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International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia

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Statistics about international trade in goods and services, on a balance of payments and international trade basis.

Reference period

December 2022

Released

7/02/2023

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Key statistics

The seasonally adjusted balance on goods and services surplus decreased $1,238m in December.
Goods and services debits (imports) rose $445m (1.0%) driven by Travel services.
Goods and services credits (exports) fell $793m (1.4%) driven by Other mineral fuels.

Main features

Key Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
		Oct-22 ($m)	Nov-22 ($m)	Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 (%)
Balance on goods and services		12,585	13,475	12,237	-1,238	na
	Credits (Exports of goods & services)	59,212	58,634	57,841	-793	-1.4
	Debits (Imports of goods & services)	-46,627	-45,159	-45,604	445	1.0

na not applicable

Balance on goods and services
	Seasonally Adjusted ($m)
Sep-21	10,224
Oct-21	9,955
Nov-21	9,069
Dec-21	7,673
Jan-22	12,333
Feb-22	7,375
Mar-22	9,314
Apr-22	12,248
May-22	13,791
Jun-22	16,870
Jul-22	8,428
Aug-22	8,354
Sep-22	12,488
Oct-22	12,585
Nov-22	13,475
Dec-22	12,237

Balance on goods and services

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Balance on goods and services

In seasonally adjusted terms, the balance on goods and services was a surplus of $12,237m in December 2022, a decrease of $1,238m on the surplus in November 2022.

Balance on goods and services(a), seasonally adjusted
			Oct-22 ($m)	Nov-22 ($m)	Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 (%)
Balance on goods and services			12,585	13,475	12,237	-1,238	na
	Total goods and services credits		59,212	58,634	57,841	-793	-1.4
		Total goods credits	52,297	51,331	50,565	-766	-1.5
		Total services credits	6,915	7,303	7,276	-27	-0.4
	Total goods and services debits		-46,627	-45,159	-45,604	445	1.0
		Total goods debits	-37,615	-36,590	-36,654	64	0.2
		Total services debits	-9,012	-8,569	-8,950	381	4.4

na not applicable
a. For sign conventions, see the Explanatory notes.

Goods and services credits (exports), seasonally adjusted

Goods credits

	Seasonally Adjusted ($m)	Trend (a) ($m)
Dec-18	30,245	30,723
Jan-19	31,519	31,070
Feb-19	31,632	31,557
Mar-19	30,517	-
Apr-19	31,725	-
May-19	33,856	-
Jun-19	33,753	-
Jul-19	35,647	-
Aug-19	33,133	-
Sep-19	33,364	-
Oct-19	31,388	-
Nov-19	31,966	-
Dec-19	32,203	-
Jan-20	30,705	-
Feb-20	28,939	-
Mar-20	34,369	-
Apr-20	31,826	-
May-20	29,219	-
Jun-20	29,149	-
Jul-20	29,258	-
Aug-20	27,755	-
Sep-20	28,521	-
Oct-20	30,344	-
Nov-20	30,974	-
Dec-20	33,607	-
Jan-21	34,565	-
Feb-21	34,915	-
Mar-21	34,787	-
Apr-21	35,664	-
May-21	37,278	-
Jun-21	38,323	-
Jul-21	42,309	-
Aug-21	41,769	-
Sep-21	38,398	-
Oct-21	38,460	-
Nov-21	40,597	-
Dec-21	41,552	-
Jan-22	45,163	-
Feb-22	45,483	-
Mar-22	45,664	-
Apr-22	48,216	-
May-22	52,300	-
Jun-22	54,768	-
Jul-22	48,352	-
Aug-22	49,892	-
Sep-22	53,347	-
Oct-22	52,297	-
Nov-22	51,331	-
Dec-22	50,565	-

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a. Trend series suspended from March 2019.

