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The ABS provides information on Australia's international trade in goods and services in three publications:

• International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia (cat. no. 5368.0) provides monthly current price estimates for both credits (exports) and debits (imports).
• This publication provides the following selected broad level preliminary quarterly estimates for the current quarter:
  • current price estimates of the balance on goods and services, and
  • chain volume measures and price indexes for goods debits.
• Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia (cat. no. 5302.0) provides quarterly estimates in current prices, chain volume measures and price indexes for goods and services credits and debits plus the full balance of payments and international investment position in current prices.

• In seasonally adjusted current price terms, the balance on goods and services was a surplus of $3,591m in the March quarter 2014, a turnaround of $4,200m on the revised December quarter 2013 deficit of $609m. The main components contributing to the turnaround to surplus were:

• goods credits, up $4,664m (7%)
  • other mineral fuels, up $2,074m (32%), partly due to higher than usual shipments from cyclone exposed ports in a comparatively mild cyclone season
  • metal ores and minerals, up $825m (3%), largely due to higher than usual shipments from cyclone exposed ports in a comparatively mild cyclone season
  • cereal grains and cereal preparations, up $485m (22%)
  • meat and meat preparations, up $385m (16%)
  • other rural, up $348m (8%).
• services credits, up $295m (2%)
  • travel, up $162m (2%)
  • other services, up $137m (3%).
• goods debits, up $972m (1%)
  • machinery and industrial equipment, up $586m (12%)
  • consumption goods n.e.s., up $352m (5%)
  • textiles, clothing and footwear, up $254m (8%)
  • iron and steel, up $246m (28%)
  • primary industrial supplies n.e.s., up $245m (91%)
  • capital goods n.e.s., down $1,380m (46%).
• services debits, down $213m (1%)
  • travel, down $83m (1%)
  • transport, down $68m (2%)
  • maintenance and repair services n.i.e., down $43m (19%).
    

• Goods and services debits data, in original and seasonally adjusted terms, have been revised since the release of the March 2014 issue of International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia (cat. no. 5368.0).

• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods imports volumes fell 0.8% and the implicit price deflator rose 2.2% during the March quarter 2014.
• In original terms, the chain Laspeyres price index rose 3.0% and the implicit price deflator rose rose 2.8%.