TRADE BY COMMODITY
For the year ended November 2007, Victoria's merchandise exports fell by $79m (0.4%) in comparison to the year ended November 2006. The main items contributing to this fall were decreases in exports of Food and live animals (-$389m), Beverages and tobacco (-$223m) and Crude materials, inedible, except fuels (-$114m). Rises in exports were recorded mainly for Commodities and transactions merchandise trade n.e.c. ($289m), Chemical and related products, n.e.c ($271m) and Machinery and transport equipment ($184m).
Over the same period, the total value of Victoria's merchandise imports increased by $2,467m (5.0%), with increases recorded in most of the import commodity categories. The largest increases were recorded in Machinery and transport equipment ($859m), Food and live animals ($412m) and Commodities and transactions merchandise trade n.e.c. ($409m).
View underlying table as an Excel spreadsheet: 1367.2 Table 22, International Merchandise Trade, By Commodity (file size 12kB).