International Services (Expanded Detail)
For 2023, U.S. exports of services were $1,026.6 billion, and U.S. imports of services were $748.2 billion. For 2021—the latest year for which statistics are available—services supplied to foreign persons through foreign affiliates of U.S. multinational enterprises (MNEs) were $1,951.7 billion, and services supplied to U.S. persons through U.S. affiliates of foreign MNEs were $1,322.3 billion. Affiliates supplied most of the services provided to foreign persons by the United States and to U.S. persons by foreign markets in 2021.
- Current release: July 3, 2024
U.S. trade in services detailed tables - Next release: October 8, 2024
Services supplied through affiliates
- Definition of International Services
- Concepts and Methods
- International Surveys: U.S. International Services Transactions
- International Surveys: Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
- International Surveys: U.S. Direct Investment Abroad
- International Surveys: Archived Survey Forms
- Industry and Foreign Trade Classification Materials
- 2014 Comprehensive Restructuring of the International Economic Accounts
- International Services Overview
- A Guide to BEA's Services Surveys
- U.S. International Services: Trade in Services in 2022 and Services Supplied Through Affiliates in 2021 | Most recent: October 2023
- Historical Articles on U.S. International Services
- A Profile of U.S. Services Traders, 2006–2022 | SCB, May 2024
- Annual Update of the U.S. International Transactions Accounts | SCB, July 2020
- Measuring Trade in Services by Mode of Supply | BEA Working Paper, August 2019
- Trends in U.S. Trade in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Services and in ICT-Enabled Services | SCB, May 2016 PDF
- Exploratory Estimates of U.S. International Services by Mode of Supply | BEA Working Paper, May 2017
- Data Archive Previously published estimates contain historical data and have since been revised.
- News Release Archive
What is International Services (Expanded Detail)?
Services supplied by and to the United States in either of two ways: trade between U.S. residents and residents of other countries, or services supplied by multinational enterprises through their U.S. or foreign affiliates.
Learn MoreContact Personnel
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Trade in ServicesMolly Garber
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Services Supplied Through Affiliates, Services Trade by Enterprise Characteristics (STEC)Alexis Grimm
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News MediaConnie O'Connell