JUNE KEY FIGURES
| | | Mar Qtr 2013 | Jun Qtr 2013 | Mar Qtr 2013 to Jun Qtr 2013 |
| | | $m | $m | % change |
|
BALANCE ON CURRENT ACCOUNT | | | |
| Trend estimates | -10 985 | -8 556 | 22 |
| Seasonally adjusted | -8 740 | -9 350 | -7 |
BALANCE ON GOODS AND SERVICES | | | |
| Trend estimates | -1 754 | 511 | (a). . |
| Seasonally adjusted | 122 | -18 | (a). . |
NET PRIMARY INCOME | | | |
| Trend estimates | -8 902 | -8 741 | 2 |
| Seasonally adjusted | -8 529 | -9 008 | -6 |
LEVELS AT END OF PERIOD | | | |
| International Investment Position | 848 698 | 816 937 | -4 |
| | Net foreign equity | 109 614 | 54 764 | -50 |
| | Net foreign debt | 739 084 | 762 173 | 3 |
|
. . not applicable |
(a) See paragraph 5 of the Explanatory Notes. |
Current Account Balance (a), Main aggregates
| International Investment
|
JUNE KEY POINTS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
- The current account deficit, seasonally adjusted, rose $610m (7%) to $9,350m in the June quarter 2013. There was a turnaround of $140m on the balance on goods and services, resulting in a deficit of $18m in the June quarter 2013. The primary income deficit rose $479m (6%) to $9,008m.
- In seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, the surplus on goods and services fell $154m (2%) from $7,306m in the March quarter 2013 to $7,152m in the June quarter 2013. This is expected to detract 0.04 percentage points from growth in the June quarter 2013 volume measure of GDP.
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT POSITION (IIP)
- Australia's net IIP liability position was $816.9b at 30 June 2013, a decrease of $31.8b on 31 March 2013. Australia's net foreign debt liability increased $23.1b to a liability position of $762.2b. Australia's net foreign equity liability decreased $54.9b to a liability position of $54.8b.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE (QUARTER) | Release Date |
September 2013 | 3 December 2013 |
December 2013 | 4 March 2014 |
March 2014 | 3 June 2014 |
June 2014 | 2 September 2014 |
REVISIONS
Since the last issue of this publication data in original terms have been revised back to September quarter 2007. See
Revisions for details.
The following goods and services debits components have been revised since the release of the June 2013 issue of
International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia (cat. no. 5368.0):
- capital goods n.e.s. component of goods debits series, revised in June quarter 2013
- architectural, engineering and other technical services component of services debits, revised in June quarter 2013
- legal, accounting, management consulting, public relations and other professional services component of services debits, revised in June quarter 2013.
Data in this issue aligns with the data in the June quarter 2013 issue of
Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product (cat. no. 5206.0) to be released on 4 September 2013.
CHANGES IN FORTHCOMING ISSUES
See
Changes in forthcoming issues for details.
VALUE ADJUSTMENTS
See
Value adjustments for details.
RELATED RELEASES
See
Related releases for details.
INQUIRIES
For further information contact Val Tot on Canberra (02) 6252 5540 for balance of payments estimates, and Charles Kauye on Canberra (02) 6252 5541 for international investment estimates.