,215 -981 -27,032 -27,417 -385
IV 196,834 197,027 193 -217,288 -215,643 1,645 -10,722 -11,513 -791 -31,176 -30,129 1,047
1994:I 197,173 197,420 247 -220,073 -218,959 1,114 -7,371 -8,169 -798 -30,271 -29,708 563
II 204,161 204,809 648 -233,369 -231,327 2,042 -8,778 -9,507 -729 -37,986 -36,025 1,961
III 214,305 214,287 -18 -245,645 -244,323 1,322 -8,374 -9,975 -1,601 -39,714 -40,011 -297
IV 223,180 223,494 314 -255,218 -253,934 1,284 -11,239 -12,215 -976 -43,277 -42,655 622
1995:I 232,581 233,086 505 -263,515 -263,501 14 -7,520 -8,639 -1,119 -38,454 -39,054 -600
II 239,760 241,497 1,737 -275,785 -274,183 1,602 -7,117 -8,290 -1,173 -43,142 -40,976 2,166
III 242,255 244,479 2,224 -274,725 -273,175 1,550 -7,780 -8,992 -1,212 -40,250 -37,688 2,562
IV 250,412 250,128 -284 -273,808 -271,409 2,399 -7,677 -9,154 -1,477 -31,073 -30,435 638