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U.S. International Transactions
[Millions of dollars,seasonally adjusted]
1995 1996 Change:
(Credits +, debits -) 1996
1995 I II III IV I IIr IIIp II-III
1 Exports of goods, services, and income ....................... 969,189 233,086 241,497 244,479 250,128 252,647 257,007 253,836 -3,171
2 Goods, adjusted, excluding military 1/...................... 575,940 138,551 142,983 144,984 149,422 150,028 153,095 149,937 -3,158
3 Services 2/................................................. 210,590 50,435 51,735 54,226 54,193 55,122 55,902 55,596 -306
4 Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts ..... 13,405 3,155 3,327 3,589 3,334 3,092 3,500 3,510 10
5 Travel.................................................... 61,137 14,762 14,825 15,682 15,867 16,235 16,133 15,651 -482
6 Passenger fares........................................... 18,534 4,248 4,635 4,815 4,836 4,869 4,911 4,814 -97
7 Other transportation...................................... 28,063 6,784 6,951 7,117 7,211 6,965 7,288 7,275 -13
8 Royalties and license fees................................ 26,953 6,309 6,615 7,014 7,015 7,186 7,166 7,161 -5
9 Other private services.................................... 61,724 14,989 15,247 15,743 15,744 16,501 16,747 16,994 247
10 U.S. Government miscellaneous services.................... 775 188 135 266 186 274 157 191 34
11 Income receipts on U.S. assets abroad....................... 182,659 44,100 46,779 45,269 46,513 47,497 48,010 48,303 293
12 Direct investment receipts................................ 88,882 21,452 22,962 21,877 22,592 23,467 23,527 23,531 4
13 Other private receipts.................................... 89,064 21,450 22,421 22,358 22,835 22,806 23,218 23,494 276
14 U.S. Government receipts.................................. 4,713 1,198 1,396 1,034 1,086 1,224 1,265 1,278 13
15 Imports of goods, services, and income........................ -1,082,268 -263,501 -274,183 -273,175 -271,409 -276,612 -287,848 -292,375 -4,527
16 Goods, adjusted, excluding military 1/...................... -749,364 -183,474 -190,910 -187,532 -187,448 -192,758 -200,091 -201,530 -1,439
17 Services 2/................................................. -142,230 -35,027 -35,632 -36,013 -35,558 -36,619 -37,483 -37,837 -354
18 Direct defense expenditures............................... -9,820 -2,527 -2,468 -2,469 -2,356 -2,603 -2,775 -2,800 -25
19 Travel.................................................... -45,855 -11,397 -11,539 -11,377 -11,541 -12,276 -12,132 -11,858 274
20 Passenger fares........................................... -14,313 -3,376 -3,658 -3,716 -3,563 -3,541 -3,567 -3,517 50
21 Other transportation...................................... -29,205 -7,251 -7,380 -7,434 -7,140 -6,890 -7,284 -7,288 -4
22 Royalties and license fees................................ -6,312 -1,496 -1,508 -1,619 -1,690 -1,596 -1,724 -2,187 -463
23 Other private services.................................... -33,970 -8,242 -8,448 -8,698 -8,582 -9,022 -9,389 -9,495 -106
24 U.S. Government miscellaneous services.................... -2,755 -738 -631 -700 -686 -691 -612 -692 -80
25 Income payments on foreign assets in the United States...... -190,674 -45,000 -47,641 -49,630 -48,403 -47,235 -50,274 -53,008 -2,734
26 Direct investment payments................................ -31,418 -7,113 -7,988 -9,062 -7,255 -6,949 -8,717 -9,464 -747
27 Other private payments.................................... -97,977 -23,648 -24,592 -24,761 -24,976 -24,122 -24,725 -25,051 -326
28 U.S. Government payments.................................. -61,279 -14,239 -15,061 -15,807 -16,172 -16,164 -16,832 -18,493 -1,661
29 Unilateral transfers, net..................................... -35,075 -8,639 -8,290 -8,992 -9,154 -10,904 -9,369 -9,422 -53
30 U.S. Government grants...................................... -10,959 -2,846 -2,381 -2,933 -2,799 -4,259 -2,364 -2,502 -138
