Table 2
Current account – Seasonally adjusted
| Fourth quarter 2019 | First quarter 2020 | Second quarter 2020 | Third quarter 2020 | Fourth quarter 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Current account receipts | 225,658 | 210,567 | 168,889 | 197,506 | 204,167 | 901,998 | 781,130 |
| Goods and services | 182,591 | 171,540 | 134,569 | 164,182 | 168,464 | 737,500 | 638,755 |
| Goods | 147,306 | 139,913 | 107,080 | 136,799 | 140,270 | 598,167 | 524,062 |
| Services | 35,285 | 31,627 | 27,489 | 27,383 | 28,194 | 139,333 | 114,693 |
| Travel | 9,218 | 5,993 | 3,532 | 2,822 | 2,754 | 37,167 | 15,100 |
| Transportation | 4,674 | 4,028 | 2,915 | 3,256 | 3,431 | 18,576 | 13,630 |
| Commercial services | 20,956 | 21,172 | 20,700 | 20,973 | 21,683 | 81,850 | 84,528 |
| Government services | 438 | 434 | 343 | 332 | 328 | 1,740 | 1,436 |
| Primary income | 38,667 | 35,930 | 30,679 | 30,045 | 32,376 | 149,213 | 129,029 |
| Compensation of employees | 436 | 399 | 278 | 274 | 271 | 1,740 | 1,221 |
| Investment income | 38,231 | 35,531 | 30,401 | 29,770 | 32,105 | 147,473 | 127,807 |
| Direct investment | 21,950 | 20,653 | 15,881 | 16,662 | 19,771 | 85,122 | 72,967 |
| Interest | 1,792 | 2,043 | 1,995 | 1,874 | 1,923 | 7,419 | 7,835 |
| Profits | 20,157 | 18,610 | 13,886 | 14,788 | 17,848 | 77,703 | 65,132 |
| Portfolio investment | 10,016 | 9,870 | 10,045 | 10,049 | 9,874 | 39,208 | 39,836 |
| Interest on debt securities | 3,999 | 3,997 | 3,964 | 3,978 | 3,755 | 15,493 | 15,694 |
| Dividends on equity and investment fund shares | 6,018 | 5,872 | 6,080 | 6,070 | 6,119 | 23,715 | 24,142 |
| Other investment | 6,265 | 5,009 | 4,476 | 3,060 | 2,460 | 23,143 | 15,004 |
| Secondary income | 4,401 | 3,097 | 3,641 | 3,280 | 3,327 | 15,285 | 13,345 |
| Private transfers | 1,143 | 1,118 | 1,189 | 1,157 | 1,154 | 4,443 | 4,618 |
| Government transfers | 3,258 | 1,979 | 2,452 | 2,123 | 2,173 | 10,842 | 8,727 |
| Current account payments | 235,107 | 226,908 | 177,467 | 207,999 | 211,429 | 949,383 | 823,803 |
| Goods and services | 190,450 | 189,003 | 142,604 | 173,807 | 177,669 | 774,371 | 683,083 |
| Goods | 149,618 | 148,682 | 115,749 | 146,593 | 149,760 | 613,527 | 560,785 |
| Services | 40,831 | 40,320 | 26,855 | 27,214 | 27,910 | 160,844 | 122,299 |
| Travel | 12,582 | 12,331 | 1,028 | 1,297 | 1,562 | 47,477 | 16,218 |
| Transportation | 8,112 | 7,449 | 4,798 | 5,359 | 5,740 | 32,414 | 23,347 |
| Commercial services | 19,748 | 20,156 | 20,672 | 20,235 | 20,284 | 79,389 | 81,348 |
| Government services | 390 | 383 | 356 | 323 | 323 | 1,565 | 1,385 |
| Primary income | 40,200 | 33,538 | 30,483 | 29,837 | 29,264 | 157,282 | 123,122 |
