01/07/2024 Note:
Appendix 10 has been updated to include Treatment Code 141, Petroleum-based oils (inc. lubricants and greases) eligible for a refund of duty.
07/03/2024 Note:
Appendix 7 has been updated to reflect country name changes and Appendix 8 includes overseas port code updates, effective 01 January 2024.
14/11/2023 Note:
The content of Chapter 9 has been updated following the removal of two archived information papers on data confidentiality from the ABS website. Confidentiality related information has been consolidated in this chapter and updated accordingly.
References to the current monthly publication have been updated to reflect the cessation of monthly Trade in Services data (publication title now International Trade in Goods).
Appendix 9 has been amended to include recent publication changes for the monthly International Trade in Goods publication.
Appendix 10 has been amended to include Treatment Code 759 (Goods for use in connection with an international sporting event), and Preference Codes AB (Additional Duty Country), AC (Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement) and AD (Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA)).
21/04/2023 Note:
Appendix 6.1 has been amended to include an up to date cessation date (31 December 2021) for a commodity code.
A confidentiality request form, for International Merchandise Trade data, has been added to the data downloads section (ZIP file).
24/03/2023 Note:
Appendix 8 has been updated with minor port code changes.
07/03/2023 Note:
Appendix 6.2 has been updated to include commodity classification changes to Electric Vehicles, effective 01 July 2022, and Appendix 8 includes port code updates, effective 01 January 2023.
Appendix 9 (country groupings) has been removed in line with the removal of country groupings from relevant publications. Appendix 10 (now 9) has been updated with additional changes to publication inclusions (see Table 9.1).
Appendix 11 (now 10) has been updated to include new treatment codes effective 01 July 2022.
13/04/2022 Note:
The contents of Appendices 6.1 and 6.2 have been updated with the most up to date commodity classifications, including statistical codes that opened on 01 April 2022 and 01 May 2022.
22/02/2022 Note:
Appendices 2, 6.1 and 6.2 have been updated to reflect the implementation of the Seventh Edition of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS2022), including details of the associated statistical code changes for 1 January 2022. Appendices 9 and 11 have been updated with the most up to date country group membership and preference codes.
13/05/2021 Note:
The contents of Appendix 6.2 have been updated with the most up to date commodity classifications, including the statistical codes that opened on 29 March 2021 and 01 April 2021. The contents of Appendix 9 have been updated with the most up to date country groups. The contents of Appendix 11 have been updated with the most up to date treatment codes.
22/01/2021 Note:
The contents of Appendix 6.1 have been updated with the most up to date commodity classifications, including the statistical codes that opened on 1 January 2021. The contents of Appendix 11 have been updated with the most up to date preference and treatment codes.
27/11/2019 Note:
This publication has been updated with the naming conventions of the Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC), and to reflect the new Maritime Boundary Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste which came in to force on 30 August 2019. More information can be found in International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia, Sep 2019 (cat no. 5368.0). These changes have been made in text, as well as in Appendices 4, 7, 8 and 9.
25/06/2019 Note:
The contents of Appendices 6.1 and 6.2 have been updated with the most up to date commodity classifications, including the statistical codes that opened on 1 July 2019. Minor updates have been made to the content at the same time.