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• Western Australia's trade surplus ($11 billion) in the June quarter 2009 was 8% lower than the surplus in the same quarter of the previous year.

• The value of exports from Western Australia was 12% lower in the June quarter 2009 than in the corresponding quarter of 2008, down from $20 billion to less than $18 billion.
• China was the state's main export destination, receiving goods from Western Australia to the value of $6.6 billion. This was $918 million higher than in the same quarter of the previous year, mainly due to iron ore exports.
• Over the year the value of exports to India rose by 48% to $2.2 billion. Non-monetary gold, to the value of $1.9 billion, accounted for 90% of the total value of exports to India in the June quarter 2009.
• The value of exports to Japan fell again in the June quarter, having dropped by $1.2 billion from the same quarter of the previous year. In addition, exports to the United States of America fell in value to $191 million, 70% lower than in the June quarter 2008.

1 International Merchandise Trade(a), exports - top 10 countries: original
	EXPORTS
	Jun 08	Mar 09	Jun 09
Country	$'000	$'000	$'000
China	5 682 478	7 490 011	6 600 885
Japan	3 761 435	3 636 091	2 574 043
India	1 455 068	1 257 285	2 155 434
Korea, Republic of	1 545 098	1 670 126	1 365 484
Singapore	929 123	700 575	734 405
Thailand	737 008	334 141	614 654
United Kingdom	769 784	4 048 182	534 535
Taiwan	317 482	350 326	317 901
Indonesia	281 852	271 288	270 417
United States of America	648 477	314 728	191 129
Total Exports(b)	19 950 895	23 147 517	17 576 272
(a) Free on board (f.o.b.) value
(b) Includes countries not listed.
Source: Source: ABS data available on request, International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia, cat. no. 5368.0.

• Iron ore and concentrates and Non-monetary gold continued to be the leading exports from Western Australia, with export values of $6.8 billion and $3.3 billion respectively in the June quarter 2009.
• The export value of Iron ore and concentrates was $110 million (1.6%) higher than the value for the June quarter 2008.
• The export value of Non-monetary gold was $314 million (10.5%) higher than for the June quarter 2008.
• In contrast, Crude petroleum oils decreased in value by 47% over the same 12 month period.

2 International Merchandise Trade(a), by major commodity - original
	Jun 08	Mar 09	Jun 09
Category of the SITC	$'000	$'000	$'000
MAJOR EXPORT COMMODITIES(b)
Iron ore and concentrates	6 692 867	8 723 854	6 803 150
Gold, non-monetary	2 995 691	5 551 654	3 310 054
Confidential items	2 368 044	2 038 117	1 580 820
Crude petroleum oils	2 710 425	1 556 685	1 445 887
Natural gas	1 398 901	1 704 375	1 200 039
Wheat	698 948	829 641	648 613
Nickel	184 970	133 819	198 466
Pigments, paints, varnishes and related materials	90 094	84 434	143 087
Liquefied propane and butane	157 882	126 542	124 653
Live animals	70 675	102 705	121 107
Nickel ores and concentrates	393 663	171 231	118 489
Ores and concentrates of base metal	277 405	156 839	106 266
Wool and other animal hair	71 672	85 277	96 788
Crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates	100 481	96 195	93 599
Refined petroleum oils	124 870	70 390	78 855
Total exports(c)	19 950 895	23 147 517	17 576 272
(a) Care should be taken when comparing with commodities data prior to July 2005. For full details about changes to international trade statistics, users should refer to the Information Paper: Impact of introducing Revision 4 of the Standard International Trade Classification, 2008 (cat.no. 5368.0.55.10).
(b) Free on board (f.o.b.) value.
(c) Includes categories not listed.
Source: Source: ABS data available on request, International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia, cat. no. 5368.0.