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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

July 2021

Released

2/09/2021

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Key statistics

The seasonally adjusted balance on goods and services surplus increased $1,003m to $12,117m in July.
Goods and services credits (exports) rose $2,090m (5%) to $45,951m.
Goods and services debits (imports) rose $1,087m (3%) to $33,834m.

Main features

Key Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
		May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 (%)
Balance on goods and services		9 718	11 114	12 117	1 003	na
	Credits (Exports of goods & services)	42 144	43 861	45 951	2 090	5
	Debits (Imports of goods & services)	-32 426	-32 747	-33 834	1 087	3

na not applicable

Balance on goods and services
	Seasonally Adjusted
Apr-20	7,758
May-20	6,986
Jun-20	7,397
Jul-20	4,274
Aug-20	3,139
Sep-20	5,957
Oct-20	6,828
Nov-20	5,524
Dec-20	7,760
Jan-21	9,989
Feb-21	8,214
Mar-21	6,642
Apr-21	8,562
May-21	9,718
Jun-21	11,114
Jul-21	12,117

Balance on goods and services

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COVID-19

Cessation of International Merchandise Trade, Preliminary, Australia

Balance on goods and services

In seasonally adjusted terms, the balance on goods and services was a surplus of $12,117m in July 2021, an increase of $1,003m on the surplus in June 2021.

Balance on goods and services(a), seasonally adjusted
			May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 (%)
Balance on goods and services			9 718	11 114	12 117	1 003	na
	Total goods and services credits		42 144	43 861	45 951	2 090	5
		Total goods credits	37 216	38 781	41 265	2 484	6
		Total services credits	4 927	5 080	4 686	- 394	- 8
	Total goods and services debits		-32 426	-32 747	-33 834	1 087	3
		Total goods debits	-28 097	-28 319	-29 495	1 176	4
		Total services debits	-4 329	-4 427	-4 339	- 88	-2

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)
Jul-17	24,649	24,879
Aug-17	24,644	24,721
Sep-17	25,300	24,736
Oct-17	24,649	24,972
Nov-17	24,826	25,386
Dec-17	25,690	25,904
Jan-18	26,959	26,430
Feb-18	27,590	26,920
Mar-18	27,459	27,354
Apr-18	26,720	27,739
May-18	28,181	28,106
Jun-18	28,852	28,549
Jul-18	29,056	29,027
Aug-18	29,476	29,470
Sep-18	29,875	29,819
Oct-18	30,268	30,151
Nov-18	30,765	30,510
Dec-18	30,159	30,924
Jan-19	31,923	31,362
Feb-19	32,078	31,865
Mar-19	31,030	-
Apr-19	31,410	-
May-19	33,689	-
Jun-19	34,089	-
Jul-19	34,951	-
Aug-19	33,317	-
Sep-19	33,906	-
Oct-19	31,610	-
Nov-19	31,975	-
Dec-19	32,063	-
Jan-20	30,701	-
Feb-20	28,531	-
Mar-20	34,489	-
Apr-20	31,598	-
May-20	29,027	-
Jun-20	29,611	-
Jul-20	28,557	-
Aug-20	28,042	-
Sep-20	28,587	-
Oct-20	30,290	-
Nov-20	31,538	-
Dec-20	33,117	-
Jan-21	34,651	-
Feb-21	34,590	-
Mar-21	34,312	-
Apr-21	35,468	-
May-21	37,216	-
Jun-21	38,781	-
Jul-21	41,265	-

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019.

Goods credits, seasonally adjusted
			May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 (%)
Total goods credits			37 216	38 781	41 265	2 484	6
	General merchandise		35 362	36 601	39 144	2 543	7
		Rural goods	4 392	4 708	4 977	269	6
		Non-rural goods	30 970	31 892	34 167	2 275	7
	Net exports of goods under merchanting(a)		37	37	37	-	-
	Non-monetary gold(a)		1 817	2 143	2 084	- 59	- 3

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

Rural goods

Rural goods, seasonally adjusted
	May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 (%)
Rural goods	4 392	4 708	4 977	269	6
	Meat and meat preparations	1 189	1 243	1 342	99	8
	Cereal grains and cereal preparations	1 070	1 186	1 157	- 29	- 2
	Wool and sheepskins	311	362	405	43	12
	Other rural(a)	1 823	1 917	2 073	156	8