Goods credits, seasonally adjusted
			Oct-22 ($m)	Nov-22 ($m)	Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 (%)
Total goods credits			52,297	51,331	50,565	-766	-1.5
	General merchandise		50,314	49,615	48,241	-1,374	-2.8
		Rural goods	6,897	6,697	6,447	-250	-3.7
		Non-rural goods	43,417	42,917	41,794	-1,123	-2.6
	Net exports of goods under merchanting(a)		33	47	47	-	-
	Non-monetary gold(a)		1,950	1,669	2,277	608	36.4

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
a. This component is not seasonally adjusted.

Rural goods

Rural goods, seasonally adjusted
	Oct-22 ($m)	Nov-22 ($m)	Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 (%)
Rural goods	6,897	6,697	6,447	-250	-3.7
	Meat and meat preparations	1,362	1,285	1,226	-59	-4.6
	Cereal grains and cereal preparations	2,320	2,266	2,121	-145	-6.4
	Wool and sheepskins	294	203	237	34	16.7
	Other rural(a)	2,921	2,944	2,862	-82	-2.8

Non-rural goods

Non-rural goods, seasonally adjusted
		Oct-22 ($m)	Nov-22 ($m)	Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 (%)
Non-rural goods	43,417	42,917	41,794	-1,123	-2.6
	Metal ores and minerals	14,056	15,153	14,705	-448	-3.0
	Coal, coke and briquettes	11,810	11,525	11,322	-203	-1.8
	Other mineral fuels	11,044	9,577	9,043	-534	-5.6
	Metals (excl. non-monetary gold)	1,305	1,461	1,236	-225	-15.4
	Machinery	1,133	1,013	1,019	6	0.6
	Transport equipment	394	418	409	-9	-2.2
	Other manufactures	2,218	2,330	2,209	-121	-5.2
	Other non-rural (incl. sugar and beverages)(a)	1,168	1,163	1,582	419	36.0
	Goods procured in ports by carriers(b)	289	276	270	-6	-2.2

Services credits

	Seasonally Adjusted ($m)	Trend (a) ($m)
Dec-18	7,975	8,023
Jan-19	8,010	8,069
Feb-19	8,216	8,122
Mar-19	8,191	-
Apr-19	8,211	-
May-19	8,334	-
Jun-19	8,414	-
Jul-19	8,531	-
Aug-19	8,655	-
Sep-19	8,694	-
Oct-19	8,783	-
Nov-19	8,816	-
Dec-19	8,749	-
Jan-20	8,149	-
Feb-20	7,463	-
Mar-20	6,895	-
Apr-20	5,419	-
May-20	5,605	-
Jun-20	5,766	-
Jul-20	5,272	-
Aug-20	5,098	-
Sep-20	5,291	-
Oct-20	5,377	-
Nov-20	5,451	-
Dec-20	5,350	-
Jan-21	5,295	-
Feb-21	5,110	-
Mar-21	4,988	-
Apr-21	4,967	-
May-21	5,174	-
Jun-21	5,330	-
Jul-21	4,863	-
Aug-21	4,770	-
Sep-21	4,868	-
Oct-21	4,695	-
Nov-21	4,743	-
Dec-21	4,779	-
Jan-22	5,052	-
Feb-22	5,070	-
Mar-22	5,123	-
Apr-22	5,529	-
May-22	5,850	-
Jun-22	6,101	-
Jul-22	6,430	-
Aug-22	6,446	-
Sep-22	6,794	-
Oct-22	6,915	-
Nov-22	7,303	-
Dec-22	7,276	-

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a. Trend series suspended from March 2019.

Services credits, seasonally adjusted
			Oct-22 ($m)	Nov-22 ($m)	Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 (%)
Total services credits			6,915	7,303	7,276	-27	-0.4
	Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others(a)		-	-	-	-	-
	Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.(a)		2	10	3	-7	-70.0
	Transport		528	557	530	-27	-4.8
		Passenger(b)(c)	164	189	159	-30	-15.9
		Freight(d)	33	33	34	1	3.0
		Other	207	208	210	2	1.0
		Postal and courier services(e)	125	126	127	1	0.8
	Travel(c)		3,407	3,739	3,735	-4	-0.1
	Other services		2,977	2,998	3,007	9	0.3
Memorandum item
	Tourism related services credits(f)		3,571	3,928	3,895	-33	-0.8

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
a. This component is not seasonally adjusted.
b. Passenger transportation services includes agency fees and commissions for air transport.
c. This component has been seasonally adjusted using the forward factor method since March 2020 due to the impacts of COVID-19.
d. In using these seasonally adjusted series, care should be exercised because of the difficulties associated with reliably estimating the seasonal pattern.
e. Postal and courier services includes indirect commissions for sea transport.
f. For a more detailed explanation of tourism related services, see the Explanatory notes.

