6 Table 1.–United States Cross-Border Trade in Private Services, by Type of Service, 1997-98 (Millions of dollars) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Frequency Exports Imports of release 1997 1998 1997 1998 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total private services..................... M 240,443 245,688 152,447 165,321 Travel.............................................. M 73,301 71,250 52,051 56,105 Passenger fares..................................... M 20,789 19,996 18,138 19,797 Other transportation................................ M 27,006 25,518 28,959 30,457 Freight.......................................... Q 11,789 11,178 17,654 19,412 Port services.................................... Q 15,217 14,340 11,305 11,048 Royalties and license fees.......................... M 33,781 36,808 9,390 11,292 Affiliated....................................... Q 25,024 26,761 6,967 8,374 U.S. parents' transactions..................... Q 23,221 24,712 989 1,169 U.S. affiliates' transactions.................. Q 1,803 2,049 5,978 7,205 Unaffiliated..................................... Q 8,757 10,047 2,423 2,918 Industrial processes........................... Q 3,552 4,138 1,418 1,546 Other.......................................... Q 5,205 5,909 1,006 1,372 Other private services.............................. M 85,566 92,116 43,909 47,670 Affiliated services.............................. Q 27,272 28,321 17,728 19,095 U.S. parents' transactions..................... Q 17,271 18,212 8,927 9,730 Unaffiliated services............................ Q 58,294 63,795 26,181 28,5755 Education...................................... Q 8,343 8,964 1,395 1,538 Financial services............................. Q 11,539 13,698 3,563 3,771 Insurance, net................................. Q 2,485 2,842 6,002 6,908 Premiums..................................... Q 6,133 6,985 15,233 18,581 Losses....................................... Q 3,648 4,143 9,231 11,673 Telecommunications............................. Q 3,949 3,689 8,351 8,125 Business, professional, and technical services. Q 22,467 24,338 6,358 7,684 Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping....... A 331 344 280 329 Advertising................................. A 624 575 859 1046 Agricultural services........................ A 23 21 9 9 Computer and data processing services........ A 2,065 2,037 276 365 Construction, engineering, architectural, and mining services........................ A 3,498 4,053 461 699 Data base and other information services..... A 1467 1954 141 139 Industrial engineering....................... A 1,366 1,550 211 311 Installation, maintenance, and repair of equipment.................... A 3,630 3,668 316 432 Legal services............................... A 2,152 2,451 560 688 Mailing, reproduction, and commercial art..... A 17 17 31 33 Management of health care facilities.......... A 22 24 10 10 Management, consulting, and public relations services.............. A 1,596 1,657 731 914 Medical services.............................. A 1,113 1,204 n.a. n.a. Miscellaneous disbursements/1/................ A 589 533 1090 1379 Operational leasing........................... A 2,002 2,303 306 186 Personnel supply services..................... A 97 106 19 20 Research, development, and testing services... A 896 943 568 630 Sports and performing arts.................... A 192 140 260 253 Training services............................. A 442 388 155 158 Other business, professional and