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APRIL KEY FIGURES

	February 2007	March 2007	April 2007	Mar 07 to Apr 07
	$m	$m	$m	% change
TREND
Balance on goods and services	-1 112	-1 110	-1 104	. .
Credits (exports of goods & services)	18 109	18 144	18 141	-
Debits (imports of goods & services)	19 220	19 254	19 246	-
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Balance on goods and services	-757	-1 628	-962	. .
Credits (exports of goods & services)	18 632	17 816	18 079	1
Debits (imports of goods & services)	19 389	19 444	19 041	-2
. . not applicable
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Balance on goods and services

• The provisional trend estimate of the balance on goods and services was a deficit of $1,104m in April 2007, a decrease of $6m on the revised deficit in March.
• Goods and services credits fell $3m to $18,141m. Goods and services debits fell $8m to $19,246m.

• In seasonally adjusted terms, the balance on goods and services was a deficit of $962m in April, a decrease of $666m on the revised deficit in March.
• Goods and services credits rose $263m (1%) to $18,079m. Non-rural and other goods rose $301m (3%) while rural goods fell $58 (3%). Services credits rose $20m (1%).
• Goods and services debits fell $403m (2%) to $19,041m. Capital goods fell $247m (7%), intermediate and other goods fell $145m (2%) and consumption goods fell $25m (1%). Services debits rose $15m.

• In original terms, the April 2007 balance on goods and services was a deficit of $389m, a decrease of $602m on the deficit in March. Goods and services credits fell $98m (1%) and goods and services debits fell $700m (4%).
• In the ten months to April, exports of non-rural and other goods were up $14.4b (14%) and rural goods were up $0.3b (1%) on the corresponding period in 2005-06.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Tom Jebbink on Canberra (02) 6252 5540.