Goods and services debits (imports), seasonally adjusted

Goods debits

	Seasonally Adjusted ($m)	Trend (a) ($m)
Dec-18	25,191	26,678
Jan-19	27,017	26,632
Feb-19	26,804	26,631
Mar-19	26,406	-
Apr-19	26,647	-
May-19	26,984	-
Jun-19	26,603	-
Jul-19	26,680	-
Aug-19	26,793	-
Sep-19	27,461	-
Oct-19	27,571	-
Nov-19	26,541	-
Dec-19	26,883	-
Jan-20	25,716	-
Feb-20	24,981	-
Mar-20	25,066	-
Apr-20	25,122	-
May-20	24,062	-
Jun-20	24,221	-
Jul-20	25,858	-
Aug-20	26,126	-
Sep-20	24,395	-
Oct-20	25,151	-
Nov-20	27,555	-
Dec-20	26,647	-
Jan-21	26,414	-
Feb-21	27,302	-
Mar-21	28,377	-
Apr-21	27,383	-
May-21	28,108	-
Jun-21	28,502	-
Jul-21	28,620	-
Aug-21	29,231	-
Sep-21	28,261	-
Oct-21	28,214	-
Nov-21	30,905	-
Dec-21	33,071	-
Jan-22	31,645	-
Feb-22	36,570	-
Mar-22	34,735	-
Apr-22	34,448	-
May-22	36,791	-
Jun-22	35,864	-
Jul-22	37,312	-
Aug-22	38,821	-
Sep-22	38,435	-
Oct-22	37,615	-
Nov-22	36,590	-
Dec-22	36,654	-

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a. Trend series suspended from March 2019.

Goods debits (imports) (a), seasonally adjusted
			Oct-22 ($m)	Nov-22 ($m)	Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 (%)
Total goods debits			-37,615	-36,590	-36,654	64	0.2
	General merchandise debits		-37,216	-36,039	-36,167	128	0.4
		Consumption goods	-11,401	-11,167	-11,329	162	1.5
		Capital goods	-8,601	-7,840	-8,793	953	12.2
		Intermediate and other merchandise goods	-17,214	-17,032	-16,045	-987	-5.8
	Non-monetary gold(b)		-399	-551	-487	-64	-11.6

a. For sign conventions, see the Explanatory notes.
b. This component is not seasonally adjusted.

Consumption goods

Consumption goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Oct-22 ($m)	Nov-22 ($m)	Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 (%)
Consumption goods	-11,401	-11,167	-11,329	162	1.5
	Food and beverages, mainly for consumption	-1,681	-1,643	-1,612	-31	-1.9
	Household electrical items	-630	-618	-627	9	1.5
	Non-industrial transport equipment	-2,887	-2,720	-3,013	293	10.8
	Textiles, clothing and footwear	-1,966	-1,918	-1,861	-57	-3.0
	Toys, books and leisure goods	-703	-600	-655	55	9.2
	Consumption goods n.e.s.	-3,536	-3,669	-3,561	-108	-2.9

Capital goods

Capital goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Oct-22 ($m)	Nov-22 ($m)	Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 (%)
Capital goods	-8,601	-7,840	-8,793	953	12.2
	Machinery and industrial equipment	-2,925	-2,739	-2,804	65	2.4
	ADP equipment	-1,284	-1,015	-1,148	133	13.1
	Telecommunications equipment	-1,474	-1,208	-1,266	58	4.8
	Civil aircraft and confidentialised items(b)(c)	-468	-491	-569	78	15.9
	Industrial transport equipment n.e.s.	-1,423	-1,305	-1,339	34	2.6
	Capital goods n.e.s.(d)	-1,027	-1,081	-1,666	585	54.1

