U.S. International Transactions by Type of Transaction statistics



Type of transaction	1970	1971	1972	1973		1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980		1981		1982	1983		1984	1985		1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991		1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000


Exports of goods and services and income receipts	68,387	72,384	81,986	113,050		148,484	157,936	172,090	184,655	220,516	287,965	344,440		380,928		366,926	356,156		400,052	387,806		406,060	456,227	567,260	649,902	708,135	729,513		748,431	776,404	868,041	1,005,715	1,074,425	1,197,206	1,192,231	1,233,944
Exports of goods and services.	56,640	59,677	67,222	91,242		120,897	132,585	142,716	152,301	178,428	224,131	271,834		294,398		275,236	266,106		291,094	289,070		308,786	347,799	430,260	488,336	536,058	579,956		615,909	641,783	702,073	793,482	849,806	938,543	933,907	960,088
Goods, balance of payments basis ¹	42,469	43,319	49,381	71,410		98,306	107,088	114,745	120,816	142,075	184,439	224,250		237,044		211,157	201,799		219,926	215,915		223,344	250,208	320,230	362,120	389,307	416,913		440,352	456,832	502,398	575,845	612,057	679,715	670,246	683,021
Services ²	14,171	16,358	17,841	19,832		22,591	25,497	27,971	31,485	36,353	39,692	47,584		57,354		64,079	64,307		71,168	73,155		85,442	97,591	110,030	126,216	146,751	163,043		175,557	184,951	199,675	217,637	237,749	258,828	263,661	277,067
Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts ³	4,214	5,472	5,856	5,369		5,197	6,256	5,826	7,554	8,209	6,981	9,029	⁴	10,720		12,572	12,524		9,969	8,718		8,549	11,106	9,284	8,564	9,932	11,135		12,387	13,471	12,787	14,643	15,736	17,561	17,155	16,688
Travel	2,331	2,534	2,817	3,412		4,032	4,697	5,742	6,150	7,183	8,441	10,588		12,913		12,393	10,947	⁴	17,177	17,762		20,385	23,563	29,434	36,205	43,007	48,385		54,742	57,875	58,417	63,395	69,751	73,301	71,250	74,448
Passenger fares	544	615	699	975		1,104	1,039	1,229	1,366	1,603	2,156	2,591		3,111		3,174	3,610	⁴	4,067	4,411		5,582	7,003	8,976	10,657	15,298	15,854		16,618	16,528	16,997	18,909	20,413	20,789	19,996	21,123
Other transportation	3,125	3,299	3,579	4,465		5,697	5,840	6,747	7,090	8,136	9,971	11,618		12,560		12,317	12,590		13,809	14,674	⁴	15,438	17,027	19,311	20,526	22,042	22,631		21,531	21,958	23,754	26,081	26,074	27,006	25,518	27,313
Royalties and license fees ⁵	2,331	2,545	2,770	3,225		3,821	4,300	4,353	4,920	5,885	6,184	7,085		7,284		5,603	5,778		6,177	6,678		8,113	10,174	12,139	13,818	16,634	17,819		20,841	21,695	26,712	30,289	32,470	33,781	36,808	37,213
Other private services ⁵	1,294	1,546	1,764	1,985		2,321	2,920	3,584	3,848	4,717	5,439	6,276		10,250		17,444	18,192		19,255	20,035	⁴	26,779	28,193	30,222	35,858	39,170	46,531	⁴	48,597	52,541	60,121	63,502	72,412	85,566	92,116	99,357
U.S. Government miscellaneous services	332	347	357	401		419	446	489	557	620	520	398		517		576	666		714	878		595	526	664	587	668	690		841	883	887	818	893	824	818	925
Income receipts	11,748	12,707	14,765	21,808		27,587	25,351	29,375	32,354	42,088	63,834	72,606		86,529		91,690	90,050		108,958	98,736		97,274	108,428	137,000	161,566	172,078	149,558		132,523	134,621	165,968	212,233	224,619	258,663	258,324	273,856
Income receipts on U.S.-owned assets abroad	11,748	12,707	14,765	21,808		27,587	25,351	29,375	32,354	42,088	63,834	72,606		86,529		91,690	90,050		108,958	98,736		96,366	107,434	136,005	160,549	170,906	148,268		131,098	133,187	164,425	210,472	222,863	256,861	256,467	271,972
Direct investment receipts	8,169	9,160	10,949	16,542		19,157	16,595	18,999	19,673	25,458	38,183	37,146		32,549	⁴	29,412	31,800		35,464	35,604		37,148	46,532	58,732	62,260	66,309	59,062		58,005	67,708	77,874	95,991	103,314	115,795	102,846	116,683
Other private receipts	2,671	2,641	2,949	4,330		7,356	7,644	9,043	11,057	14,788	23,356	32,898		50,300		58,160	53,418		68,267	57,633		52,806	55,592	70,571	92,638	94,072	81,186		65,977	60,353	82,423	109,768	114,958	137,507	150,001	152,104
U.S. Government receipts	907	906	866	936		1,074	1,112	1,332	1,625	1,843	2,295	2,562		3,680		4,118	4,832		5,227	5,499		6,413	5,311	6,703	5,651	10,525	8,019		7,115	5,126	4,128	4,713	4,591	3,559	3,620	3,185
Compensation of employees	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)		(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)		(NA)		(NA)	(NA)		(NA)	(NA)		908	994	995	1,017	1,172	1,290		1,425	1,434	1,543	1,761	1,756	1,802	1,857	1,884

