Table 2
Current account – Seasonally adjusted
| Third quarter 2019 | Fourth quarter 2019 | First quarter 2020 | Second quarter 2020 | Third quarter 2020 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Current account receipts | 225,862 | 225,658 | 212,989 | 169,062 | 198,374 | 871,356 | 901,998 |
| Goods and services | 184,567 | 182,591 | 174,053 | 134,091 | 163,529 | 721,679 | 737,500 |
| Goods | 149,414 | 147,306 | 140,230 | 106,707 | 136,071 | 587,512 | 598,167 |
| Services | 35,152 | 35,285 | 33,823 | 27,384 | 27,458 | 134,167 | 139,333 |
| Travel | 9,450 | 9,218 | 7,827 | 3,574 | 2,870 | 34,882 | 37,167 |
| Transportation | 4,698 | 4,674 | 4,428 | 2,884 | 3,316 | 17,889 | 18,576 |
| Commercial services | 20,559 | 20,956 | 21,149 | 20,583 | 20,941 | 79,717 | 81,850 |
| Government services | 445 | 438 | 419 | 343 | 331 | 1,679 | 1,740 |
| Primary income | 37,775 | 38,667 | 35,855 | 31,405 | 31,548 | 135,981 | 149,213 |
| Compensation of employees | 438 | 436 | 399 | 350 | 348 | 1,679 | 1,740 |
| Investment income | 37,337 | 38,231 | 35,455 | 31,055 | 31,200 | 134,302 | 147,473 |
| Direct investment | 21,566 | 21,950 | 20,573 | 16,423 | 17,946 | 80,878 | 85,122 |
| Interest | 1,945 | 1,792 | 2,067 | 2,010 | 1,893 | 6,774 | 7,419 |
| Profits | 19,620 | 20,157 | 18,506 | 14,413 | 16,053 | 74,104 | 77,703 |
| Portfolio investment | 9,842 | 10,016 | 9,962 | 10,146 | 10,167 | 36,456 | 39,208 |
| Interest on debt securities | 3,940 | 3,999 | 4,082 | 4,068 | 4,093 | 13,552 | 15,493 |
| Dividends on equity and investment fund shares | 5,902 | 6,018 | 5,880 | 6,079 | 6,073 | 22,903 | 23,715 |
| Other investment | 5,930 | 6,265 | 4,920 | 4,485 | 3,088 | 16,969 | 23,143 |
| Secondary income | 3,520 | 4,401 | 3,082 | 3,566 | 3,296 | 13,696 | 15,285 |
| Private transfers | 1,132 | 1,143 | 1,104 | 1,120 | 1,143 | 4,002 | 4,443 |
| Government transfers | 2,388 | 3,258 | 1,978 | 2,446 | 2,153 | 9,694 | 10,842 |
| Current account payments | 237,287 | 235,107 | 226,866 | 176,060 | 205,902 | 923,579 | 949,383 |
| Goods and services | 192,777 | 190,450 | 188,091 | 141,546 | 171,718 | 763,875 | 774,371 |
| Goods | 152,933 | 149,618 | 148,361 | 114,897 | 144,852 | 607,344 | 613,527 |
| Services | 39,844 | 40,831 | 39,730 | 26,649 | 26,866 | 156,532 | 160,844 |
| Travel | 11,879 | 12,582 | 11,773 | 1,000 | 1,240 | 44,740 | 47,477 |
| Transportation | 8,025 | 8,112 | 7,457 | 4,672 | 5,203 | 31,833 | 32,414 |
| Commercial services | 19,549 | 19,748 | 20,117 | 20,621 | 20,100 | 78,413 | 79,389 |
| Government services | 390 | 390 | 383 | 356 | 323 | 1,546 | 1,565 |
| Primary income | 39,754 | 40,200 | 34,398 | 30,101 | 29,868 | 142,794 | 157,282 |