31 U.S. Government pensions and other transfers................ -3,420 -758 -967 -964 -731 -960 -1,029 -1,034 -5
32 Private remittances and other transfers..................... -20,696 -5,035 -4,942 -5,095 -5,624 -5,685 -5,976 -5,886 90
33 U.S. assets abroad, net(increase/capital outflow (-))......... -307,856 -61,747 -108,299 -39,595 -98,214 -68,750 -50,726 -54,676 -3,950
34 U.S. official reserve assets, net........................... -9,742 -5,318 -2,722 -1,893 191 17 -523 7,489 8,012
35 Gold...................................................... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
36 Special drawing rights.................................... -808 -867 -156 362 -147 -199 -133 848 981
37 Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund....... -2,466 -526 -786 -991 -163 -849 -220 -183 37
38 Foreign currencies........................................ -6,468 -3,925 -1,780 -1,264 501 1,065 -170 6,824 6,994
39 U.S. Government assets, other than official reserve assets, net -280 -154 -179 252 -199 -152 -353 72 425
40 U.S. credits and other long term assets................... -4,640 -1,612 -815 -1,014 -1,199 -1,010 -1,489 -1,108 381
41 Repayments on U.S. credits and other long-term assets..... 4,258 1,063 647 1,523 1,025 1,005 875 1,183 308
42 U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets, net.. 102 395 -11 -257 -25 -147 261 -3 -264
43 U.S. private assets, net.................................... -297,834 -56,275 -105,398 -37,954 -98,206 -68,615 -49,850 -62,237 -12,387
44 Direct investment......................................... -95,509 -15,053 -18,247 -18,091 -44,117 -23,202 -26,202 -8,441 17,761
45 Foreign securities........................................ -98,960 -7,571 -23,011 -35,839 -32,539 -34,420 -20,200 -21,314 -1,114
46 U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
nonbanking concerns.................................. -34,219 -4,537 -22,904 7,500 -14,278 -12,707 -3,374 n.a. n.a.
47 U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere.. -69,146 -29,114 -41,236 8,476 -7,272 1,714 -74 -32,482 -32,408
48 Foreign assets in the United States, net (increase/capital
inflow(+))................................................ 424,462 90,995 115,421 118,816 99,229 99,471 100,549 123,999 23,450
49 Foreign official assets in the United States, net........... 109,757 21,822 37,380 39,186 11,369 52,021 13,566 23,642 10,076
50 U.S. Government securities................................ 72,547 11,258 26,534 21,007 13,748 55,652 -2,126 26,552 28,678
51 U.S. Treasury securities................................ 68,813 10,132 25,208 20,489 12,984 55,600 -3,384 25,335 28,719
52 Other................................................... 3,734 1,126 1,326 518 764 52 1,258 1,217 -41
53 Other U.S. Government liabilities......................... 1,082 -331 235 -71 1,249 -156 220 755 535
54 U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks,
not included elsewhere................................ 32,862 10,630 7,662 18,478 -3,908 -3,264 14,187 -2,080 -16,267
55 Other foreign official assets............................. 3,266 265 2,949 -228 280 -211 1,285 -1,585 -2,870
56 Other foreign assets in the United States, net.............. 314,705 69,173 78,041 79,630 87,860 47,450 86,983 100,357 13,374
57 Direct investment......................................... 60,236 10,788 9,692 24,987 14,768 28,690 17,428 25,149 7,721
58 U.S. Treasury securities.................................. 99,340 29,969 30,368 37,269 1,734 11,832 31,212 41,982 10,770
59 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities....... 95,268 15,480 20,496 31,971 27,321 35,993 29,122 32,961 3,839
60 U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S.
nonbanking concerns.............................. 34,578 9,076 7,285 6,945 11,272 6,506 7,296 n.a. n.a.
