International Services (Expanded Detail)
In 2018, U.S. exports of services were $827.0 billion and U.S. imports of services were $567.3 billion. In 2017—the latest year for which statistics are available—services supplied to foreign persons through foreign affiliates of U.S. MNEs were $1,558.4 billion. Services supplied to U.S. persons through U.S. affiliates of foreign MNEs were $1,082.6 billion. Affiliates supplied most of the services provided to foreign persons by the United States and to U.S. persons by foreign markets in 2017.
- Current Release: October 15, 2019
- Next Release: June 2020 (U.S. Trade in Services); Fall 2020 (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
- 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 2018 and Services Supplied Through Affiliates in 2017 | Most recent: October 2019
- Historical Articles on U.S. International Services
- 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
- Trends in Digitally-Enabled Trade in Services, 1998-2010 PDF
- A Profile of U.S. Exporters and Importers of Services | SCB, June 2012 PDF
- Selected Issues in the Measurement of U.S. International Services | SCB, June 2002 PDF
- 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 ServicesJeff Bogen
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Services Supplied through AffiliatesAlexis Grimm
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News MediaJeannine Aversa