Table 2 
Current account – Seasonally adjusted 

Current account – Seasonally adjusted
  Fourth quarter 2021 First quarter 2022 Second quarter 2022 Third quarter 2022 Fourth quarter 2022 2021 2022
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars
Current account receipts 256,206 264,852 293,105 287,382 289,737 941,100 1,135,076
Goods and services 209,491 221,142 243,071 238,656 236,229 775,822 939,098
Goods 171,953 183,534 203,258 197,925 193,894 636,398 778,610
Services 37,538 37,609 39,813 40,731 42,335 139,423 160,488
Travel 6,163 6,168 7,563 8,376 9,175 18,123 31,282
Transportation 4,116 4,165 4,799 4,961 5,008 14,842 18,932
Commercial services 26,880 26,904 27,079 27,026 27,786 105,041 108,795
Government services 379 372 372 369 366 1,417 1,479
Primary income 42,357 39,618 45,359 44,195 48,656 150,173 177,829
Compensation of employees 271 275 279 281 284 1,043 1,119
Investment income 42,086 39,343 45,080 43,915 48,372 149,131 176,710
Direct investment 28,540 25,438 29,155 25,201 24,821 97,564 104,614
Interest 2,244 2,251 2,388 2,558 2,611 8,798 9,808
Profits 26,296 23,186 26,767 22,643 22,210 88,766 94,806
Portfolio investment 11,056 11,016 11,174 11,524 12,094 42,605 45,808
Interest on debt securities 4,097 4,192 4,322 4,523 4,947 15,698 17,984
Dividends on equity and investment fund shares 6,958 6,824 6,851 7,001 7,147 26,907 27,824
Other investment 2,490 2,889 4,752 7,189 11,457 8,962 26,288
Secondary income 4,358 4,091 4,675 4,531 4,852 15,105 18,149
Private transfers 1,187 1,201 1,234 1,278 1,303 4,566 5,016
Government transfers 3,171 2,890 3,441 3,253 3,549 10,539 13,132
Current account payments 256,523 262,114 287,616 295,795 300,377 947,849 1,145,902
Goods and services 208,989 215,594 237,818 241,818 239,010 776,863 934,239
Goods 169,395 175,344 193,592 195,451 192,222 631,703 756,608
Services 39,593 40,250 44,226 46,367 46,788 145,160 177,631
Travel 4,563 4,840 7,344 9,634 9,980 9,895 31,798
Transportation 7,739 8,251 9,314 9,063 8,883 26,973 35,510
Commercial services 26,848 26,731 27,121 27,232 27,490 106,596 108,574
Government services 444 429 447 437 435 1,696 1,748
Primary income 41,849 41,250 44,516 48,195 55,425 150,471 189,386
Compensation of employees 1,677 1,661 1,692 1,733 1,778 6,365 6,864
Investment income 40,171 39,590 42,824 46,461 53,647 144,106 182,522
Direct investment 18,972 17,939 18,282 18,396 19,262 65,099 73,878
Interest 770 720 732 758 777 3,031 2,987
Profits 18,202 17,219 17,549 17,638 18,485 62,068 70,891
Portfolio investment 16,493 16,621 17,972 20,704 21,535 63,177 76,832
Interest on debt securities 10,161 10,201 11,097 12,492 14,177 39,771 47,967
Dividends on equity and investment fund shares 6,332 6,420 6,875 8,212 7,357 23,406 28,865
Other investment 4,707 5,030 6,570 7,361 12,851 15,829 31,812
Secondary income 5,686 5,269 5,282 5,783 5,943 20,515 22,277
Private transfers 3,491 3,454 3,578 3,519 3,466 13,546 14,017
Government transfers 2,195 1,815 1,705 2,263 2,477 6,969 8,260
Current account balances -317 2,738 5,489 -8,413 -10,640 -6,749 -10,826
Goods and services 502 5,548 5,253 -3,162 -2,781 -1,041 4,859
Goods 2,558 8,190 9,666 2,474 1,672 4,695 22,002
Services -2,056 -2,642 -4,413 -5,635 -4,453 -5,736 -17,143
Travel 1,600 1,328 219 -1,259 -805 8,228 -516
Transportation -3,623 -4,086 -4,515 -4,102 -3,874 -12,132 -16,577
Commercial services 32 173 -42 -206 296 -1,554 220
Government services -65 -57 -74 -69 -70 -279 -270
Primary income 509 -1,633 843 -3,999 -6,768 -298 -11,557
Compensation of employees -1,406 -1,386 -1,413 -1,452 -1,494 -5,323 -5,745
Investment income 1,915 -247 2,256 -2,547 -5,275 5,025 -5,811
Direct investment 9,568 7,499 10,873 6,805 5,559 32,465 30,736
Interest 1,474 1,532 1,656 1,800 1,834 5,766 6,821
Profits 8,094 5,967 9,217 5,005 3,725 26,698 23,915
Portfolio investment -5,437 -5,605 -6,798 -9,180 -9,440 -20,572 -31,024
Interest on debt securities -6,064 -6,009 -6,775 -7,968 -9,230 -24,073 -29,983
Dividends on equity and investment fund shares 626 404 -23 -1,211 -210 3,501 -1,041
Other investment -2,216 -2,140 -1,819 -172 -1,393 -6,868 -5,524
Secondary income -1,328 -1,178 -607 -1,252 -1,091 -5,410 -4,128
Private transfers -2,304 -2,252 -2,344 -2,241 -2,163 -8,980 -9,001
Government transfers 976 1,075 1,736 989 1,072 3,569 4,872
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