Imports of goods and services and income payments	-59,901	-66,414	-79,237	-98,997		-137,274	-132,745	-162,109	-193,764	-229,870	-281,657	-333,774		-364,196		-355,964	-377,577		-474,144	-484,106		-530,478	-594,825	-664,167	-721,686	-759,646	-735,048		-763,187	-823,167	-950,529	-1,083,844	-1,161,533	-1,298,705	-1,368,718	-1,526,281
Imports of goods and services	-54,386	-60,979	-72,665	-89,342		-125,190	-120,181	-148,798	-179,547	-208,191	-248,696	-291,241		-310,570		-299,391	-323,874		-400,166	-410,950		-448,572	-500,552	-545,715	-579,844	-615,996	-609,440		-652,934	-711,722	-800,468	-891,021	-954,124	-1,043,273	-1,098,189	-1,227,636
Goods, balance of payments basis	-39,866	-45,579	-55,797	-70,499		-103,811	-98,185	-124,228	-151,907	-176,002	-212,007	-249,750		-265,067		-247,642	-268,901		-332,418	-338,088		-368,425	-409,765	-447,189	-477,365	-498,337	-490,981		-536,458	-589,441	-668,590	-749,574	-803,327	-876,366	-917,178	-1,030,152
Services	-14,520	-15,400	-16,868	-18,843		-21,379	-21,996	-24,570	-27,640	-32,189	-36,689	-41,491		-45,503		-51,749	-54,973		-67,748	-72,862		-80,147	-90,787	-98,526	-102,479	-117,659	-118,459		-116,476	-122,281	-131,878	-141,447	-150,797	-166,907	-181,011	-197,484
Direct defense expenditures	-4,855	-4,819	-4,784	-4,629		-5,032	-4,795	-4,895	-5,823	-7,352	-8,294	-10,851		-11,564		-12,460	-13,087		-12,516	-13,108		-13,730	-14,950	-15,604	-15,313	-17,531	-16,409		-13,835	-12,086	-10,217	-10,043	-11,029	-11,698	-12,841	-14,604
Travel	-3,980	-4,373	-5,042	-5,526		-5,980	-6,417	-6,856	-7,451	-8,475	-9,413	-10,397		-11,479		-12,394	-13,149	⁴	-22,913	-24,558		-25,913	-29,310	-32,114	-33,416	-37,349	-35,322		-38,552	-40,713	-43,782	-44,916	-48,048	-52,051	-56,105	-60,092
Passenger fares	-1,215	-1,290	-1,596	-1,790		-2,095	-2,263	-2,568	-2,748	-2,896	-3,184	-3,607		-4,487		-4,772	-6,003	⁴	-5,735	-6,444		-6,505	-7,283	-7,729	-8,249	-10,531	-10,012		-10,603	-11,410	-13,062	-14,663	-15,818	-18,138	-19,797	-21,305
Other transportation	-2,843	-3,130	-3,520	-4,694		-5,942	-5,708	-6,852	-7,972	-9,124	-10,906	-11,790		-12,474		-11,710	-12,222		-14,843	-15,643	⁴	-17,766	-19,010	-20,891	-22,172	-24,966	-24,975		-23,767	-24,524	-26,019	-27,034	-27,403	-28,959	-30,457	-34,500
Royalties and license fees ⁵	-224	-241	-294	-385		-346	-472	-482	-504	-671	-831	-724		-650		-795	-943		-1,168	-1,170		-1,401	-1,857	-2,601	-2,528	-3,135	-4,035		-5,161	-5,032	-5,852	-6,919	-7,837	-9,390	-11,292	-12,437
Other private services ⁵	-827	-956	-1,043	-1,180		-1,262	-1,551	-2,006	-2,190	-2,573	-2,822	-2,909	⁴	-3,562		-8,159	-8,001		-9,040	-10,203	⁴	-13,146	-16,485	-17,667	-18,930	-22,229	-25,590	⁴	-22,296	-26,261	-30,386	-35,249	-37,975	-43,909	-47,670	-51,591