Intermediate and other merchandise goods

Intermediate and other merchandise goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Oct-22 ($m)	Nov-22 ($m)	Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 (%)
Intermediate and other merchandise goods	-17,214	-17,032	-16,045	-987	-5.8
	Food and beverages, mainly for industry	-251	-251	-258	7	2.8
	Primary industrial supplies n.e.s.(b)	-211	-182	-234	52	28.6
	Fuels and lubricants(c)	-6,102	-6,051	-5,423	-628	-10.4
	Parts for transport equipment	-1,518	-1,496	-1,500	4	0.3
	Parts for ADP equipment	-79	-71	-78	7	9.9
	Other parts for capital goods	-2,050	-2,001	-1,985	-16	-0.8
	Organic and inorganic chemicals	-592	-640	-572	-68	-10.6
	Paper and paperboard	-255	-231	-224	-7	-3.0
	Textile yarn and fabrics	-159	-150	-149	-1	-0.7
	Iron and steel	-486	-379	-314	-65	-17.2
	Plastics	-486	-458	-447	-11	-2.4
	Processed industrial supplies n.e.s.	-4,658	-4,681	-4,635	-46	-1.0
	Other merchandise goods(d)	-192	-267	-51	-216	-80.9
	Goods procured in ports by carriers(e)	-175	-174	-175	1	0.6

Services debits

	Seasonally Adjusted ($m)	Trend (a) ($m)
Dec-18	8,391	8,434
Jan-19	8,381	8,438
Feb-19	8,382	8,463
Mar-19	8,501	-
Apr-19	8,643	-
May-19	8,668	-
Jun-19	8,539	-
Jul-19	8,524	-
Aug-19	8,692	-
Sep-19	8,657	-
Oct-19	8,671	-
Nov-19	8,664	-
Dec-19	8,985	-
Jan-20	8,892	-
Feb-20	8,742	-
Mar-20	6,256	-
Apr-20	3,871	-
May-20	3,860	-
Jun-20	3,871	-
Jul-20	3,756	-
Aug-20	3,808	-
Sep-20	3,750	-
Oct-20	4,012	-
Nov-20	4,141	-
Dec-20	4,151	-
Jan-21	3,999	-
Feb-21	4,085	-
Mar-21	4,119	-
Apr-21	4,248	-
May-21	4,328	-
Jun-21	4,433	-
Jul-21	4,529	-
Aug-21	4,632	-
Sep-21	4,781	-
Oct-21	4,986	-
Nov-21	5,366	-
Dec-21	5,586	-
Jan-22	6,236	-
Feb-22	6,607	-
Mar-22	6,738	-
Apr-22	7,049	-
May-22	7,569	-
Jun-22	8,134	-
Jul-22	9,042	-
Aug-22	9,162	-
Sep-22	9,218	-
Oct-22	9,012	-
Nov-22	8,569	-
Dec-22	8,950	-

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a. Trend series suspended from March 2019.

Services debits(a), seasonally adjusted
			Oct-22 ($m)	Nov-22 ($m)	Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 ($m)	Nov-22 to Dec-22 (%)
Total services debits			-9,012	-8,569	-8,950	381	4.4
	Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others(b)		-	-	-	-	-
	Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.(b)		-47	-47	-53	6	12.8
	Transport		-3,151	-2,814	-2,568	-246	-8.7
		Passenger(c)(d)	-679	-720	-725	5	0.7
		Freight	-2,409	-2,030	-1,778	-252	-12.4
		Other(b)	-52	-52	-52	-	-
		Postal and courier services(e)(f)	-11	-12	-13	1	8.3
	Travel(d)		-2,494	-2,374	-2,966	592	24.9
	Other services		-3,321	-3,334	-3,363	29	0.9
Memorandum item
	Tourism related services debits(g)		-3,172	-3,094	-3,691	597	19.3

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
a. For sign conventions, see the Explanatory Notes.
b. This component is not seasonally adjusted.
c. Passenger services includes agency fees and commissions for air transport.
d. This component has been seasonally adjusted using the forward factor method since March 2020 due to the impacts of COVID-19.
e. Postal and courier services includes indirect commissions for sea transport.
f. In using these seasonally adjusted series, care should be exercised because of the difficulties associated with reliably estimating the seasonal pattern.
g. For a more detailed explanation of tourism related services, see the Explanatory notes.

