Table 2
Current account – Seasonally adjusted
| Third quarter 2020 | Fourth quarter 2020 | First quarter 2021 | Second quarter 2021 | Third quarter 2021 | 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 | 198,897 | 210,685 | 221,741 | 222,719 | 234,201 | 909,026 | 793,294 |
| Goods and services | 166,460 | 171,697 | 183,040 | 184,211 | 193,088 | 745,187 | 647,983 |
| Goods | 136,115 | 140,449 | 151,869 | 152,957 | 160,424 | 595,564 | 522,183 |
| Services | 30,345 | 31,248 | 31,171 | 31,253 | 32,664 | 149,624 | 125,801 |
| Travel | 3,720 | 3,516 | 3,493 | 3,487 | 4,104 | 39,507 | 18,114 |
| Transportation | 3,267 | 3,486 | 3,517 | 3,557 | 3,718 | 18,581 | 13,685 |
| Commercial services | 23,051 | 23,923 | 23,824 | 23,846 | 24,476 | 89,745 | 92,629 |
| Government services | 307 | 324 | 336 | 363 | 366 | 1,791 | 1,373 |
| Primary income | 29,030 | 35,561 | 34,662 | 35,351 | 36,797 | 148,429 | 131,582 |
| Compensation of employees | 236 | 237 | 244 | 248 | 256 | 1,740 | 1,102 |
| Investment income | 28,794 | 35,323 | 34,418 | 35,103 | 36,541 | 146,688 | 130,480 |
| Direct investment | 15,736 | 22,966 | 22,241 | 23,416 | 23,966 | 84,285 | 75,638 |
| Interest | 2,200 | 2,381 | 2,246 | 2,173 | 2,278 | 7,850 | 8,950 |
| Profits | 13,536 | 20,585 | 19,996 | 21,243 | 21,687 | 76,435 | 66,688 |
| Portfolio investment | 10,037 | 9,871 | 10,018 | 9,862 | 10,330 | 39,208 | 39,836 |
| Interest on debt securities | 3,979 | 3,757 | 3,902 | 3,719 | 3,960 | 15,493 | 15,694 |
| Dividends on equity and investment fund shares | 6,058 | 6,114 | 6,116 | 6,143 | 6,370 | 23,715 | 24,142 |
| Other investment | 3,021 | 2,487 | 2,159 | 1,825 | 2,245 | 23,196 | 15,005 |
| Secondary income | 3,407 | 3,427 | 4,040 | 3,158 | 4,316 | 15,410 | 13,728 |
| Private transfers | 1,286 | 1,259 | 1,210 | 1,224 | 1,272 | 4,568 | 4,979 |
| Government transfers | 2,121 | 2,169 | 2,830 | 1,934 | 3,044 | 10,842 | 8,749 |
| Current account payments | 209,911 | 215,176 | 220,101 | 221,351 | 232,833 | 956,067 | 832,708 |
| Goods and services | 175,987 | 180,399 | 181,462 | 184,053 | 191,292 | 781,585 | 693,344 |
| Goods | 146,648 | 150,287 | 150,957 | 152,707 | 157,368 | 613,973 | 562,008 |
| Services | 29,339 | 30,112 | 30,505 | 31,347 | 33,924 | 167,613 | 131,337 |
| Travel | 1,302 | 1,549 | 1,381 | 1,359 | 2,759 | 46,901 | 16,203 |
| Transportation | 5,288 | 5,577 | 5,855 | 6,193 | 6,877 | 32,616 | 23,261 |
| Commercial services | 22,405 | 22,641 | 22,921 | 23,439 | 23,936 | 86,562 | 90,464 |
| Government services | 344 | 346 | 347 | 356 | 352 | 1,535 | 1,409 |
| Primary income | 29,551 | 30,030 | 33,703 | 32,900 | 37,439 | 156,313 | 121,396 |
