Dataset

The Statistical Abstract files are distributed by the US Census Department as Microsoft Excel files. These files have data mixed with notes and references, multiple tables per sheet, and, worst of all, the table headers are not easily matched to their rows and columns.

A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no data were changed.

The tables that were changed (this is table 1259):

0166 0257 0362 0429 0445 0446 0459 0461 0462 0464 0465 0466 0467
0469 0479 0480 0481 0482 0483 0484 0485 0486 0487 0559 0628 0629
1144 1227 1231

This dataset consists of a table of 51 rows and 70 columns.

In millions of dollars. Minus sign (-) indicates debits. For information about the methodology, see “The Balance of Payments of the United States” at http://www.bea.gov/bea/ARTICLES/INTERNAT/BPA/Meth/bopmp.pdf

Footnotes

1. Adjusted to balance of payments basis; excludes exports under U.S.
   military sales contracts and imports under direct defense expenditures.
2. Beginning with 1999, transactions for Belgium and Luxembourg are published separately.
   Prior to 1999, transactions for these two countries were combined. See the Addenda section
   in this table for historical data for “Belgium-Luxembourg.”
3. Beginning with 1999, transactions for Asia and Pacific, Middle East, and Africa, are published separately.
   Prior to 1999, countries in these regions, with the exception of Australia and Japan, were published in a group called
   “Other Asia and Africa.” See the Addenda section in this table for historical data for “Other Asia and Africa.”
4. Includes Ryukyu Islands.