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Canada's balance of international payments
(Current account)
  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
  $ millions
Current account
Total receipts 513,754 514,913 496,301 537,943 574,293
Goods and services 480,795 477,522 460,088 492,984 518,028
Goods 420,730 414,039 398,954 429,121 453,060
Services 60,065 63,483 61,134 63,863 64,968
Travel 16,437 16,741 14,776 16,745 16,460
Transportation 10,625 11,060 9,896 11,024 11,632
Other services 33,003 35,681 36,462 36,093 36,877
Investment income 25,990 30,502 29,469 37,532 48,199
Direct investments 6,391 13,766 13,706 20,677 25,994
Portfolio investments 8,070 8,859 8,955 10,182 12,644
Other investments 11,529 7,877 6,807 6,673 9,561
Transfers 6,968 6,890 6,744 7,427 8,066
Total payments 488,649 495,135 482,197 510,310 542,491
Goods and services 417,945 427,434 415,672 440,218 466,896
Goods 350,071 356,727 342,692 363,639 388,210
Services 67,874 70,707 72,980 76,580 78,686
Travel 18,487 18,401 18,727 20,747 22,260
Transportation 13,970 14,438 14,366 16,001 17,528
Other services 35,417 37,868 39,887 39,831 38,898
Investment income 65,320 60,799 59,403 62,346 67,010
Direct investments 22,266 21,529 23,744 27,489 30,953
Portfolio investments 30,668 30,804 29,041 28,139 27,192
Other investments 12,386 8,466 6,618 6,717 8,865
Transfers 5,384 6,902 7,122 7,746 8,585
Total balance 25,104 19,778 14,103 27,633 31,802
Goods and services 62,850 50,088 44,416 52,765 51,132
Goods 70,659 57,311 56,262 65,482 64,850
Services -7,809 -7,224 -11,846 -12,717 -13,718
Travel -2,050 -1,659 -3,951 -4,002 -5,800
Transportation -3,345 -3,378 -4,470 -4,977 -5,897
Other services -2,414 -2,187 -3,425 -3,738 -2,021
Investment income -39,330 -30,297 -29,935 -24,814 -18,811
Direct investments -15,875 -7,763 -10,038 -6,812 -4,960
Portfolio investments -22,598 -21,945 -20,086 -17,957 -14,548
Other investments -857 -589 189 -44 696
Transfers 1,584 -12 -378 -319 -519

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