Statistical Series Balance of payments statistics January 2022

Balance of payments statistics

January 2022

Statistical Series

Deutsche Bundesbank Balance of payments statistics January 2022

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Finalized on 10 January 2022.

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Contents

I. Major items of the balance of payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

II. Current account

1.	Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	8
2.	Goods
	a)	Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	10
	b)	Special trade, by category of goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	12
3.	Services
	a)	Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	14
	b)	Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	18
4.	Primary income
	a)	Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	20
	b)	Income from direct investment, other investment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	22
5.	Secondary income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	24
6.	Regional breakdown
	a)	Current account, by country and group of countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	26
	b)	Special trade, by country and group of countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	34
	c)	Travel - annual figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	36
	d)	Travel - quarterly figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	37

7. Memo item: Transfers in connection with the EU budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

1. Capital account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

IV. Financial account

1.	Overview
	a)	Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	40
	b)	Direct investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	42
	c)	Portfolio investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	44
	d)	Other investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	48
2.	Sectoral classification and regional breakdown
	a)	Sectoral classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	52
	b)	Regional breakdown (excl. reserve assets): by country and group of countries . . . . . . . . . . .	54

Explanatory notes and lists

Structure and content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	62
Sources and legal bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	62
Publication of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	62
Methodological notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	63
List of countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	65
List of sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	69

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Abbreviations and symbols

1. Provisional

1. Revised

• Data available at a later date

1. Estimated

. Data unknown, not to be published or not meaningful

0 Less than 0.5 but more than nil

• Nil

• No data because the numerical value is not sufficiently reliable Discrepancies in the totals are due to rounding.

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Notes

The latest balance of payments figures should be regarded as provisional in all cases. Changes as a result of subsequent revisions appearing in the following edition are not specifically noted. Furthermore, all foreign trade (and thus goods) figures are provisional as of the reporting month of January 2021.

Note: Due to new findings, the reporting month November includes revisions to the receipts for the use of ­intellectual property from January 2021.