Table 2
Current account – Seasonally adjusted

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Current account – Seasonally adjusted

Table summary
This table displays the results of current account – seasonally adjusted third quarter 2010, fourth quarter 2010, first quarter 2011, second quarter 2011, third quarter 2011, 2009 and 2010, calculated using $ millions units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  Third quarter 2010 Fourth quarter 2010 First quarter 2011 Second quarter 2011 Third quarter 2011 2009 2010
  $ millions
Receipts              
Goods and services 117,427 124,539 129,104 129,179 133,762 437,636 476,086
Goods 99,592 106,301 111,213 110,534 115,214 369,343 404,834
Services 17,835 18,238 17,891 18,645 18,549 68,292 71,252
Travel 4,095 4,032 3,896 4,153 4,186 15,547 16,198
Transportation 3,008 3,209 3,192 3,195 3,298 10,559 12,004
Commercial services 10,283 10,559 10,384 10,895 10,660 40,324 41,263
Government services 450 438 419 402 404 1,863 1,787
Investment income 15,533 17,159 16,556 15,848 16,224 55,528 61,794
Direct investment 9,428 11,102 10,657 9,997 10,375 28,047 37,836
Interest 609 463 515 497 495 1,912 2,316
Profits 8,819 10,638 10,142 9,500 9,880 26,135 35,520
Portfolio investment 4,396 4,399 4,145 4,167 4,270 19,874 17,376
Interest 1,257 1,304 1,218 1,090 1,094 5,746 4,998
Dividends 3,139 3,095 2,927 3,077 3,176 14,128 12,378
Other investment 1,710 1,658 1,755 1,684 1,579 7,607 6,581
Current transfers 2,147 2,525 2,143 2,252 2,248 8,716 9,261
Private 837 825 772 773 791 2,851 3,298
Official 1,309 1,700 1,371 1,479 1,457 5,865 5,963
Total receipts 135,107 144,222 147,804 147,279 152,235 501,880 547,141
Payments              
Goods and services 129,926 130,050 133,615 139,234 139,377 464,508 507,844
Goods 106,312 105,924 109,804 114,047 114,479 374,081 413,833
Services 23,614 24,126 23,812 25,187 24,897 90,427 94,011
Travel 7,714 8,015 7,544 8,243 8,170 27,692 30,464
Transportation 5,358 5,505 5,609 5,874 5,800 19,239 21,034
Commercial services 10,212 10,273 10,325 10,739 10,596 42,175 41,182
Government services 330 334 334 331 332 1,322 1,331
Investment income 19,858 21,602 21,495 21,331 22,117 71,156 78,230
Direct investment 9,436 10,489 11,040 10,657 11,138 29,828 36,720
Interest 836 792 863 858 827 3,570 3,261
Profits 8,600 9,697 10,178 9,799 10,311 26,258 33,459
Portfolio investment 9,037 9,279 9,174 9,384 9,621 33,506 35,537
Interest 6,807 6,960 6,769 6,825 6,968 25,263 26,482
Dividends 2,230 2,319 2,405 2,559 2,653 8,243 9,055
Other investment 1,385 1,834 1,281 1,290 1,358 7,822 5,972
Current transfers 3,210 2,852 3,030 2,849 2,869 11,452 11,932
Private 1,825 1,860 1,871 1,899 1,889 7,179 7,326
Official 1,385 992 1,159 949 980 4,273 4,606
Total payments 152,994 154,504 158,140 163,414 164,362 547,116 598,005
Balances              
Goods and services -12,499 -5,512 -4,511 -10,056 -5,614 -26,873 -31,757
Goods -6,720 377 1,409 -3,514 734 -4,738 -8,999
Services -5,778 -5,889 -5,920 -6,542 -6,349 -22,135 -22,759
Travel -3,619 -3,983 -3,648 -4,090 -3,984 -12,146 -14,265
Transportation -2,350 -2,296 -2,417 -2,679 -2,502 -8,680 -9,030
Commercial services 71 286 60 156 65 -1,851 81
Government services 120 103 85 71 73 541 456
Investment income -4,325 -4,443 -4,939 -5,483 -5,893 -15,628 -16,436
Direct investment -8 613 -383 -660 -763 -1,781 1,116
Interest -227 -329 -348 -361 -332 -1,658 -945
Profits 219 941 -36 -299 -431 -123 2,061
Portfolio investment -4,642 -4,880 -5,029 -5,216 -5,351 -13,632 -18,161
Interest -5,551 -5,656 -5,551 -5,735 -5,874 -19,517 -21,484
Dividends 909 776 522 519 523 5,885 3,323
Other investment 325 -176 474 393 221 -215 609
Current transfers -1,063 -327 -886 -597 -620 -2,736 -2,671
Private -988 -1,035 -1,099 -1,127 -1,098 -4,328 -4,028
Official -76 708 213 529 478 1,592 1,356
Current account -17,887 -10,282 -10,336 -16,136 -12,128 -45,236 -50,864