Non-rural goods

Non-rural goods, seasonally adjusted
		May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 (%)
Non-rural goods	30 970	31 892	34 167	2 275	7
	Metal ores and minerals	17 992	18 438	19 091	653	4
	Coal, coke and briquettes	3 597	3 823	4 437	614	16
	Other mineral fuels	4 001	4 172	5 086	914	22
	Metals (excl. non-monetary gold)	1 107	1 028	1 125	97	9
	Machinery	933	942	929	- 13	- 1
	Transport equipment	337	378	331	- 47	- 12
	Other manufactures	1 729	1 809	1 894	85	5
	Other non-rural (incl. sugar and beverages)(a)	1 086	1 109	1 077	- 32	- 3
	Goods procured in ports by carriers(b)	189	191	196	5	3

Services credits

Services Credits
	Seasonally Adjusted ($m)	Trend (a) ($m)
Jul-17	7,099	7,168
Aug-17	7,127	7,133
Sep-17	7,161	7,107
Oct-17	7,113	7,115
Nov-17	7,128	7,166
Dec-17	7,108	7,246
Jan-18	7,383	7,345
Feb-18	7,573	7,449
Mar-18	7,550	7,541
Apr-18	7,607	7,612
May-18	7,630	7,666
Jun-18	7,717	7,715
Jul-18	7,733	7,768
Aug-18	7,862	7,828
Sep-18	7,896	7,890
Oct-18	7,977	7,953
Nov-18	7,993	8,020
Dec-18	8,037	8,089
Jan-19	8,171	8,158
Feb-19	8,304	8,224
Mar-19	8,278	-
Apr-19	8,317	-
May-19	8,396	-
Jun-19	8,482	-
Jul-19	8,565	-
Aug-19	8,667	-
Sep-19	8,700	-
Oct-19	8,772	-
Nov-19	8,794	-
Dec-19	8,809	-
Jan-20	8,263	-
Feb-20	7,503	-
Mar-20	6,921	-
Apr-20	5,468	-
May-20	5,572	-
Jun-20	5,762	-
Jul-20	5,287	-
Aug-20	5,097	-
Sep-20	5,280	-
Oct-20	5,358	-
Nov-20	5,429	-
Dec-20	5,405	-
Jan-21	5,093	-
Feb-21	4,902	-
Mar-21	4,802	-
Apr-21	4,752	-
May-21	4,927	-
Jun-21	5,080	-
Jul-21	4,686	-

Services Credits

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019

Services credits, seasonally adjusted
			May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 (%)
Total services credits			4 927	5 080	4 686	- 394	- 8
	Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others(a)		2	2	2	-	-
	Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.(a)		5	5	5	-	-
	Transport		339	343	320	- 23	- 7
		Passenger(b)(c)	23	28	13	- 15	- 54
		Freight(d)	21	20	21	1	5
		Other	165	165	158	- 7	- 4
		Postal and courier services(e)	131	130	127	- 3	- 2
	Travel(c)		2 013	2 139	1 777	- 362	- 17
	Other services		2 568	2 592	2 583	- 9	-
Memorandum item
	Tourism related services credits(f)		2 036	2 167	1 789	- 378	- 17

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

Goods Debits
	Seasonally Adjusted	Trend (a)
Jul-17	24,263	23,892
Aug-17	23,795	23,932
Sep-17	24,070	24,077
Oct-17	24,006	24,402
Nov-17	24,090	24,816
Dec-17	26,504	25,240
Jan-18	25,582	25,613
Feb-18	25,723	25,892
Mar-18	25,978	26,094
Apr-18	25,502	26,269
May-18	26,896	26,454
Jun-18	26,938	26,715
Jul-18	26,708	26,967
Aug-18	27,023	27,089
Sep-18	26,755	27,090
Oct-18	27,333	26,971
Nov-18	27,428	26,793
Dec-18	25,326	26,661
Jan-19	26,991	26,586
Feb-19	26,507	26,576
Mar-19	26,220	-
Apr-19	26,789	-
May-19	27,271	-
Jun-19	26,267	-
Jul-19	26,708	-
Aug-19	26,722	-
Sep-19	27,452	-
Oct-19	27,349	-
Nov-19	26,030	-
Dec-19	26,712	-
Jan-20	25,448	-
Feb-20	24,719	-
Mar-20	24,918	-
Apr-20	25,495	-
May-20	23,878	-
Jun-20	24,178	-
Jul-20	25,890	-
Aug-20	26,253	-
Sep-20	24,226	-
Oct-20	24,844	-
Nov-20	27,313	-
Dec-20	26,663	-
Jan-21	25,845	-
Feb-21	27,266	-
Mar-21	28,429	-
Apr-21	27,515	-
May-21	28,097	-
Jun-21	28,319	-
Jul-21	29,495	-