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 5368.0.

Supplementary information

Selected commodities

Selected commodities, quantities (a)
	Jul-22 (%)	Aug-22 (%)	Sep-22 (%)	Oct-22 (%)	Nov-22 (%)	Dec-22 (%)
Iron ore - Lump	-4.4	-2.1	3.2	-1.1	2.3	9.1
Iron ore - Fines	-7.3	1.7	2.8	0.2	1.1	5.7
Coal - Hard coking	-11.5	-2.3	9.3	-5.2	6.5	-1.1
Coal - Semi-soft	-22.1	10.1	8.1	-3.0	4.0	7.3
Coal - Thermal	-32.4	42.4	-20.4	8.4	-9.3	26.5
Gas - LNG	-15.6	5.1	8.6	2.7	-4.2	3.9

a. Data in this table is on a revised international merchandise trade basis and excludes value adjustments applied to balance of payments series.

Selected commodities, unit values (a)
	Jul-22 (%)	Aug-22 (%)	Sep-22 (%)	Oct-22 (%)	Nov-22 (%)	Dec-22 (%)
Iron ore - Lump	-14.7	-1.8	-3.2	3.2	-9.3	11.1
Iron ore - Fines	-10.0	-2.7	-3.3	-0.9	-4.7	14.4
Coal - Hard coking	-20.4	-25.4	4.4	5.6	-1.9	-21.0
Coal - Semi-soft	-8.0	-19.2	2.0	0.9	-6.2	-6.9
Coal - Thermal	14.3	-6.0	9.3	-0.1	-3.5	-10.3
Gas - LNG	18.7	8.0	17.5	-1.0	-14.5	-3.6

a. Data in this table is on a revised international merchandise trade basis and excludes value adjustments applied to balance of payments series.

Selected commodity movements

On an international merchandise trade basis, in original terms (noting the footnote in the above table), between November 2022 and December 2022 the largest movements recorded for the following selected commodities were:

Iron ore (lump), movement by country, Nov-22 to Dec-22
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Iron ore (lump) - Total movement	508	21.2	9.1	11.1
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	392	20.4	6.9	12.6
Korea, Republic of (South)	107	164.9	155.7	3.6
Taiwan	38	49.0	24.8	19.4
Japan	-21	-7.5	-6.8	-0.8
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	-22	-100.0	-100.0	-

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Iron ore (fines), movement by country, Nov-22 to Dec-22
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Iron ore (fines) - Total movement	1,392	20.9	5.7	14.4
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	1,003	17.2	1.8	15.2
Japan	203	61.6	50.1	7.7
Korea, Republic of (South)	141	41.7	29.8	9.2
Indonesia	53	170.3	145.1	10.3
Taiwan	29	44.2	24.4	15.9

Hard coking (high rank) coal, movement by country, Nov-22 to Dec-22
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
High rank coal - Total movement	-781	-21.8	-1.1	-21.0
Japan	-346	-44.3	-35.9	-13.1
India	-195	-17.4	7.0	-22.8
Netherlands	-126	-46.6	-29.4	-24.4
Germany	-92	-100.0	-100.0	-
Taiwan	104	98.4	134.9	-15.5

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Semi soft coal, movement by country, Nov-22 to Dec-22
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Semi soft coal - Total movement	-3	-0.1	7.3	-6.9
Netherlands	-118	-79.5	-79.5	-0.3
Brazil	-67	-43.8	-38.0	-9.4
Malaysia	-47	-100.0	-100.0	-
India	58	24.2	33.5	-7.0
Korea, Republic of (South)	152	53.9	69.6	-9.3