U.S. Government miscellaneous services	-576	-592	-589	-640		-722	-789	-911	-951	-1,099	-1,239	-1,214		-1,287		-1,460	-1,568		-1,534	-1,735		-1,686	-1,893	-1,921	-1,871	-1,919	-2,116		-2,263	-2,255	-2,560	-2,623	-2,687	-2,762	-2,849	-2,955
Income payments	-5,515	-5,435	-6,572	-9,655		-12,084	-12,564	-13,311	-14,217	-21,680	-32,961	-42,532		-53,626		-56,572	-53,703		-73,977	-73,156		-81,907	-94,273	-118,452	-141,842	-143,649	-125,608		-110,253	-111,445	-150,061	-192,823	-207,409	-255,432	-270,529	-298,645
Income payments on foreign-owned assets in the United States	-5,515	-5,435	-6,572	-9,655		-12,084	-12,564	-13,311	-14,217	-21,680	-32,961	-42,532		-53,626		-56,572	-53,703		-73,977	-73,156		-79,229	-91,935	-116,605	-139,556	-140,185	-121,582		-105,501	-106,313	-144,109	-186,560	-201,109	-248,676	-263,423	-291,158
Direct investment payments	-875	-1,164	-1,284	-1,610		-1,331	-2,234	-3,110	-2,834	-4,211	-6,357	-8,635		-6,898	⁴	-2,103	-4,209		-8,664	-7,282		-7,192	-8,058	-12,576	-7,424	-3,907	1,742		-3,341	-9,133	-23,467	-32,186	-35,568	-46,575	-43,441	-58,250
Other private payments	-3,617	-2,428	-2,604	-4,209		-6,491	-5,788	-5,681	-5,841	-8,795	-15,481	-21,214		-29,415		-35,187	-30,501		-44,158	-42,745		-47,412	-57,659	-72,314	-93,768	-95,508	-82,452		-63,079	-57,804	-76,450	-97,004	-97,901	-114,051	-128,863	-137,777
U.S. Government payments	-1,024	-1,844	-2,684	-3,836		-4,262	-4,542	-4,520	-5,542	-8,674	-11,122	-12,684		-17,313		-19,282	-18,993		-21,155	-23,129		-24,625	-26,218	-31,715	-38,364	-40,770	-40,872		-39,081	-39,376	-44,192	-57,370	-67,640	-88,050	-91,119	-95,131
Compensation of employees	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)		(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)		(NA)		(NA)	(NA)		(NA)	(NA)		-2,678	-2,338	-1,847	-2,286	-3,464	-4,026		-4,752	-5,132	-5,952	-6,263	-6,300	-6,756	-7,106	-7,487
Unilateral current transfers, net	-6,156	-7,402	-8,544	-6,913		-9,249	-7,075	-5,686	-5,226	-5,788	-6,593	-8,349		-11,702		-17,139	-17,778		-20,661	-22,762		-24,818	-24,047	-26,139	-27,116	-27,821	9,819		-35,873	-38,522	-39,192	-35,437	-42,187	-41,966	-44,075	-46,581
U.S. Government grants ³	-4,449	-5,589	-6,665	-4,748		-7,293	-5,101	-3,519	-2,990	-3,412	-4,015	-5,486		-5,145		-6,087	-6,469		-8,696	-11,268		-11,883	-10,309	-10,537	-10,860	-10,359	29,193		-16,320	-17,036	-14,978	-11,190	-15,337	-12,386	-13,057	-12,825
U.S. Government pensions and other transfers	-611	-696	-770	-915		-939	-1,068	-1,250	-1,378	-1,532	-1,658	-1,818		-2,041		-2,251	-2,207		-2,159	-2,138		-2,372	-2,409	-2,709	-2,775	-3,224	-3,775		-4,043	-4,104	-4,556	-3,451	-4,466	-4,239	-4,350	-4,396
Private remittances and other transfers ⁶	-1,096	-1,117	-1,109	-1,250		-1,017	-906	-917	-859	-844	-920	-1,044	⁴	-4,516		-8,801	-9,103		-9,805	-9,357		-10,564	-11,330	-12,893	-13,481	-14,238	-15,599		-15,510	-17,383	-19,658	-20,796	-22,384	-25,341	-26,668	-29,360

