International Services (Expanded Detail)
For 2023, U.S. exports of services were $1,026.6 billion, and U.S. imports of services were $748.2 billion. For 2021—the latest year for which statistics are available—services supplied to foreign persons through foreign affiliates of U.S. multinational enterprises (MNEs) were $1,951.7 billion, and services supplied to U.S. persons through U.S. affiliates of foreign MNEs were $1,322.3 billion. Affiliates supplied most of the services provided to foreign persons by the United States and to U.S. persons by foreign markets in 2021.
- Current release: July 3, 2024
U.S. trade in services detailed tables - Next release: October 8, 2024
Services supplied through affiliates
- Definition of International Services
- Concepts and Methods
- International Surveys: U.S. International Services Transactions
- International Surveys: Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
- International Surveys: U.S. Direct Investment Abroad
- International Surveys: Archived Survey Forms
- Industry and Foreign Trade Classification Materials
- 2014 Comprehensive Restructuring of the International Economic Accounts
- International Services Overview
- A Guide to BEA's Services Surveys
- U.S. International Services: Trade in Services in 2022 and Services Supplied Through Affiliates in 2021 | Most recent: October 2023
- Historical Articles on U.S. International Services
- A Profile of U.S. Services Traders, 2006–2022 | SCB, May 2024
- Annual Update of the U.S. International Transactions Accounts | SCB, July 2020
- Measuring Trade in Services by Mode of Supply | BEA Working Paper, August 2019
- Trends in U.S. Trade in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Services and in ICT-Enabled Services | SCB, May 2016 PDF
- Exploratory Estimates of U.S. International Services by Mode of Supply | BEA Working Paper, May 2017
- Data Archive Previously published estimates contain historical data and have since been revised.
- News Release Archive
What is International Services (Expanded Detail)?
A broader and more detailed look at international services supplied by and to the United States than appears in BEA’s International Transactions Accounts or statistics on the activities of multinational enterprises. The statistics with expanded detail reflect services supplied both through trade between U.S. residents and residents of other countries and by multinational enterprises through their U.S. or foreign affiliates. They also feature detail on trade in information and communications technology services and digitally deliverable services and provide insight into the characteristics of U.S. firms that trade services.
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Trade in ServicesMolly Garber
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Services Supplied Through Affiliates, Services Trade by Enterprise Characteristics (STEC)Alexis Grimm
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News MediaConnie O'Connell