Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia

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Balance of payments statistics on current, capital and financial transactions and the international investment position statement

Reference period
June 2023
Released
5/09/2023

Key statistics

  • The current account balance, seasonally adjusted, fell $4,787m to a surplus of $7,721m.
  • The capital and financial account deficit increased $7,775m to $17,180m.
  • The net international investment liability position was $822,241m at 30 June 2023.

International accounts overview

Key figures ($m)
 Mar 23Jun 23
Balance on current account (a)12,5087,721
Balance on goods and services (a)39,37431,422
Net primary income (a)-26,663-23,416
Capital and financial account-9,405-17,180
International investment position (b)916,320822,241
  1. Seasonally adjusted estimates in current price terms.
  2. Levels at end of period.

The current account balance (seasonally adjusted, current price) for June quarter 2023 was a surplus of $7.7b. The current account balance decreased $4.8b from the revised March quarter 2023 surplus of $12.5b.

The decrease in the current account surplus reflected the fall in prices for Australia’s key export commodities, partly offset by a drop in the net primary income deficit.

The balance on goods and services in seasonally adjusted chain volume terms is expected to contribute 0.8 percentage points to the June quarter 2023 GDP quarterly movement, assuming no significant revision to March quarter 2023 estimates of GDP.

The terms of trade decreased 7.9% to 104.7, down from 113.6 in March quarter 2023.  

The net primary income deficit decreased to $23.4b, following the $26.7b deficit in March quarter 2023.

Australia's net international investment liability position was $822.2b at June quarter 2023, a decrease of $94.1b on the revised March quarter 2023 position of $916.3b.

 

  1. Seasonally adjusted estimates in current price terms.

Current Account

Balance on current account, current prices, seasonally adjusted ($m)
 Mar 23Jun 23Mar 23 to Jun 23
Balance on current account12,5087,721-4,787
Balance on goods and services39,37431,422-7,952
Net goods40,81631,578-9,238
Net Services-1,442-1561,286
Net primary income-26,663-23,4163,247
Net secondary income-203-284-81

Terms of trade

Relationship between IPD, EPI and IPI

Balance on goods and services

In seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, the balance on goods and services was a surplus of $19,548m, a rise of $4,505m on the revised March quarter 2023 surplus of $15,043m.

  1. Seasonally adjusted, reference year 2020-21=100.

Exports of goods (credits)

In seasonally adjusted terms at current prices, goods credits fell $10,523m (7.0%) to $139,452m, with volumes up 2.5% and prices down 9.3%.

 

Goods credits, price and volume change, seasonally adjusted - June quarter 2023
 Current prices ($m)Current prices (%)Chain volume measures (a)(b)(%)Implicit price deflators (a)(b)(%)
Exports of goods-10,523-7.02.5-9.3
 Rural goods-574-3.10.9-4.0
 Non-rural goods-10,811-8.72.6-10.9
 Net exports of goods under merchanting-45-45.9-42.8-5.4
 Non-monetary gold(c)90713.86.96.4
  1. Reference year 2020-21 = 100.
  2. Movements in indexes are calculated from unrounded data.
  3. This component is not seasonally adjusted.

Rural goods

Non-rural goods

Imports of goods (debits)

In seasonally adjusted terms at current prices, goods debits fell $1,284m (1.2%) to $107,875m, with volumes down 0.2% and prices down 1.0%. 

Goods debits, price and volume change, seasonally adjusted - June quarter 2023
 Current prices ($m)Current prices (%)Chain volume measures (a)(b)(%)Implicit price deflators (a)(b)(%)
Total Goods Imports-1,284-1.2-0.2-1.0
 Consumption goods-312-0.9-1.10.2
 Capital goods-274-1.0-3.32.3
 Intermediate and other merchandise goods-841-1.93.0-4.7
 Non-monetary gold(c)1436.7-0.47.2
  1. Reference year 2020-21 = 100.
  2. Movements in indexes are calculated from unrounded data.
  3. This component is not seasonally adjusted.

Consumption goods

Capital goods

Intermediate and other merchandise goods

Services

Services exports, price and volume change, seasonally adjusted - June quarter 2023
 Current prices ($m)Current prices (%)Chain volume measures (a)(b)(%)Implicit price deflators (a)(b)(%)
Exports of services3,12812.812.10.6
 Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others----
 Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.-5-38.5-38.80.6
 Transport1126.55.60.8
 Travel2,69319.218.50.6
 Other services3283.83.20.6

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

  1. Reference year 2020-21 = 100.
  2. Movements in indexes are calculated from unrounded data.
Services imports, price and volume change, seasonally adjusted - June quarter 2023
 Current prices ($m)Current prices (%)Chain volume measures (a)(b)(%)Implicit price deflators (a)(b)(%)
Imports of services1,8427.14.72.3
 Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others----
 Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.6757.351.14.1
 Transport1912.84.4-1.5
 Travel1,23815.011.23.4
 Other services3453.3-0.84.1

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

  1. Reference year 2020-21 = 100.
  2. Movements in indexes are calculated from unrounded data.

Income

Net primary income deficit narrowed by $3,247m to $23,416m in the June quarter 2023. 