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Thermal coal, movement by country, Nov-22 to Dec-22
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Thermal coal - Total movement	818	13.5	26.5	-10.3
Korea, Republic of (South)	297	75.8	131.9	-24.2
India	251	296.1	277.7	4.9
Chile	123	316.7	296.9	5.0
Taiwan	108	20.7	10.9	8.8
Italy (includes Holy See and San Marino)	98	-	-	-

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Liquid Natural Gas, total movement, Nov-22 to Dec-22
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) - Total movement	16	0.2	3.9	-3.6

Selected commodities, quantity and unit value analysis - International merchandise trade basis: Original terms

International merchandise trade exports data presented in the above tables are based on information reported by exporters to the Department of Home Affairs (Home Affairs). For commodities such as iron ore and coal, newly negotiated contract prices are not fully reflected in data first reported to Home Affairs. Final quantity and/or unit price information is updated progressively in international merchandise trade data as exporters revise the information provided to Home Affairs. When additional information for these commodities is available, the ABS may adjust the data to reflect actual transaction values.

Unit values in this publication are presented in Australian dollar terms. Movements in the unit values for some commodities incorporate movements in the United States dollar prices reported to Home Affairs and movements in the Australian dollar to United States dollar exchange rate.

Value adjustments

Goods credits on an international merchandise trade basis

On a merchandise trade basis, adjustments have been applied to iron ore lump and iron ore fines. When actual final transaction prices become available estimates are replaced with these data. For price and volume details, see the Selected commodities section.

Iron Ore Adjustment, Original Terms
	Jun-22($m)	Jul-22($m)	Aug-22($m)	Sep-22($m)	Oct-22($m)	Nov-22($m)	Dec-22($m)
Iron ore lump	0	-20	-5	-15	-15	40	50
Iron ore fines	0	-15	-5	-25	-55	-60	300

Goods credits on a balance of payments basis

Coal (in original terms)

On a balance of payments basis, adjustments have been applied to the coal, coke and briquettes component in August (-$70m), September (-$60m), October (+$10m), November (+$35m) and December (+$990m) 2022. This adjustment takes into account additional information on the unit value of hard coking, semi-soft and thermal coal exports. All previous adjustments have been removed.

In the international merchandise trade series, the unit value of coal, coke and briquettes fell 4.1% between October 2022 and November 2022 and fell 11.9% between November 2022 and December 2022.

In the balance of payments series, the unit value of coal, coke and briquettes fell 3.8% between October 2022 and November 2022 and fell 4.6% between November 2022 and December 2022.

International merchandise trade exports data presented in this publication are based on information reported by exporters to the Department of Home Affairs (Home Affairs). At the time of initial reporting to Home Affairs, the final prices at which transactions take place are not known for some commodities. Final quantity and/or unit price information is updated progressively in international merchandise trade data as exporters revise the information provided to Home Affairs.

For commodities such as iron ore and coal, newly negotiated contract prices are not fully reflected in data first reported to Home Affairs. When additional information on quantity and/or unit price for these commodities is available, the ABS may adjust the data to reflect actual transaction values.

Iron ore adjustments are applied on an international merchandise trade basis at the Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification (AHECC) level. Coal, coke and briquettes are adjusted on a balance of payments basis in current price, original terms. When actual final transaction prices become available estimates are replaced with these data.

In most instances, transfer of ownership occurs when goods cross the customs frontier. In certain circumstances the change of ownership of large value capital expenditure items can occur prior to the items crossing the customs frontier. The ABS may adjust the relevant balance of payments series to record the timing when transfer of ownership was affected.