| Compensation of employees | 1,270 | 1,314 | 1,274 | 1,288 | 1,320 | 7,928 | 5,365 |
| Investment income | 28,282 | 28,716 | 32,430 | 31,612 | 36,119 | 148,384 | 116,030 |
| Direct investment | 8,253 | 9,567 | 12,445 | 13,907 | 15,838 | 54,791 | 33,469 |
| Interest | 858 | 870 | 742 | 737 | 748 | 3,460 | 3,432 |
| Profits | 7,395 | 8,697 | 11,704 | 13,169 | 15,089 | 51,331 | 30,037 |
| Portfolio investment | 15,871 | 15,700 | 15,312 | 15,215 | 15,661 | 68,194 | 64,678 |
| Interest on debt securities | 10,706 | 10,426 | 9,903 | 9,662 | 10,012 | 47,145 | 43,752 |
| Dividends on equity and investment fund shares | 5,165 | 5,273 | 5,409 | 5,553 | 5,649 | 21,049 | 20,926 |
| Other investment | 4,157 | 3,449 | 4,672 | 2,490 | 4,620 | 25,400 | 17,883 |
| Secondary income | 4,372 | 4,748 | 4,935 | 4,398 | 4,102 | 18,169 | 17,968 |
| Private transfers | 2,961 | 3,086 | 3,076 | 3,120 | 3,180 | 12,473 | 12,178 |
| Government transfers | 1,411 | 1,662 | 1,860 | 1,278 | 922 | 5,696 | 5,790 |
| Current account balances | -11,014 | -4,491 | 1,640 | 1,368 | 1,369 | -47,041 | -39,415 |
| Goods and services | -9,527 | -8,702 | 1,577 | 157 | 1,796 | -36,398 | -45,361 |
| Goods | -10,533 | -9,838 | 912 | 251 | 3,057 | -18,409 | -39,825 |
| Services | 1,006 | 1,136 | 665 | -93 | -1,260 | -17,989 | -5,536 |
| Travel | 2,417 | 1,967 | 2,112 | 2,129 | 1,345 | -7,394 | 1,911 |
| Transportation | -2,021 | -2,092 | -2,338 | -2,637 | -3,159 | -14,034 | -9,576 |
| Commercial services | 646 | 1,282 | 903 | 408 | 540 | 3,184 | 2,165 |
| Government services | -36 | -22 | -11 | 7 | 13 | 256 | -36 |
| Primary income | -522 | 5,531 | 959 | 2,451 | -642 | -7,884 | 10,186 |
| Compensation of employees | -1,034 | -1,076 | -1,030 | -1,041 | -1,064 | -6,188 | -4,263 |
| Investment income | 512 | 6,607 | 1,989 | 3,491 | 422 | -1,696 | 14,449 |
| Direct investment | 7,483 | 13,399 | 9,796 | 9,509 | 8,128 | 29,494 | 42,169 |
| Interest | 1,342 | 1,510 | 1,504 | 1,436 | 1,530 | 4,390 | 5,518 |
| Profits | 6,140 | 11,888 | 8,292 | 8,074 | 6,598 | 25,104 | 36,651 |
| Portfolio investment | -5,835 | -5,829 | -5,294 | -5,353 | -5,331 | -28,986 | -24,842 |
| Interest on debt securities | -6,727 | -6,670 | -6,001 | -5,943 | -6,052 | -31,651 | -28,058 |
| Dividends on equity and investment fund shares | 893 | 841 | 706 | 590 | 721 | 2,666 | 3,216 |
| Other investment | -1,136 | -962 | -2,513 | -664 | -2,375 | -2,204 | -2,878 |
| Secondary income | -965 | -1,321 | -896 | -1,240 | 214 | -2,759 | -4,240 |
| Private transfers | -1,675 | -1,827 | -1,866 | -1,896 | -1,908 | -7,906 | -7,199 |
| Government transfers | 710 | 506 | 970 | 655 | 2,122 | 5,147 | 2,959 |
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