Capital account

Capital account transactions, net	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)		(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)		(NA)		199	209		235	315		301	365	493	336	-6,579	-4,479		612	-88	-469	372	672	292	617	-172

Financial account

U.S. assets abroad, net (increase/capital outflow (-).	-8,470	-11,758	-13,787	-22,874		-34,745	-39,703	-51,269	-34,785	-61,130	-64,915	-85,815		-113,054		-127,825	-66,423		-40,515	-44,946		-111,933	-79,540	-106,860	-175,662	-81,570	-64,732		-74,877	-201,014	-176,586	-330,675	-380,762	-465,296	-292,818	-372,567

U.S. official reserve assets, net.	3,348	3,066	706	158		-1,467	-849	-2,558	-375	732	6	-7,003		-4,082		-4,965	-1,196		-3,131	-3,858		312	9,149	-3,912	-25,293	-2,158	5,763		3,901	-1,379	5,346	-9,742	6,668	-1,010	-6,784	8,749
Gold ⁷	787	866	547	(NA)		(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	-118	-65	-65	0		(NA)		(NA)	(NA)		(NA)	(NA)		(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Special drawing rights.	16	468	7	9		-172	-66	-78	-121	1,249	3	1,136		-730		-1,371	-66		-979	-897		-246	-509	127	-535	-192	-177		2,316	-537	-441	-808	370	-350	-149	12
Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund.	389	1,350	153	-33		-1,265	-466	-2,212	-294	4,231	-189	-1,667		-2,491		-2,552	-4,434		-995	908		1,501	2,070	1,025	471	731	-367		-2,692	-44	494	-2,466	-1,280	-3,575	-5,118	5,485
Foreign currencies.	2,156	382	-1	182		-30	-317	-268	158	-4,683	257	-6,472		-861		-1,041	3,304		-1,156	-3,869		-942	7,588	-5,064	-25,229	-2,697	6,307		4,277	-797	5,293	-6,468	7,578	2,915	-1,517	3,252
U.S. Govt. assets, other than official reserve
assets, net.	-1,589	-1,884	-1,568	-2,644		366	-3,474	-4,214	-3,693	-4,660	-3,746	-5,162		-5,097		-6,131	-5,006		-5,489	-2,821		-2,022	1,006	2,967	1,233	2,317	2,924		-1,667	-351	-390	-984	-989	68	-429	-365
U.S. credits and other long-term assets.	-3,293	-4,181	-3,819	-4,638		-5,001	-5,941	-6,943	-6,445	-7,470	-7,697	-9,860		-9,674		-10,063	-9,967		-9,599	-7,657		-9,084	-6,506	-7,680	-5,608	-8,410	-12,879		-7,408	-6,311	-5,383	-4,859	-5,025	-5,417	-4,676	-6,123
Repayments on U.S. credits and