61 U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks,
not included elsewhere................................. 25,283 3,860 10,200 -21,542 32,765 -35,571 1,925 265 -1,660
62 Allocations of special drawing rights......................... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
63 Statistical discrepancy (sum of above items with sign reversed).. 31,548 9,806 33,854 -41,533 29,420 4,148 -9,613 -21,362 -11,749
Of which seasonal adjustment discrepancy.................... .... 6,519 -266 -7,407 1,153 6,279 -801 -8,699 -7,898
Memoranda:
64 Balance on goods (lines 2 and 16)............................. -173,424 -44,923 -47,927 -42,548 -38,026 -42,730 -46,996 -51,593 -4,597
65 Balance on services (lines 3 and 17).......................... 68,360 15,408 16,103 18,213 18,635 18,503 18,419 17,759 -660
66 Balance on goods and services (lines 64 and 65)............... -105,064 -29,515 -31,824 -24,335 -19,391 -24,227 -28,577 -33,834 -5,257
67 Balance on investment income (lines 11 and 25)................ -8,016 -900 -862 -4,361 -1,890 262 -2,264 -4,705 -2,441
68 Balance on goods, services, and income (lines 1 and 15 or lines 66
and 67) .................................................... -113,079 -30,415 -32,686 -28,696 -21,281 -23,965 -30,841 -38,539 -7,698
69 Unilateral transfers, net (line 29)........................... -35,075 -8,639 -8,290 -8,992 -9,154 -10,904 -9,369 -9,422 -53
70 Balance on current account (lines 1, 15, and 29
or lines 68 and 69)......................................... -148,154 -39,054 -40,976 -37,688 -30,435 -34,869 -40,210 -47,961 -7,751
r Revised. p Preliminary. n.a. not available.
1. Adjusted for timing, valuation, and coverage to a balance of payments basis; excludes exports under U.S. military agency sales contracts
and imports of U.S. military agencies.
2. Includes some goods that cannot be separately identified from services.
NOTE:--Details may not add to totals because of rounding. Source: U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
International Investment Position of the United States at Yearend, 1994 and 1995
[Millions of dollars]
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Changes in position in 1995 (decrease (-))
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Attributable to:
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Valuation adjustments
Line Type of investment _________________________________
Position Position
1994 /r/ Exchange 1995 /p/
Capital Price rate Other
flows changes changes /1/changes /2/ Total
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a+b+c+d)
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Net international investment position of the United States:
1 With direct investment positions at current cost
(line 3 less line 24)............................. -580,095 -116,606 -119,855 6,512 -3,932 -233,881 -813,976
2 With direct investment positions at market value
(line 4 less line 25)............................. -492,482 -116,606 -194,498 27,380 2,553 -281,171 -773,653
U.S. assets abroad:
3 With direct investment positions at current cost
(lines 5+10+15)................................. 2,546,189 307,856 75,769 9,635 -7,545 385,715 2,931,904
4 With direct investment positions at market value
(lines 5+10+16)................................. 2,825,830 307,856 187,177 30,531 1,517 527,081 3,352,911
5 U.S. official reserve assets........................ 163,394 9,742 1,177 1,756 -8 12,667 176,061
6 Gold.............................................. 100,110 .... 1,177 .... -8 1,169 101,279
7 Special drawing rights............................ 10,039 808 .... 190 .... 998 11,037
8 Reserve position in the International Monetary
Fund............................................ 12,030 2,466 .... 153 .... 2,619 14,649
9 Foreign currencies................................ 41,215 6,468 .... 1,413 .... 7,881 49,096
10 U.S. Government assets, other than official
reserve assets.................................... 81,269 280 .... -1 .... 279 81,548
