Balance of International Payments
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
(in billions of dollars)
| Item | 19991 | 1998 | 19971 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1990 | 1985 | 1980 | 1975 | 1970 | 1965 | 1960 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports of goods, services, and income receipts | $1,191.4 | $1,192.2 | $1,167.6 | $1,055.2 | $969.2 | $ 838.8 | $652.9 | $366.0 | $343.2 | $157.9 | $68.4 | $42.7 | $30.5 |
| Goods, balance of payments basis, (excluding military) | 670.3 | 670.2 | 678.3 | 612.1 | 575.9 | 502.5 | 389.5 | 214.4 | 224.0 | 107.1 | 42.5 | 26.5 | 19.7 |
| Services2 | 262.7 | 263.7 | 253.2 | 236.8 | 210.6 | 198.7 | 133.1 | 54.0 | 44.7 | 23.2 | 11.4 | 7.2 | 4.6 |
| Transfers under U.S. military agency sales contracts | 17.6 | 17.2 | 15.2 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 12.4 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Receipts of income on U.S. assets abroad | 256.5 | 256.5 | 236.0 | 206.4 | 182.7 | 137.6 | 130.0 | 90.0 | 75.9 | 25.4 | 11.8 | 7.4 | 4.6 |
| Imports of goods and services | –1,099.9 | –1,098.2 | –1,295.5 | –1,163.5 | –1,082.3 | –954.3 | –722.7 | –461.2 | –333.9 | –132.6 | –60.0 | –32.8 | –23.7 |
| Goods, balance of payments basis, excluding military | –917.2 | –917.2 | –877.3 | –803.2 | –749.4 | –668.6 | –497.6 | –339.0 | –249.3 | –98.0 | –39.9 | –21.5 | –14.8 |
| Services2 | –182.7 | –181.0 | –167.9 | –156.6 | –142.2 | –139.3 | –106.9 | –58.0 | –41.4 | –22.0 | –14.7 | –9.2 | –7.7 |
| Direct defense expenditures | –12.2 | –12.8 | –11.3 | –10.9 | –9.8 | –10.3 | –17.1 | –12.0 | –10.7 | –4.8 | –4.9 | –3.0 | –3.1 |
| Payments of income on foreign assets in U.S. | –257.5 | –263.4 | –250.3 | –203.6 | –190.7 | –147.0 | –118.1 | –65.0 | –43.2 | –12.6 | –5.5 | –2.1 | –1.2 |
| Unilateral transfers, excluding military grants, net | –44.0 | –44.1 | –38.5 | –40.0 | –35.1 | –36.0 | –22.3 | –15.0 | –7.0 | –4.6 | –3.3 | –2.9 | –2.3 |
| U.S. assets abroad, net | –335.4 | –292.8 | –426.9 | –352.4 | –307.9 | –126.0 | –57.7 | –27.7 | –86.1 | –39.7 | –9.3 | –5.7 | –4.1 |
| U.S. government assets abroad, net | —422.0 | –0.4 | 0.2 | –0.7 | –0.3 | –0.3 | 2.9 | –2.8 | –5.2 | –3.5 | –1.6 | –1.6 | –1.1 |
| U.S. private assets abroad, net | –328.2 | –285.6 | –426.1 | –358.4 | –297.8 | –131.0 | –58.5 | –26.0 | –71.5 | –35.4 | –10.2 | –5.3 | –5.1 |
| Foreign assets in U.S., net | –482.2 | 502.6 | 690.5 | 547.6 | 424.5 | 291.3 | 86.3 | 127.1 | 50.3 | 15.6 | 6.4 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| Balance on current account | –217.1 | –220.6 | –166.4 | –148.2 | –148.2 | –151.2 | –92.1 | –118.0 | 3.7 | 18.4 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 2.8 |
NOTE: – denotes debits. Only selected items within each category are shown.
1. Revised.
2. Includes some goods that cannot be separately identified from services.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, International Accounts Data, June 2000. Web: www.bea.doc.gov .
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