5302.0 - Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia, Jun 2008  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 01/09/2008   
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There will be major changes to statistics presented by commodity in the September quarter 2008 issue. These changes will impact the following tables :

Table 5
From the September quarter 2008 issue, for all time periods goods credits will be presented on a BoPCE Rev 1 basis and goods debits will be presented on a BoPBEC Rev 1 basis. The title and data item descriptions will be made more consistent with other spreadsheets. Refer to 'Major changes to statistics presented by commodity' in the June quarter 2008 issue.

Tables 7, 9, 11, 13, 57, 63, 114, 214
From the September quarter 2008 issue, estimates for all time periods in these time series spreadsheets will be presented on a BoPCE Rev 1 basis. The title and data item descriptions in some of these spreadsheets will be made more consistent with other spreadsheets. Refer to 'Major changes to statistics presented by commodity' in the June quarter 2008 issue.

Tables 8, 10, 12, 14, 58, 64, 105, 106, 115, 215
From the September quarter 2008 issue, estimates for all time periods in these time series spreadsheets will be presented on a BoPBEC Rev 1 basis. The title and data item descriptions in some of these spreadsheets will be made more consistent with other spreadsheets. Refer to 'Major changes to statistics presented by commodity' in the June quarter 2008 issue.

Table 15, 65
From the September quarter 2008 issue, passenger transportation will continue to include agency fees and commissions but will exclude all other components of other transportation. Other transportation services (excluding agency fees and commissions) will be separately available.

Table 16, 66
From the September quarter 2008 issue, passenger transportation will include agency fees and commissions and other transportation services will exclude agency fees and commissions.

Table 17, 18, 19, 68, 69, 96, 116, 216
From the September quarter 2008 issue, the 'passenger and other transportation services' component will be split into 'passenger transportation' and 'other transportation' services. The title and data item descriptions in some of these spreadsheets will be made more consistent with other spreadsheets. Refer to 'Major changes to statistics presented by commodity' and 'Changes in time series spreadsheets' in the June quarter 2008 issue.

Tables 101, 102, 103, 104, 107, 108
From the September quarter 2008 issue, estimates for all periods in these time series spreadsheets will be presented on a SITC Rev 4 basis. The title and data item descriptions in some of these spreadsheets will be made more consistent with other spreadsheets. Refer to 'Major changes to statistics presented by commodity' in the June quarter 2008 issue.

Tables 12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 39, 71, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 85, 89, 109, 110, 111, 113, 117, 118, 119, 120, 217, 218, 219, 220
From the September quarter 2008 issue, the title and data item descriptions in these time series spreadsheets will be made more consistent with other spreadsheets.

Abbreviations

BoPBEC Rev 1 Balance of Payments Broad Economic Category Revision 1
BoPCE Rev 1 Balance of Payments Commodity of Export Revision 1
SITC Rev 4 Standard International trade Classification Revision 4