  1.  Seasonally adjusted estimates in current price terms.

Primary income credits

Primary income credits, in seasonally adjusted, current price terms increased $810m (3.7%). The key components contributing to the increase were:

  • Portfolio investment assets - income; up by $597m (7.6%)
  • Portfolio investment assets - interest; up by $168m (4.8%)

Partly offset by:

  • Direct investment assets – income on equity and investment fund shares; down by $155m (1.9%)

Primary income debits

Primary income debits, in seasonally adjusted, current price terms fell $2,437m (5.0%). The key components contributing to the decline were:

  • Direct investment liabilities – income on equity and investment fund shares; down $3,497m (16.4%)

Partly offset by:

  • Portfolio investment liabilities - income; up $329m (3.4%)
  • Portfolio investment liabilities - interest; up $332m (3.0%)
  • Other investment liabilities; up $313m (12.3%)

Secondary income

In current price seasonally adjusted terms, the net secondary income deficit rose $81m (39.9%) to $284m.

Secondary income credits rose $54m (1.7%) and Secondary income debits rose $135m (4.0%) in the June quarter 2023.

Capital and Financial Account

The capital and financial account recorded a deficit of $17.2b during the June 2023 quarter, mainly driven by the financial account deficit of $16.9b.

The financial account fell due to a $2.7b net outflow of equity and a $14.2b net outflow of debt.

Capital and financial account ($m)
 Sep 22Dec 22Mar 23Jun 23Mar 23 to
Jun 23
Capital account-239-194-200-286-86
 Acquisitions/disposals of non-produced non-financial assets-11-14-13-70-57
  Acquisitions/disposals of non-produced non-financial assets credits-----
  Acquisitions/disposals of non-produced non-financial assets debits-14-13-70-570
 Capital transfers-228-180-187-216-29
  Capital transfers credits-----
  Capital transfers debits-228-180-187-216-29
Financial account5,288-8,614-9,205-16,894-7,689
 Direct investment4,413-20,8982,12759-2,068
  Direct investment assets-27,879-17,706-10,7711,57912,350
  Direct investment liabilities32,292-3,19212,898-1,520-14,418
 Portfolio investment8,03917,741870-19,673-20,543
  Portfolio investment assets3,729-14,717-24,234-4,64619,588
  Portfolio investment liabilities4,31032,45825,104-15,026-40,130
 Financial derivatives5,990-9,970-5,476-4,612864
  Financial derivatives assets117,83096,24589,08564,817-24,268
  Financial derivatives liabilities-111,840-106,215-94,561-69,42925,132
 Other investment-11,4335,468-3,9287,22311,151
  Other investment assets-5,55414,3667,08124,46717,386
  Other investment liabilities-5,879-8,898-11,010-17,244-6,234
 Reserve assets-1,721-956-2,7981102,908
 Net errors and omissions3,810-4,803-7503,1933,943

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

International Investment Position

Australia's net IIP liability position was $822.2b in June 2023, a decrease of $94.1b on the revised 31 March 2023 figure of $916.3b. Australia's net foreign equity asset position increased $64.1b to $347.3b at 30 June 2023. Australia's net foreign debt liability position decreased $30b to $1,169.5b.

International investment position, by net foreign equity and net foreign debt ($m)
 Position at beginning of periodTransactionsPrice changesExchange rate changesOther adjustmentsPosition at end of period
Net International Investment Position
 Dec‑22908,376-8,61421,22719,679-4,961935,707
 Mar‑23935,707-9,20522,332-23,543-8,970916,320
 Jun‑23916,320-16,894-72,275-1,952-2,959822,241
Net Foreign Equity
 Dec‑22-260,102-29,59425,37926,847-9,127-246,597
 Mar‑23-246,5974,300-1,932-27,673-11,271-283,173
 Jun‑23-283,173-2,688-50,609-5,335-5,458-347,264
Net Foreign Debt
 Dec‑221,168,47920,980-4,152-7,1684,1661,182,304
 Mar‑231,182,304-13,50524,2634,1292,3021,199,493
 Jun‑231,199,493-14,205-21,6653,3832,4991,169,505

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This release previously used catalogue number 5302.0.

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