5368.0 - International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia, Dec 2006
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FEATURE ARTICLE: INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES BY PARTNER COUNTRY, 2006, PRELIMINARY INTRODUCTION This article provides preliminary calendar year data for 2006 for Australia's international trade in services, for exports (credits) and imports (debits), by selected trading partners. INTERPRETATION OF DATA Data released in this article is preliminary, with final data for the December quarter 2006 not yet available. As the data is preliminary, care should be exercised in interpreting the data. More comprehensive and updated estimates for 2006 will be published with the March 2007 issue of International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia (cat. no. 5368.0). As well as these data being preliminary, there are occasional difficulties in allocating data to a country due to lack of information or the confidentiality of the data for trading partners involved. A comprehensive explanation of the data sources used and the methodology applied in the compilation of partner country statistics is provided in Chapter 17 of Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia - Concepts, Sources and Methods (cat. no. 5331.0). ANALYSIS OF AUSTRALIAN TRADE WITH SELECTED PARTNER COUNTRIES In the calendar year 2006 Australia recorded a surplus of $1.0 billion in the balance on services. The largest trade in services surplus was recorded with China at $2.2 billion. As well as China, Australia recorded surpluses with a number of its Asian trading partners, including Korea at $1.2 billion and India at $1.1 billion, although the balance of trade with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) recorded an overall deficit of $1.3 billion in 2006, this was due in part to a deficit with Singapore of $1.2 billion. Deficits were recorded for most European trading partners, with the exception of a surplus of $0.7billion with the United Kingdom, and small surpluses with Belgium and Luxembourg, Ireland, and Sweden. In terms of Australia's service exports, the top 6 economies, United States of America, United Kingdom, China, Japan, New Zealand and Singapore, contributed 51% of the total export value, a further 7% was unallocated. For Australia's service imports, the top 6 economies, United States of America, Singapore, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Japan and Hong Kong contributed 50% of the total import value, a further 6% was unallocated. FURTHER INFORMATION Further information and longer time series for both calendar and financial year data by partner country can be obtained by contacting Michelle Cooper on Canberra 02 6252 5336 or email michelle.cooper@abs.gov.au. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES BY SELECTED COUNTRIES AND COUNTRY GROUPS, 2006, PRELIMINARY
COMPOSITION OF COUNTRY GROUPS Central America and Caribbean Includes Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands and United States Virgin Islands. Africa N.E.S Includes Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, St Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia and Zimbabwe. America N.E.S. Includes Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, St Pierre and Miquelon, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. Asia N.E.S. Includes Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, East Timor, Gaza Strip and West Bank, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North), Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Lebanon, Macau (SAR of China), Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen. Europe N.E.S. Includes Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Islands, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Gibraltar, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Oceania N.E.S. Includes American Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Territory, Guam, Johnston and Sand Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Midway Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, United States Pacific Islands n.i.e., Palau, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wake Island and Wallis and Futuna. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Includes Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, People's Republic of China, Hong Kong (SAR of China), Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United States of America and Vietnam. Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Includes Brunei Darussalam, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. European Union (EU) Includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Includes Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States of America. Middle East Includes Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. South Asia Includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Latin America Includes Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. Gulf Cooperation Council Includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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