other long-term assets ⁸	1,721	2,115	2,086	2,596	⁹	4,826	2,475	2,596	2,719	2,941	3,926	4,456		4,413		4,292	5,012		4,490	4,719		6,089	7,625	10,370	6,725	10,856	16,776		5,807	6,270	5,088	4,125	3,930	5,438	4,102	6,223
U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S.
short-term assets, net.	-16	182	165	-602		541	-9	133	33	-131	25	242		164		-360	-51		-379	117		973	-113	277	115	-130	-974		-66	-310	-95	-250	106	47	145	-465
U.S. private assets, net.	-10,229	-12,940	-12,925	-20,388		-33,643	-35,380	-44,498	-30,717	-57,202	-61,176	-73,651		-103,875		-116,729	-60,222		-31,896	-38,268		-110,224	-89,694	-105,915	-151,602	-81,729	-73,419		-77,111	-199,284	-181,542	-319,949	-386,441	-464,354	-285,605	-380,951
Direct investments abroad.	-7,590	-7,618	-7,747	-11,353		-9,052	-14,244	-11,949	-11,890	-16,056	-25,222	-19,222		-9,624	⁴	-4,499	-12,578		-16,546	-19,121		-24,205	-35,278	-22,815	-43,726	-37,519	-38,233		-48,733	-84,412	-80,697	-99,481	-92,694	-109,955	-132,829	-152,152
Foreign securities.	-1,076	-1,113	-618	-671		-1,854	-6,247	-8,885	-5,460	-3,626	-4,726	-3,568		-5,699		-7,983	-6,762		-4,756	-7,481		-4,271	-5,251	-7,980	-22,070	-28,765	-45,673		-49,166	-146,253	-60,309	-100,074	-115,859	-89,174	-102,817	-97,882
U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported
by U.S. nonbanking concerns.	-596	-1,229	-1,054	-2,383		-3,221	-1,357	-2,296	-1,940	-3,853	-5,014	-4,023		-4,377		6,823	-10,954		533	-10,342		-21,773	-7,046	-21,193	-27,646	-27,824	11,097		-387	766	-36,336	-45,286	-86,333	-120,403	-25,041	-69,493
U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, n.i.e.	-967	-2,980	-3,506	-5,980		-19,516	-13,532	-21,368	-11,427	-33,667	-26,213	-46,838		-84,175		-111,070	-29,928		-11,127	-1,323		-59,975	-42,119	-53,927	-58,160	12,379	-610		21,175	30,615	-4,200	-75,108	-91,555	-144,822	-24,918	-61,424

Foreign assets in the U.S., net
(increase/capital inflow (+)).	6,359	22,970	21,461	18,388		35,341	17,170	38,018	53,219	67,036	40,852	62,612		86,232		96,578	88,783		117,973	146,452		230,345	249,016	246,948	225,307	142,028	111,332		171,815	283,230	307,306	467,552	574,847	751,661	502,637	750,765