| Compensation of employees | 1,943 | 2,042 | 1,556 | 1,206 | 1,265 | 6,323 | 7,606 |
| Investment income | 37,811 | 38,159 | 32,842 | 28,895 | 28,604 | 136,472 | 149,676 |
| Direct investment | 14,842 | 13,747 | 10,158 | 6,977 | 7,859 | 53,917 | 56,163 |
| Interest | 918 | 913 | 893 | 884 | 880 | 3,871 | 3,638 |
| Profits | 13,924 | 12,834 | 9,265 | 6,093 | 6,979 | 50,046 | 52,525 |
| Portfolio investment | 16,887 | 17,120 | 16,798 | 16,272 | 15,783 | 63,836 | 68,253 |
| Interest on debt securities | 11,817 | 11,689 | 11,449 | 11,126 | 10,640 | 45,738 | 47,203 |
| Dividends on equity and investment fund shares | 5,071 | 5,431 | 5,349 | 5,146 | 5,143 | 18,098 | 21,050 |
| Other investment | 6,082 | 7,292 | 5,887 | 5,646 | 4,962 | 18,719 | 25,260 |
| Secondary income | 4,755 | 4,457 | 4,376 | 4,413 | 4,316 | 16,910 | 17,730 |
| Private transfers | 3,012 | 3,108 | 3,109 | 2,980 | 2,898 | 11,387 | 12,035 |
| Government transfers | 1,743 | 1,348 | 1,267 | 1,433 | 1,418 | 5,523 | 5,696 |
| Current account balances | -11,425 | -9,448 | -13,877 | -6,998 | -7,528 | -52,224 | -47,385 |
| Goods and services | -8,211 | -7,859 | -14,038 | -7,455 | -8,189 | -42,196 | -36,871 |
| Goods | -3,519 | -2,312 | -8,131 | -8,190 | -8,781 | -19,832 | -15,361 |
| Services | -4,692 | -5,546 | -5,908 | 735 | 593 | -22,365 | -21,510 |
| Travel | -2,429 | -3,364 | -3,946 | 2,574 | 1,630 | -9,858 | -10,310 |
| Transportation | -3,328 | -3,438 | -3,029 | -1,789 | -1,886 | -13,944 | -13,837 |
| Commercial services | 1,010 | 1,208 | 1,032 | -38 | 841 | 1,304 | 2,462 |
| Government services | 55 | 47 | 36 | -12 | 8 | 133 | 175 |
| Primary income | -1,979 | -1,533 | 1,456 | 1,304 | 1,680 | -6,814 | -8,069 |
| Compensation of employees | -1,505 | -1,606 | -1,157 | -856 | -917 | -4,644 | -5,865 |
| Investment income | -474 | 72 | 2,613 | 2,160 | 2,597 | -2,170 | -2,203 |
| Direct investment | 6,724 | 8,202 | 10,416 | 9,446 | 10,087 | 26,961 | 28,959 |
| Interest | 1,028 | 880 | 1,175 | 1,126 | 1,013 | 2,903 | 3,781 |
| Profits | 5,696 | 7,323 | 9,241 | 8,320 | 9,074 | 24,058 | 25,178 |
| Portfolio investment | -7,046 | -7,104 | -6,836 | -6,125 | -5,616 | -27,381 | -29,044 |
| Interest on debt securities | -7,877 | -7,690 | -7,367 | -7,058 | -6,546 | -32,186 | -31,709 |
| Dividends on equity and investment fund shares | 831 | 587 | 531 | 933 | 930 | 4,805 | 2,665 |
| Other investment | -152 | -1,027 | -966 | -1,161 | -1,874 | -1,750 | -2,118 |
| Secondary income | -1,235 | -56 | -1,294 | -847 | -1,019 | -3,214 | -2,445 |
| Private transfers | -1,880 | -1,966 | -2,005 | -1,860 | -1,755 | -7,385 | -7,592 |
| Government transfers | 645 | 1,909 | 711 | 1,012 | 735 | 4,172 | 5,147 |
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