Table 2
Current account – Seasonally adjusted
| Third quarter 2021 | Fourth quarter 2021 | First quarter 2022 | Second quarter 2022 | Third quarter 2022 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Current account receipts | 234,498 | 256,206 | 263,200 | 290,695 | 285,198 | 797,564 | 941,100 |
| Goods and services | 194,335 | 209,491 | 220,605 | 243,671 | 237,424 | 655,852 | 775,822 |
| Goods | 159,143 | 171,953 | 183,144 | 204,053 | 197,008 | 522,394 | 636,398 |
| Services | 35,192 | 37,538 | 37,461 | 39,618 | 40,417 | 133,458 | 139,423 |
| Travel | 4,702 | 6,163 | 6,029 | 7,447 | 8,209 | 18,217 | 18,123 |
| Transportation | 3,675 | 4,116 | 4,150 | 4,786 | 4,932 | 13,684 | 14,842 |
| Commercial services | 26,454 | 26,880 | 26,909 | 27,016 | 26,915 | 100,231 | 105,041 |
| Government services | 361 | 379 | 373 | 369 | 361 | 1,325 | 1,417 |
| Primary income | 35,887 | 42,357 | 38,517 | 42,315 | 43,261 | 129,046 | 150,173 |
| Compensation of employees | 271 | 271 | 274 | 276 | 277 | 1,102 | 1,043 |
| Investment income | 35,616 | 42,086 | 38,243 | 42,039 | 42,983 | 127,944 | 149,131 |
| Direct investment | 22,549 | 28,540 | 24,350 | 26,224 | 24,581 | 72,128 | 97,564 |
| Interest | 2,274 | 2,244 | 2,240 | 2,342 | 2,370 | 8,101 | 8,798 |
| Profits | 20,275 | 26,296 | 22,110 | 23,882 | 22,211 | 64,027 | 88,766 |
| Portfolio investment | 10,708 | 11,056 | 11,024 | 11,157 | 11,482 | 40,786 | 42,605 |
| Interest on debt securities | 3,978 | 4,097 | 4,196 | 4,313 | 4,492 | 15,694 | 15,698 |
| Dividends on equity and investment fund shares | 6,730 | 6,958 | 6,828 | 6,844 | 6,990 | 25,091 | 26,907 |
| Other investment | 2,359 | 2,490 | 2,869 | 4,658 | 6,920 | 15,030 | 8,962 |
| Secondary income | 4,276 | 4,358 | 4,078 | 4,710 | 4,513 | 12,666 | 15,105 |
| Private transfers | 1,175 | 1,187 | 1,201 | 1,238 | 1,280 | 4,588 | 4,566 |
| Government transfers | 3,102 | 3,171 | 2,878 | 3,472 | 3,233 | 8,078 | 10,539 |
| Current account payments | 238,350 | 256,523 | 262,278 | 288,050 | 296,298 | 845,141 | 947,849 |
| Goods and services | 194,835 | 208,989 | 214,984 | 237,765 | 241,414 | 705,354 | 776,863 |
| Goods | 157,690 | 169,395 | 174,943 | 193,675 | 195,329 | 562,652 | 631,703 |
| Services | 37,145 | 39,593 | 40,041 | 44,091 | 46,085 | 142,702 | 145,160 |
| Travel | 2,703 | 4,563 | 4,692 | 7,182 | 9,372 | 16,203 | 9,895 |
| Transportation | 6,956 | 7,739 | 8,263 | 9,348 | 9,007 | 23,547 | 26,973 |
| Commercial services | 27,063 | 26,848 | 26,652 | 27,113 | 27,261 | 101,438 | 106,596 |
| Government services | 424 | 444 | 433 | 448 | 445 | 1,514 | 1,696 |
| Primary income | 38,841 | 41,849 | 41,744 | 44,859 | 48,875 | 120,960 | 150,471 |