Foreign official assets in the U.S., net.	6,908	26,879	10,475	6,026		10,546	7,027	17,693	36,816	33,678	-13,665	15,497		4,960		3,593	5,845		3,140	-1,119		35,648	45,387	39,758	8,503	33,910	17,389		40,477	71,753	39,583	109,880	127,390	18,119	-21,684	44,570
U.S. Government securities.	9,439	26,570	8,470	641		4,172	5,563	9,892	32,538	24,221	-21,972	11,895		6,322		5,085	6,496		4,703	-1,139		33,150	44,802	43,050	1,532	30,243	16,147		22,403	53,014	36,827	72,712	120,679	-2,161	-3,625	32,423
U.S. Treasury securities ¹⁰.	9,411	26,578	8,213	59		3,270	4,658	9,319	30,230	23,555	-22,435	9,708		5,019		5,779	6,972		4,690	-838		34,364	43,238	41,741	149	29,576	14,846		18,454	48,952	30,750	68,977	115,671	-6,690	-9,957	12,073
Other ¹¹	28	-8	257	582		902	905	573	2,308	666	463	2,187		1,303		-694	-476		13	-301		-1,214	1,564	1,309	1,383	667	1,301		3,949	4,062	6,077	3,735	5,008	4,529	6,332	20,350
Other U.S. Government liabilities ¹²	-456	-510	182	936		301	1,517	4,627	1,400	2,476	-40	615		-338		605	602		739	844		2,195	-2,326	-467	160	1,868	1,367		2,191	1,313	1,564	-105	-316	-1,798	-3,113	-3,698
U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, n.i.e.	-2,075	819	1,638	4,126		5,818	-2,158	969	773	5,551	7,213	-159		-3,670		-1,747	545		555	645		1,187	3,918	-319	4,976	3,385	-1,484		16,571	14,841	3,665	34,008	5,704	22,286	-11,469	14,937
Other foreign official assets ¹³	(NA)	(NA)	185	323		254	2,104	2,205	2,105	1,430	1,135	3,145		2,646		-350	-1,798		-2,857	-1,469		-884	-1,007	-2,506	1,835	-1,586	1,359		-688	2,585	-2,473	3,265	1,323	-208	-3,477	908
Other foreign assets in the U.S., net.	-550	-3,909	10,986	12,362		24,796	10,143	20,326	16,403	33,358	54,516	47,115		81,272		92,986	82,938		114,833	147,570		194,696	203,629	207,190	216,804	108,118	93,944		131,338	211,477	267,723	357,672	447,457	733,542	524,321	706,195
Direct investments in U.S	1,464	367	949	2,800		4,760	2,603	4,347	3,728	7,897	11,877	16,918		25,195	⁴	12,624	10,461		24,689	20,079		35,756	58,852	58,161	68,653	48,951	23,695		20,975	52,552	47,438	59,644	88,977	109,264	193,375	282,507
U.S. Treasury securities ¹⁴	81	-24	-39	-216		697	2,590	2,783	534	2,178	4,060	2,645		2,927		7,027	8,689		23,001	20,433		3,809	-7,643	20,239	29,618	-2,534	18,826		37,131	24,381	34,274	99,548	154,996	146,433	46,155	-21,756
U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities	2,189	2,289	4,507	4,041		378	2,503	1,284	2,437	2,254	1,351	5,457		6,905		6,085	8,164		12,568	50,962		70,969	42,120	26,353	38,767	1,592	35,144		30,043	80,092	56,971	96,367	130,240	196,258	218,026	325,913
U.S. currency flows	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)		1,100	1,500	1,500	1,900	3,000	3,000	4,500		3,200		4,000	5,400		4,100	5,200		4,100	5,400	5,800	5,900	18,800	15,400		13,400	18,900	23,400	12,300	17,362	24,782	16,622	22,407
U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported
by U.S. nonbanking concerns.	2,014	369	815	1,035		1,844	319	-578	1,086	1,889	1,621	6,852		917		-2,383	-118		16,626	9,851		3,325	18,363	32,893	22,086	45,133	-3,115		13,573	10,489	1,302	59,637	39,404	107,779	9,412	29,411
U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, n.i.e.	-6,298	-6,911	4,754	4,702		16,017	628	10,990	6,719	16,141	32,607	10,743		42,128		65,633	50,342		33,849	41,045		76,737	86,537	63,744	51,780	-3,824	3,994		16,216	25,063	104,338	30,176	16,478	149,026	40,731	67,713

Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed).	-219	-9,779	-1,879	-2,654		-2,558	4,417	8,955	-4,099	9,236	24,349	20,886		21,792		37,224	16,630		17,059	17,242		30,524	-7,196	-17,535	48,920	25,454	-46,405		-46,921	3,157	-8,571	-23,683	-65,462	-143,192	10,126	-39,108