11 U.S. credits and other long-term assets /5/....... 79,188 382 .... .... .... 382 79,570
12 Repayable in dollars............................ 78,327 431 .... .... 32 463 78,790
13 Other /6/....................................... 861 -49 .... .... -32 -81 780
14 U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S.
short-term assets............................... 2,081 -102 .... -1 .... -103 1,978
U.S. private assets:
15 With direct investment at current cost
(lines 17+19+22+23)........................... 2,301,526 297,834 74,592 7,880 -7,537 372,769 2,674,295
16 With direct investment at market value
(lines 18+19+22+23)........................... 2,581,167 297,834 186,000 28,776 1,525 514,135 3,095,302
Direct investment abroad:
17 At current cost................................. 779,300 95,509 6,410 6,279 -7,375 100,823 880,123
18 At market value................................. 1,058,941 95,509 117,818 27,175 1,687 242,189 1,301,130
19 Foreign securities................................ 556,241 98,960 68,182 -1,634 .... 165,508 721,749
20 Bonds........................................... 232,265 48,263 29,628 511 .... 78,402 310,667
21 Corporate stocks................................ 323,976 50,697 38,554 -2,145 .... 87,106 411,082
22 U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported
by U.S. nonbanking concerns..................... 273,686 34,219 .... 3,235 .... 37,454 311,140
23 U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included
elsewhere....................................... 692,299 69,146 .... .... -162 68,984 761,283
Foreign assets in the United States:
24 With direct investment at current cost
(lines 26+33)................................... 3,126,284 424,462 195,624 3,123 -3,613 619,596 3,745,880
25 With direct investment at market value
(lines 26+34)................................... 3,318,312 424,462 381,675 3,151 -1,036 808,252 4,126,564
26 Foreign official assets in the United States........ 546,015 109,757 21,979 .... 159 131,895 677,910
27 U.S. Government securities........................ 415,005 72,547 11,190 .... 158 83,895 498,900
28 U.S. Treasury securities........................ 393,436 68,813 9,095 .... 158 78,066 471,502
29 Other........................................... 21,569 3,734 2,095 .... .... 5,829 27,398
30 Other U.S. Government liabilities /7/............. 24,858 1,082 .... .... 1 1,083 25,941
31 U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not
included elsewhere.............................. 73,281 32,862 .... .... .... 32,862 106,143
32 Other foreign official assets..................... 32,871 3,266 10,789 .... .... 14,055 46,926
Other foreign assets:
33 With direct investment at current cost
(lines 35+37+38+41+42)........................ 2,580,269 314,705 173,645 3,123 -3,772 487,701 3,067,970
34 With direct investment at market value
(lines 36+37+38+41+42)........................ 2,772,297 314,705 359,696 3,151 -1,195 676,357 3,448,654
Direct investment in the United States:
35 At current cost................................. 579,826 60,236 1,015 -28 -2,530 58,693 638,519
36 At market value................................. 771,854 60,236 187,066 .... 47 247,349 1,019,203
37 U.S. Treasury securities.......................... 266,594 99,340 23,172 .... -157 122,355 388,949
38 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury
securities...................................... 752,792 95,268 149,458 1,078 .... 245,804 998,596
39 Corporate and other bonds....................... 413,866 81,911 36,322 1,078 .... 119,311 533,177
40 Corporate stocks................................ 338,926 13,357 113,136 .... .... 126,493 465,419
41 U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners
reported by U.S. nonbanking concerns............ 197,325 34,578 .... 2,073 -1,085 35,566 232,891
42 U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not
included elsewhere.............................. 783,732 25,283 .... .... .... 25,283 809,015
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.
1. Represents gains or losses on foreign-currency-denominated assets due to their revaluation
at current exchange rates.
2. Includes changes in coverage, statistical discrepancies, and other adjustments to the value of
assets.
3. Reflects changes in the value of the official gold stock due to fluctuations
in the market price of gold.
4. Reflects changes in gold stock from U.S. Treasury sales of gold medallions and
commemorative and bullion coins; also reflects replenishment through open market purchases.
These demonetizations/monetizations are not included in international transactions capital flows.
5. Also includes paid-in capital subscriptions to international financial institutions and outstanding
amounts of miscellaneous claims that have been settled through international agreements to
be payable to the U.S. Government over periods in excess of 1 year. Excludes World War I debts
that are not being serviced.
6. Includes indebtedness that the borrower may contractually, or at its option, repay with its
currency, with a third country's currency, or by delivery of materials or transfer of services.
7. Primarily U.S. Government liabilities associated with military sales contracts and
other transactions arranged with or through foreign official agencies.