| Compensation of employees | 1,601 | 1,677 | 1,652 | 1,685 | 1,725 | 6,268 | 6,365 |
| Investment income | 37,240 | 40,171 | 40,092 | 43,174 | 47,151 | 114,692 | 144,106 |
| Direct investment | 16,462 | 18,972 | 18,488 | 18,705 | 19,500 | 32,632 | 65,099 |
| Interest | 766 | 770 | 714 | 727 | 753 | 3,414 | 3,031 |
| Profits | 15,696 | 18,202 | 17,773 | 17,978 | 18,747 | 29,218 | 62,068 |
| Portfolio investment | 16,003 | 16,493 | 16,445 | 17,864 | 20,305 | 64,731 | 63,177 |
| Interest on debt securities | 10,015 | 10,161 | 10,204 | 11,102 | 12,500 | 43,806 | 39,771 |
| Dividends on equity and investment fund shares | 5,988 | 6,332 | 6,241 | 6,762 | 7,805 | 20,924 | 23,406 |
| Other investment | 4,775 | 4,707 | 5,159 | 6,605 | 7,346 | 17,329 | 15,829 |
| Secondary income | 4,674 | 5,686 | 5,550 | 5,426 | 6,009 | 18,828 | 20,515 |
| Private transfers | 3,353 | 3,491 | 3,453 | 3,508 | 3,502 | 13,038 | 13,546 |
| Government transfers | 1,321 | 2,195 | 2,097 | 1,918 | 2,508 | 5,790 | 6,969 |
| Current account balances | -3,852 | -317 | 923 | 2,645 | -11,101 | -47,578 | -6,749 |
| Goods and services | -501 | 502 | 5,621 | 5,906 | -3,990 | -49,502 | -1,041 |
| Goods | 1,453 | 2,558 | 8,201 | 10,379 | 1,679 | -40,257 | 4,695 |
| Services | -1,953 | -2,056 | -2,580 | -4,473 | -5,669 | -9,244 | -5,736 |
| Travel | 1,999 | 1,600 | 1,337 | 265 | -1,163 | 2,014 | 8,228 |
| Transportation | -3,281 | -3,623 | -4,113 | -4,562 | -4,076 | -9,863 | -12,132 |
| Commercial services | -610 | 32 | 257 | -97 | -346 | -1,207 | -1,554 |
| Government services | -62 | -65 | -60 | -79 | -84 | -189 | -279 |
| Primary income | -2,954 | 509 | -3,227 | -2,544 | -5,615 | 8,086 | -298 |
| Compensation of employees | -1,330 | -1,406 | -1,378 | -1,409 | -1,447 | -5,166 | -5,323 |
| Investment income | -1,623 | 1,915 | -1,849 | -1,134 | -4,167 | 13,251 | 5,025 |
| Direct investment | 6,087 | 9,568 | 5,862 | 7,520 | 5,082 | 39,496 | 32,465 |
| Interest | 1,508 | 1,474 | 1,526 | 1,616 | 1,617 | 4,687 | 5,766 |
| Profits | 4,579 | 8,094 | 4,337 | 5,904 | 3,464 | 34,809 | 26,698 |
| Portfolio investment | -5,295 | -5,437 | -5,421 | -6,707 | -8,823 | -23,945 | -20,572 |
| Interest on debt securities | -6,036 | -6,064 | -6,008 | -6,789 | -8,008 | -28,112 | -24,073 |
| Dividends on equity and investment fund shares | 742 | 626 | 588 | 82 | -815 | 4,167 | 3,501 |
| Other investment | -2,416 | -2,216 | -2,291 | -1,947 | -426 | -2,299 | -6,868 |
| Secondary income | -397 | -1,328 | -1,472 | -717 | -1,496 | -6,162 | -5,410 |
| Private transfers | -2,178 | -2,304 | -2,252 | -2,270 | -2,222 | -8,450 | -8,980 |
| Government transfers | 1,781 | 976 | 781 | 1,554 | 725 | 2,288 | 3,569 |
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