Revisions

Confidential Commodities List

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Table 16. Period average exchange rates, units of foreign currency per Australian dollar
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Table 91. Monthly combined seasonal adjustment factors
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Key statistics

Main features

COVID-19 in this publication

Suspension of trend estimates

Seasonal adjustment and COVID-19

Balance on goods and services

Goods and services credits (exports), seasonally adjusted

Goods credits

Rural goods

Non-rural goods

Services credits

Goods and services debits (imports), seasonally adjusted

Goods debits

Consumption goods

Capital goods

Intermediate and other merchandise goods

Services debits

Previous catalogue number

Supplementary information

Selected commodities

Selected commodity movements

Selected commodities, quantity and unit value analysis - International merchandise trade basis: Original terms

Value adjustments

Goods credits on an international merchandise trade basis

Goods credits on a balance of payments basis

Revisions

Confidential Commodities List

Confidential Commodities List

Data downloads

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Table 1. Goods and services, summary - seasonally adjusted and trend estimates, current prices

Table 2. Goods and services, summary - original, current prices

Table 3. Goods credits, original, current prices

Table 4. Goods debits, original, current prices

Table 5. Goods credits, seasonally adjusted, current prices

Table 6. Goods debits, seasonally adjusted, current prices

Table 7. Goods credits, trend estimates, current prices

Table 8. Goods debits, trend estimates, current prices

Table 9. Services, summary - original, current prices

Table 10. Services, summary - seasonally adjusted and trend estimates, current prices

Table 12a. Merchandise exports, standard international trade classification (1 and 2 digit), FOB value

Table 12b. Merchandise exports, standard international trade classification (3 digit), FOB value

Table 13a. Merchandise imports, standard international trade classification (1 and 2 digit), customs value

Table 13b. Merchandise imports, standard international trade classification (3 digit), customs value

Table 14a. Merchandise exports, country and country groups, FOB value

Table 14b. Merchandise imports, country and country groups, customs value

Table 15a. Merchandise exports, state and Australia, FOB value

Table 15b. Merchandise imports, state and Australia, customs value

Table 16. Period average exchange rates, units of foreign currency per Australian dollar

Table 17. Summary of revisions, goods and services

Table 31. Merchandise exports, broad economic category, FOB value

Table 32a. Merchandise exports, industry (ANZSIC 2006), FOB value

Table 32b. Merchandise exports, industry (ANZSIC 1993), FOB value

Table 33. Merchandise imports, broad economic category, customs value

Table 34. Merchandise imports, balance of payments broad economic category, customs value

Table 35a. Merchandise imports, industry (ANZSIC 2006), customs value

Table 35b. Merchandise imports, industry (ANZSIC 1993), customs value

Table 36a. Merchandise exports, state of origin New South Wales, by country and country groups, FOB value

Table 36b. Merchandise exports, state of origin Victoria, by country and country groups, FOB value

Table 36c. Merchandise exports, state of origin Queensland, by country and country groups, FOB value

Table 36d. Merchandise exports, state of origin South Australia, by country and country groups, FOB value

Table 36e. Merchandise exports, state of origin Western Australia, by country and country groups, FOB value

Table 36f. Merchandise exports, state of origin Tasmania, by country and country groups, FOB value

Table 36g. Merchandise exports, state of origin Northern Territory, by country and country groups, FOB value

Table 36h. Merchandise exports, state of origin Australian Capital Territory, by country and country groups, FOB value

Table 36i. Merchandise exports, state of origin not available, by country and country groups, FOB value

Table 36j. Merchandise exports, re-exports, by country and country groups, FOB value

Table 37a. Merchandise imports, state of destination New South Wales, by country and country groups, customs value

Table 37b. Merchandise imports, state of destination Victoria, by country and country groups, customs value

Table 37c. Merchandise imports, state of destination Queensland, by country and country groups, customs value

Table 37d. Merchandise imports, state of destination South Australia, by country and country groups, customs value

Table 37e. Merchandise imports, state of destination Western Australia, by country and country groups, customs value

Table 37f. Merchandise imports, state of destination Tasmania, by country and country groups, customs value

Table 37g. Merchandise imports, state of destination Northern Territory, by country and country groups, customs value

Table 37h. Merchandise imports, state of destination Australian Capital Territory, by country and country groups, customs value

Table 37i. Merchandise imports, state of destination not available, by country and country groups, customs value

Table 91. Monthly combined seasonal adjustment factors