1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2012
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 24/05/2012
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENERGY PRODUCTS
In 2009–10, Australia exported a total of 13,702 petajoules of energy products (table 19.8). In terms of energy content, the largest contributors were black coal (61% of total energy exports) and uranium (26%), followed by natural gas (7%) and crude oil (5%). Total energy exports decreased by less than 1% from 2008–09 to 2009–10 with natural gas up 16% and black coal up 12%. The largest fall was uranium (down 25%).
By contrast, total imports of energy products in 2009–10 were relatively small (2,014 PJ), with crude oil making up 52% of energy imports. Imports of primary energy products increased from 1,227 petajoules in 2008–09 to 1,311 petajoules in 2009–10 (up 7%). Imports of secondary energy products increased slightly from 689 petajoules in 2008–09 to 703 petajoules in 2009–10.
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(a) Other refinery feedstock (ORF).
(b) Excludes non-fuel petroleum products such as bitumen, lubricants, solvents and greases.
Source: Energy Account Australia, 2009–10 (4604.0), tables 2.3, 2.4, 3.5 and 3.6.
Graph 19.9 shows the comparison between energy exports and imports from 1979–80 to 2009–10. Over that period, exports of energy products exhibited very strong growth, up 587% from 1,995 petajoules in 1979–80 to 13,702 petajoules in 2009–10. In contrast, there was slower growth in imports of energy products, up 230% from 610 petajoules in 1979–80 to 2,014 petajoules in 2009–10.
Table 19.10 shows the value and contribution of selected energy products to Australia's trade. In 2009–10, the export of selected energy products, excluding uranium, contributed $56.7 billion (28%) to Australia's total merchandise export earnings. Black coal accounted for 64% of the total value of these selected energy exports ($36.4b), followed by crude oil (16%) and natural gas (14%).
Imports of selected energy products accounted for $27.5 billion (14%) of the total value of Australia's imports in 2009–10. Crude oil accounted for 54% of the total value of these selected energy imports ($14.7b), followed by refinery products (41%).
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