Table 2
Current account – Seasonally adjusted
| Fourth quarter 2021 | First quarter 2022 | Second quarter 2022 | Third quarter 2022 | Fourth quarter 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions 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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