Private Service Transactions
[Millions of dollars]
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1993 1994 1995
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1 Exports of private services ...............................172,139 182,704 196,411
2 Travel (table 1, line 5) .................................. 57,875 58,417 61,137
3 Passenger fares (table 1, line 6) ....................... 16,611 17,083 18,534
4 Other transportation (table 1, line 7) .................. 23,894 25,861 28,063
5 Freight ................................................. 8,668 9,698 10,780
6 Port services ......................................... 14,222 15,101 16,091
7 Other ................................................. 1,005 1,066 1,193
8 Royalties and license fees (table 1, line 8) .............. 20,323 22,272 26,953
9 Affiliated, ............................................. 15,707 17,422 21,619
10 U.S. parents' receipts ................................ 14,936 16,424 20,180
11 U.S. affiliates' receipts ............................. 771 998 1,439
12 Unaffiliated ............................................ 4,616 4,849 5,333
13 Industrial processes /1/............................... 2,820 3,043 3,316
14 Other /2/.............................................. 1,796 1,806 2,017
15 Other private services (table 1, line 9) ................. 53,436 59,071 61,724
16 Affiliated services, .................................... 16,740 18,162 19,458
17 U.S. parents' receipts ................................ 10,902 11,623 11,933
18 U.S. affiliates' receipts ............................. 5,838 6,539 7,525
19 Unaffiliated services ................................... 36,696 40,910 42,265
20 Education ............................................. 6,738 7,175 7,517
21 Financial services .................................... 4,999 5,626 6,109
22 Insurance, net ........................................ 1,020 1,506 1,395
23 Premiums received ................................... 3,981 4,944 5,575
24 Losses paid ......................................... 2,961 3,437 4,180
25 Telecommunications .................................... 2,785 2,871 2,848
26 Business, professional, and technical services ........ 13,296 15,728 16,264
27 Other unaffiliated services /3/........................ 7,858 8,003 8,131
28 Imports of private services ..............................111,016 121,148 129,655
29 Travel (table 1, line 19) ............................... 40,713 43,782 45,855
30 Passenger fares (table 1, line 20) ...................... 11,313 12,885 14,313
31 Other transportation (table 1, line 21) ................. 26,328 27,983 29,205
32 Freight ............................................... 14,846 16,444 17,089
33 Port services ......................................... 10,587 10,621 11,215
34 Other ................................................. 895 919 902
35 Royalties and license fees (table 1, line 22) ............ 4,765 5,518 6,312
36 Affiliated, ............................................. 3,364 3,810 5,148
37 U.S. parents' payments ................................ 234 248 430
38 U.S. affiliates' payments ............................. 3,130 3,562 4,718
39 Unaffiliated ............................................ 1,401 1,708 1,163
40 Industrial processes /1/............................... 1,054 1,056 819
41 Other /2/.............................................. 348 652 344
42 Other private services (table 1, line 23) ................ 27,897 30,980 33,970
43 Affiliated services, .................................... 10,618 11,755 13,723
44 U.S. parents' payments ................................ 5,721 5,760 6,740
45 U.S. affiliates' payments ............................. 4,897 5,995 6,983
46 Unaffiliated services ................................... 17,279 19,225 20,247
47 Education ............................................. 767 816 877
48 Financial services .................................... 1,371 1,611 1,707
49 Insurance, net ........................................ 3,095 3,781 4,481
50 Premiums paid ....................................... 12,093 13,861 13,710
51 Losses recovered .................................... 8,998 10,080 9,230
52 Telecommunications .................................... 6,365 6,924 6,773
53 Business, professional, and technical services ........ 4,012 4,262 4,502
54 Other unaffiliated services /3/........................ 1,670 1,833 1,908
Memoranda:
55 Balance on goods (table 1, line 64) ......................132,609 166,121 173,424
56 Balance on private services (line 1 minus line 28) ....... 61,123 61,556 66,756
57 Balance on goods and private services (lines 55 and 56) .. 71,486 104,565 106,668
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1. Patented techniques, processes, and formulas and other intangible property rights that
are used in goods production.
2. Copyrights, trademarks, franchises, rights to broadcast live events, and other
intangible property rights.
3. Other unaffiliated services receipts (exports) include mainly expenditures of foreign
governments and international organizations in the United States. Payments (imports)
include mainly wages of foreign residents temporarily employed in the United States and
Canadian and Mexican commuters in U.S. border areas.
Source: Survey of Current Business, July 1996, pages 84,87.
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