Memoranda:
Balance on goods	2,603	-2,260	-6,416	911		-5,505	8,903	-9,483	-31,091	-33,927	-27,568	-25,500		-28,023		-36,485	-67,102		-112,492	-122,173		-145,081	-159,557	-126,959	-115,245	-109,030	-74,068		-96,106	-132,609	-166,192	-173,729	-191,270	-196,651	-246,932	-347,131
Balance on services .	-349	957	973	989		1,213	3,501	3,401	3,845	4,164	3,003	6,093		11,852		12,329	9,335		3,419	294		5,295	6,804	11,504	23,736	29,091	44,584		59,081	62,669	67,797	76,190	86,952	91,921	82,650	79,583
Balance on goods and services .												-19,407														-79,939					-98,395	-97,539	-104,318	-104,730	-164,282	-267,548
Balance on income.	6,233	7,272	8,192	12,153		15,503	12,787	16,063	18,137	20,408	30,873	30,073		32,903		35,118	36,347		34,981	25,580		15,368	14,155	18,548	19,724	28,429	23,950		22,269	23,176	15,907	19,410	17,210	3,231	-12,205	-24,789
Univeral current transfers, net..												-8,349														-27,821					-39,192	-35,437	-42,187	-41,966	-44,075	-46,581
Balance on current account ¹⁵	2,331	-1,433	-5,795	7,140		1,962	18,116	4,295	-14,335	-15,143	-285	2,317		5,030		-6,177	-39,198		-94,753	-119,062		-149,236	-162,645	-123,046	-98,900	-79,332	4,284		-50,629	-85,286	-121,680	-113,566	-129,295	-143,465	-220,562	-338,918

- Represents or rounds to zero. NA Not available.
1 Excludes exports of goods under U.S. military agency sales contracts identified in Census export documents, excludes imports of goods under direct defense expenditures identified in Census import documents, and reflects various other adjustments (for valuation, coverage, and timing) of Census statistics to balance of payments basis.
2 Includes some goods: Mainly military equipment included in "Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts"; major equipment, other materials, supplies, and petroleum products purchased abroad by U.S. military agencies included in "Direct defense expenditures" under "Imports", and fuels purchased by airline and steamship operators included in "Other transportation" under "Exports" and "Imports".
3 Includes transfers of goods and services under U.S. military grant programs.
4 Break in series. See Technical Notes in the June 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, and July 1996-99 issues of the Survey.
5 Beginning in 1982, these lines are presented on a gross basis. The definition of exports is revised to exclude U.S. parents' payments to foreign affiliates and to include U.S. affiliates' receipts from foreign parents. The definition of imports is revised to include U.S. parents' payments to foreign affiliates and to exclude U.S. affiliates' receipts from foreign parents.
6 Beginning in 1982, the "other transfers' component includes taxes paid by U.S. private residents to foreign governments and taxes paid by private nonresidents to the U.S. Government.
7 At the present time, all U.S. Treasury-owned gold is held in the United States.
8 Includes sales of foreign obligations to foreigners.
9 For 1974, includes extraordinary U.S. Government transactions with India. See "Special U.S. Government Transactions," June 1974 Survey, p. 27.
10 Consists of bills, certificates, marketable bonds and notes, and nonmarketable convertible and nonconvertible bonds and notes.
11 Consists of U.S. Treasury and Export-Import Bank obligations, not included elsewhere, and of debt securities of U.S. Government corporations and agencies.
12 Includes, primarily, U.S. Government liabilities associated with military agency sales contracts and other transactions arranged with or through foreign official agencies.
13 Consists of investments in U.S. corporate stocks and in debt securities of private corporations and state and local governments.
14 For 1978-83, includes foreign currency-denominated notes sold to private residents abroad.
15 Conceptually, "Balance on current account" is equal to "net foreign investment" in the national income and product accounts (NIPA's). However, the foreign transactions account in the NIPA's (a) includes adjustments to the international transactions accounts for the treatment of gold, (b) includes adjustments for the different geographical treatment of transactions with U.S. territories and Puerto Rico, and (c) includes services furnished without payment by financial pension plans except life insurance carriers and private noninsured pension plans.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business, July 1999 and April 2000. Note: Revisions for 1982-1999 werereleased in the July 2000 issue of the Survey of Current Business.

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