| Compensation of employees | 2,042 | 1,559 | 1,208 | 1,268 | 1,330 | 7,606 | 5,365 |
| Investment income | 38,159 | 31,979 | 29,275 | 28,569 | 27,934 | 149,676 | 117,757 |
| Direct investment | 13,747 | 9,969 | 7,949 | 8,444 | 8,627 | 56,163 | 34,989 |
| Interest | 913 | 882 | 874 | 869 | 860 | 3,638 | 3,485 |
| Profits | 12,834 | 9,087 | 7,075 | 7,575 | 7,767 | 52,525 | 31,504 |
| Portfolio investment | 17,120 | 16,790 | 16,275 | 15,805 | 15,615 | 68,253 | 64,485 |
| Interest on debt securities | 11,689 | 11,449 | 11,127 | 10,643 | 10,361 | 47,203 | 43,579 |
| Dividends on equity and investment fund shares | 5,431 | 5,341 | 5,148 | 5,162 | 5,255 | 21,050 | 20,906 |
| Other investment | 7,292 | 5,220 | 5,051 | 4,320 | 3,692 | 25,260 | 18,283 |
| Secondary income | 4,457 | 4,367 | 4,380 | 4,355 | 4,495 | 17,730 | 17,597 |
| Private transfers | 3,108 | 3,100 | 2,968 | 2,876 | 2,865 | 12,035 | 11,808 |
| Government transfers | 1,348 | 1,268 | 1,412 | 1,480 | 1,630 | 5,696 | 5,789 |
| Current account balances | -9,448 | -16,341 | -8,578 | -10,493 | -7,261 | -47,385 | -42,673 |
| Goods and services | -7,859 | -17,462 | -8,035 | -9,626 | -9,205 | -36,871 | -44,328 |
| Goods | -2,312 | -8,769 | -8,670 | -9,794 | -9,490 | -15,361 | -36,723 |
| Services | -5,546 | -8,693 | 634 | 169 | 285 | -21,510 | -7,605 |
| Travel | -3,364 | -6,338 | 2,503 | 1,524 | 1,192 | -10,310 | -1,119 |
| Transportation | -3,438 | -3,422 | -1,884 | -2,102 | -2,310 | -13,837 | -9,717 |
| Commercial services | 1,208 | 1,016 | 28 | 738 | 1,398 | 2,462 | 3,180 |
| Government services | 47 | 51 | -13 | 9 | 4 | 175 | 51 |
| Primary income | -1,533 | 2,392 | 195 | 208 | 3,112 | -8,069 | 5,906 |
| Compensation of employees | -1,606 | -1,160 | -931 | -994 | -1,059 | -5,865 | -4,144 |
| Investment income | 72 | 3,552 | 1,126 | 1,202 | 4,171 | -2,203 | 10,050 |
| Direct investment | 8,202 | 10,683 | 7,932 | 8,218 | 11,144 | 28,959 | 37,978 |
| Interest | 880 | 1,161 | 1,121 | 1,005 | 1,063 | 3,781 | 4,350 |
| Profits | 7,323 | 9,523 | 6,811 | 7,213 | 10,081 | 25,178 | 33,628 |
| Portfolio investment | -7,104 | -6,921 | -6,230 | -5,756 | -5,741 | -29,044 | -24,649 |
| Interest on debt securities | -7,690 | -7,452 | -7,163 | -6,664 | -6,606 | -31,709 | -27,885 |
| Dividends on equity and investment fund shares | 587 | 531 | 933 | 908 | 864 | 2,665 | 3,236 |
| Other investment | -1,027 | -211 | -576 | -1,260 | -1,232 | -2,118 | -3,279 |
| Secondary income | -56 | -1,271 | -738 | -1,075 | -1,168 | -2,445 | -4,252 |
| Private transfers | -1,966 | -1,982 | -1,778 | -1,719 | -1,712 | -7,592 | -7,190 |
| Government transfers | 1,909 | 711 | 1,040 | 643 | 544 | 5,147 | 2,938 |
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