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Release for: Fourth Quarter 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted; credits (+), debts (-)
Q4-17 Q1-18 Q2-18 Q3-18 Q4-18
Current account
Exports of goods, services, income receipts 890393 903027 934221 930192 934254
Exports of goods, services 605916 615222 633033 627086 625415
Goods 401939 409210 427198 419830 416094
General merchandise 397143 402694 421872 413725 411818
Foods, feeds, beverages 32099 31369 38552 34254 29077
Industrial supplies, materials 124271 125379 134692 135330 136366
Capital goods except auto 137341 138221 141658 140294 142099
auto vehicles, parts, engines 39761 42177 40304 38776 37340
Consumer goods except food, auto 49807 51409 51093 51013 51863
Other general merchandise 13866 14138 15572 14057 15072
Net exports of goods under merchanting 56 66 77 70 64
Nonmonetary gold 4740 6450 5249 6034 4212
Services 203977 206012 205835 207257 209321
Maintenance, repair services 6740 7289 7471 7684 7598
Transport 22696 22951 23455 22885 23013
Travel (for all purposes incl education 53429 53489 53636 53376 53968
Insurance services 4755 4555 4557 5017 5035
Financial services 28751 27909 28226 28278 28630
Charges for use of intellectual prop 32762 33577 32400 32209 32265
Telecomm, computer, information 10902 10911 10628 11163 11257
Other business services 39326 40582 40159 41711 42338
Government goods, services 4617 4748 5304 4933 5218
Primary income receipts 248940 255972 266192 266297 271901
Investment income 247367 254378 264587 264681 270284
Direct investment income 135929 134983 140099 138869 137864
Portfolio investment income 93614 99244 102199 103216 106674
Other investment income 17741 19982 22242 22366 25559
Reserve asset income 82 169 47 230 187
Compensation of employees 1573 1594 1605 1615 1616
Secondary income (current transfer) receipt 35537 31833 34996 36809 36938
Imports of goods, services, income payments 1006541 1026950 1037789 1056796 1068631
Imports of goods, services 753742 771478 769908 789097 792379
Goods 614317 632478 632723 649303 649147
General merchandise 610844 629670 630044 646832 646528
Foods, feeds, beverages 35551 37001 37077 37083 37270
Industrial supplies, materials 133707 142402 146515 150870 143638
Capital goods except auto 169186 170623 174194 176726 175039
auto vehicles, parts, engines 90589 92914 90179 93802 96302
Consumer goods except food, auto 157597 164026 157432 162120 166639
Other general merchandise 24214 22703 24648 26230 27639
Nonmonetary gold 3473 2809 2678 2472 2620
Services 139426 139000 137185 139794 143231
Maintenance, repair services 2059 2093 2062 2275 2291
Transport 25872 26189 26692 27067 28357
Travel (for all purposes incl education 34906 35435 35502 35650 37570
Insurance services 12434 9754 9554 9546 9375
Financial services 7628 7534 7719 7715 7822
Charges for use of intellectual prop 13808 13921 13048 13448 13335
Telecomm, computer, information 10280 10172 9828 10210 10206
Other business services 26929 28251 27048 28074 28492
Government goods, services 5510 5653 5731 5809 5785
Primary income payments 186569 194783 203860 205958 211465
Investment income 181601 189797 198793 200875 206355
Direct investment income 55978 57381 61023 60149 59336
Portfolio investment income 111305 114968 116895 116746 118815
Other investment income 14317 17448 20875 23979 28204
Compensation of employees 4969 4986 5067 5084 5110
Secondary income (current transfer) payment 66229 60689 64021 61740 64787
Capital account
Capital transfer receipts, other credits 0 0 0 562 8856
Capital transfer payments, other debits 40 2 5 3 #N/A
Financial account
Net US acquisition of financial assets ex der 127135 251218 -199905 78338 171967
Direct investment assets 91256 -139234 -68023 60396 96229
Equity 101537 -167640 -52771 64334 97536
Debt instruments -10281 28406 -15252 -3939 -1307
Portfolio investment assets 88301 304094 -14272 70072 -149565
Equity, investment fund shares -39233 200871 -70830 32245 -65105
Debt securities 127534 103223 56559 37828 -84460
Short term 40467 27771 2469 21546 -34190
Long term 87067 75453 54089 16282 -50270
Other investment assets -50883 86365 -120679 -51953 223199
Currency, deposits 4850 53816 -22388 -23109 143516
Loans -55760 33356 -99576 -27225 77718
Insurance technical reserves #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Trade credit, advances 26 -807 1285 -1618 1964
Reserve assets -1539 -7 3068 -177 2105
Monetary gold 0 0 0 0 0
Special drawing rights 26 33 33 43 47
Reserve position in the IMF -1535 -73 3136 -288 2049
Other reserve assets -29 34 -101 68 9
Currency, deposits 0 0 0 0 0
Securities -29 34 -101 68 9
Financial derivatives 0 0 0 0 0
Other claims 0 0 0 0 0
Net US incurrence of liabilities ex derivativ 159164 440981 -63211 102926 320216
Direct investment liabilities 38250 57850 16551 104506 88175
Equity 64320 72562 45505 114541 99600
Debt instruments -26070 -14712 -28954 -10035 -11425
Portfolio investment liabilities 81626 301503 20596 10760 -12853
Equity, investment fund shares -3377 154313 291 -95528 88160
Debt securities 85003 147190 20305 106287 -101013
Short term 25215 31355 37436 -53098 13079
Long term 59788 115835 -17131 159386 -114093
Other investment liabilities 39288 81628 -100358 -12340 244895
Currency, deposits 61423 -10034 -57927 -7034 104582
Loans -23436 82566 -47064 -7584 141815
Insurance technical reserves #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Trade credit, advances 1302 9096 4634 2278 -1502
Special drawing rights allocations 0 0 0 0 0
Financial derivatives other than reserves,net 777 29024 -16969 -12255 -20061
Statistical discrepancy
Statistical discrepancy 84936 -36814 -50090 89202 -42789
Balances
Balance on current account -116148 -123923 -103568 -126604 -134377
Balance on goods, services -147826 -156256 -136875 -162011 -166964
Balance on goods -212378 -223268 -205525 -229474 -233053
Balance on services 64551 67012 68650 67462 66090
Balance on primary income 62371 61189 62332 60339 60435
Balance on secondary income -30692 -28856 -29026 -24931 -27849
Balance on capital account -40 -2 -5 559 8856
Net lending/borrowing, current-, capital-acco -116188 -123925 -103573 -126045 -125521
Net lending/borrowing, financial-account tran -31252 -160739 -153664 -36843 -168310
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