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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: March 2013

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U.S. International Transactions Summary (3.10) 
Millions of dollars; quarterly data seasonally adjusted, except as noted1
Item credits or debits 2008 2009 2010 2011.Q4 2012.Q1/r 2012.Q2/r 2012.Q3/r 2012.Q4/p
1 Balance on current account -677,135 -381,896 -441,951 -118,656 -133,768 -118,353 -112,446 -110,416
2 Balance on goods and services -698,338 -379,154 -494,737 -146,286 -148,599 -137,653 -124,845 -128,417
3 Exports 1,842,682 1,578,945 1,842,485 533,204 543,471 551,128 550,458 549,435
4 Imports -2,541,020 -1,958,099 -2,337,222 -679,489 -692,069 -688,781 -675,302 -677,853
5 Income, net 147,089 119,717 183,859 59,869 47,534 52,080 46,593 52,399
6 Investment, net 157,841 127,552 191,017 61,851 49,446 54,003 48,516 54,278
7 Direct 284,292 252,965 297,895 82,542 70,855 72,948 67,801 76,966
8 Portfolio -126,451 -125,413 -106,878 -20,691 -21,409 -18,946 -19,285 -22,688
9 Compensation of employees -10,752 -7,834 -7,158 -1,983 -1,911 -1,922 -1,923 -1,878
10 Unilateral current transfers, net -125,885 -122,459 -131,074 -32,240 -32,703 -32,780 -34,194 -34,398
 
11 Change in U.S.government assets other than official reserve assets (increase, -) -529,615 541,342 7,540 -100,624 51,076 16,650 15,204 2,180
 
12 Change in U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) -4,848 -52,256 -1,834 -1,912 -1,233 -3,289 -833 895
13 Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Special drawing rights (SDRs) -106 -48,230 -31 -23 -11 -10 -10 -6
15 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund -3,473 -3,357 -1,293 -1,768 -1,078 -3,179 -744 969
16 Foreign currencies -1,269 -669 -510 -121 -144 -100 -79 -68
 
17 Change in U.S. private assets abroad (increase, -) 866,571 -608,622 -945,189 76,305 57,159 235,206 -231,528 -123,568
18 Bank-reported claims2 542,128 -245,842 -511,297 86,411 218,379 267,046 -144,325 30,767
19 Nonbank reported claims 456,177 153,695 32,969 65,122 -49,183 24,608 1,582 -7,642
20 U.S. purchase of foreign securities, net 197,347 -227,024 -138,984 35,980 3,604 6,519 2,142 -64,783
21 U.S. direct investments abroad, net -329,081 -289,451 -327,877 -111,208 -115,641 -62,967 -90,927 -81,910
 
22 Change in foreign official assets in United States (increase, +) 554,634 480,286 398,188 -2,859 69,711 79,772 131,111 93,048
23 U.S. Treasury securities 548,653 569,893 442,012 -17,573 85,068 85,239 104,914 79,560
24 Other U.S. government obligations 42,728 -132,569 -88,718 156 363 -14,146 10,511 -3,637
25 Other U.S. government liabilities2 9,029 58,206 12,321 1,826 2,833 2,661 1,652 741
26 Other U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks2 -149,676 -68,848 -7,967 12,215 -19,305 2,404 8,007 10,608
27 Other foreign official assets3 103,900 53,604 40,540 517 752 3,614 6,027 5,776
 
 
28 Change in foreign private assets in United States (increase, +) -123,228 -165,896 910,091 59,926 -9,210 -221,921 159,488 82,903
29 U.S. bank-reported liabilities4 -428,337 -324,330 175,871 -42,265 -122,106 -214,432 11,091 -70,475
30 U.S. nonbank reported liabilities -31,475 8,956 62,957 -39,989 24,212 -27,008 -4,943 -17,213
31 Foreign private purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, net 162,944 -15,451 297,797 82,519 43,834 5,992 47,820 25,986
32 U.S. currency flows 29,187 12,632 28,319 18,817 18,057 7,116 16,156 15,812
33 Foreign purchases of other U.S. securities, net -165,639 1,855 139,316 -35,276 3,654 -43,065 47,556 68,536
34 Foreign direct investments in United States, net 310,092 150,442 205,831 76,120 23,139 49,476 41,808 60,257
 
 
35 Capital account transactions, net5 6,010 -140 -157 -55 -1 -291 -470 7,198
36 Discrepancy -59,443 142,365 59,237 55,263 -32,338 11,763 44,601 44,775
37 Due to seasonal adjustment ... ... ... 20,223 18,254 -13,176 -28,496 23,417
38 Before seasonal adjustment -59,443 142,365 59,237 35,040 -50,592 24,939 73,097 21,357
 
  Memo  
  Changes in official assets  
39 U.S. official reserve assets (increase, -) -4,848 -52,256 -1,834 -1,912 -1,233 -3,289 -833 895
 
40 Foreign official assets in United States, excluding line 25 (increase, +) 545,605 422,080 385,867 -4,685 66,878 77,111 129,459 92,307
  1. Seasonal factors are not calculated for lines 11-16, 18-20, 22-35, and 38-41.   Return to table
  2. Associated primarily with military sales contracts and other transactions arranged with or through foreign official agencies.   Return to table
  3. Consists of investments in U.S. corporate stocks and in debt securities of private corporations and state and local governments.   Return to table
  4. Reporting banks included all types of depository institutions as well as some brokers and dealers.  Return to table
  5. Consists of capital transfers (such as those of accompanying migrants entering or leaving the country and debt forgiveness) and the acquisition and disposal of nonproduced nonfinancial assets.   Return to table
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business.
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Last update: March 29, 2013