Balance of Payments (Summary)
2002
	Jun p	Jul p	Aug p	Sep p	Oct p	Nov
Exports (f.o.b.)	5,627	5,537	6,067	6,216	6,256	-
(% change)	4.4	7.7	8.1	18.2	18.4	-
Imports (c.i.f.)	-5,262	5,722	-5,829	-5,389	-5,768	-
(% change)	5.5	11.1	19.4	8.3	15.1	-
Trade balance	365	-185	238	827	488	-
Net services income & transfers	68	401	614	130	551	-
Receipts	1,402	1,545	1,753	1,660	1,665	-
Payments	-1,334	-1,144	-1,139	-1,530	-1,114	-
Current account balance	433	216	852	957	1,039	-
Capital and financial account	383	62	-398	-1,335	-1,077	-
Private	-642	-700	-318	953	-804	-
Public	13	-89	-347	-1,253	-330	-
Monetary authorities 1/	1,012	851	267	1,053	57	-
Net errors & omissions	219	439	137	-658	205	-
Balance of payments	1,035	717	591	-1,036	167	-

 

2002
	Q1p	Q2p	Q3p
Current account	1,901	850	2,025
a. Goods and services	2,123	1,410	2,100
1. Goods	696	617	880
Exports (f.o.b)	15,015	16,163	17,820
Imports (c.i.f.)	-14,319	-15,546	-16,940
Of which: Non-monetary gold	-231	-84	-201
2. Services	1,427	793	1,220
Services receipts	3,803	3,444	3,784
(1) Transportation	764	748	813
1.1 Freight	155	149	181
1.2 Passenger	580	571	614
1.3 Others	29	28	18
(2) Travel	2,121	1,699	1,915
(3) Government service, n.i.e.	22	20	24
(4) Other services	896	977	1,032
4.1 Communication services	20	18	40
4.2 Construction services	82	81	58
4.3 Royalties and license fees	1	1	1
4.4 Insurance services 1/	25	30	24
4.5 Others	768	847	909
Services payments	-2,376	-2,651	-2,564
(1) Transportation	-284	-381	-356
1.1 Freight	-108	-116	-127
1.2 Passenger	-115	-151	-158
1.3 Others	-61	-114	-71
(2) Travel	-662	-996	-737
(3) Government service, n.i.e	-47	-30	-14
(4) Other services	-1,383	-1,244	-1,457
4.1 Communication services	-20	-20	-17
4.2 Construction Services	-25	-12	-24
4.3 Royalties and license fees	-319	-240	-277
4.4 Insurance services 1/	-86	-68	-78
4.5 Others 2/	-933	-904	-1,061
b. Income	-365	-716	-247
Income receipts	684	718	915
(1) Compensation of employees	310	321	373
(2) Investment income	374	397	542
Income payments3/	-1,049	-1,434	-1,162
(1) Income on equity	-398	-823	-564
(2) Income on debt	-651	-611	-598
c. Current transfers	143	156	172
General government	10	27	7
Other sectors	133	129	165
Capital and financial account	-1,518	797	-1,671
a. Capital account 4/	0	0	0
b. Financial account	-1,518	797	-1,671
1. Direct investment	199	421	-306
(1) Abroad	-20	-48	2
(2) In reporting economy	219	469	-308
2. Portfolio investment	-816	-92	248
(1) Assets	-144	239	-256
(2) Liabilities	-672	-331	504
2.1 Equity securities	-20	-12	-75
Inflow	375	337	209
Outflow	-395	-349	-284
2.2 Debt securities	-652	-319	579
2.2.1 Government	-267	29	603
Inflow	99	300	1,244
Outflow	-366	-271	-641
2.2.2. Bank	0	-18	0
Inflow	0	0	0
Outflow	0	-18	0
2.2.3 Other sectors	-385	-330	-24
Inflow	276	139	433
Outflow	-661	-469	-457
3. Other investment	-901	468	-1,613
(1) Assets	270	1,031	2,229
1.1 Government	0	0	0
1.2 Bank 5/	268	1,030	2,216
1.3 Other sectors	2	1	13
(2) Liabilities	-1,171	-563	-3,842
2.1 Trade credits	247	150	482
2.1.1 Government	0	0	0
Disbursement	0	0	0
Repayment	0	0	0
2.1.2 Other sectors	247	150	482
Disbursement	3,880	4,606	4,824
Repayment	-3,633	-4,456	-4,342
2.2 Loans	-2,404	-1,853	-4,441
2.2.1 Monetary authorities	-991	-926	-1,098
2.2.2 Government	4	-1	-1,301
Disbursement	81	85	65
Repayment	-77	-86	-1,366
2.2.3 Bank 6/	-312	-205	-685
Disbursement	8,747	4,420	6,282
Repayment	9,059	-4,625	-6,967
2.2.4 Other sectors	-1,105	-721	-1,357
Disbursement	1,409	1,066	1,727
Repayment	-2,514	-1,787	-3,084
2.3 Currency and deposits	1,050	1,171	153
Of which: Monetary authorities	2,107	3,161	1,163
2.4 Other liabilities	-64	-31	-36
2.4.1 Government	0	-6	-7
2.4.2 Bank	-14	-13	27
2.4.3 Other sectors	-50	-12	-56
Errors and omissions	504	246	-82
Overall  balance	887	1,893	272
Reserve assets	-887	-1,893	-272
a. Reserve position in the fund	0	0	0
b. Foreign exchange	-886	-1,892	-271
c. Monetary gold	0	-5	0
d. SDRs	-1	4	-1

Other sectors (including state enterprises)

1. Including insurance on goods.
   
2. Including compensation of employees.
   
3. Investment income only.
   
4. Comprises debt forgiveness, migrants' transfers, acquisition/disposal of non-produced, nonfinancialassets, 
   etc.  These items were previously, up to 1992, included in services and current transfers.
   
5. rior to 1997, including currency and deposits and other assets.
   
6. rior to 1997, including currency and deposits and other liabilities.

Source: Bank of Thailand