Goods Debits

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019

Goods debits (imports) (a), seasonally adjusted
			May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 (%)
Total goods debits			-28 097	-28 319	-29 495	1 176	4
	General merchandise debits		-27 212	-27 756	-29 058	1 302	5
		Consumption goods	-9 780	-9 693	-9 367	- 326	- 3
		Capital goods	-6 700	-7 212	-7 166	- 46	- 1
		Intermediate and other merchandise goods	-10 732	-10 851	-12 525	1 674	15
	Non-monetary gold(b)		- 885	- 563	- 437	- 126	- 22

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

Consumption goods

Consumption goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 (%)
Consumption goods	-9 780	-9 693	-9 367	- 326	- 3
	Food and beverages, mainly for consumption	-1 404	-1 381	-1 378	- 3	-
	Household electrical items	- 629	- 619	- 563	- 56	- 9
	Non-industrial transport equipment	-2 292	-2 364	-2 270	- 94	- 4
	Textiles, clothing and footwear	-1 793	-1 729	-1 661	- 68	- 4
	Toys, books and leisure goods	- 641	- 611	- 612	1	-
	Consumption goods n.e.s.	-3 021	-2 989	-2 884	- 105	- 4

Capital goods

Capital goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 (%)
Capital goods	-6,700	-7,212	-7,166	-46	-1
	Machinery and industrial equipment	-2,360	-2,485	-2,360	-125	-5
	ADP equipment	-967	-921	-1,197	276	30
	Telecommunications equipment	-1,032	-1,027	-1,070	43	4
	Civil aircraft and confidentialised items(b)(c)	-274	-340	-339	-1	-
	Industrial transport equipment n.e.s.	-1,075	-1,538	-1,251	-287	-19
	Capital goods n.e.s.(d)	-993	-901	-949	48	5

Intermediate and other merchandise goods

Intermediate and other merchandise goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 (%)
Intermediate and other merchandise goods	-10 732	-10 851	-12 525	1,674	15
	Food and beverages, mainly for industry	-173	-150	-165	15	10
	Primary industrial supplies n.e.s.(d)	-195	-227	-263	36	16
	Fuels and lubricants(c)	-2 486	-2 965	-2 963	-2	-
	Parts for transport equipment	-1 183	-1 171	-1 248	77	7
	Parts for ADP equipment	-79	-78	-71	-7	-9
	Other parts for capital goods	-1 646	-1 561	-2 820	1,259	81
	Organic and inorganic chemicals	-317	-323	-297	-26	-8
	Paper and paperboard	-185	-188	-199	11	6
	Textile yarn and fabrics	-142	-143	-145	2	1
	Iron and steel	-278	-265	-270	5	2
	Plastics	-433	-435	-421	-14	-3
	Processed industrial supplies n.e.s.	-3 466	-3 303	-3 569	266	8
	Other merchandise goods(c)(e)	-137	-34	-90	56	165
	Goods procured in ports by carriers(b)	-9	-9	-5	-4	-44

Services debits

	Seasonally Adjusted	Trend (a)
Jul-17	7,384	7,432
Aug-17	7,520	7,477
Sep-17	7,542	7,534
Oct-17	7,571	7,623
Nov-17	7,666	7,744
Dec-17	7,947	7,866
Jan-18	7,900	7,963
Feb-18	8,102	8,019
Mar-18	8,257	8,037
Apr-18	7,921	8,030
May-18	7,843	8,025
Jun-18	8,055	8,047
Jul-18	8,149	8,111
Aug-18	8,265	8,211
Sep-18	8,256	8,336
Oct-18	8,463	8,462
Nov-18	8,562	8,567
Dec-18	8,714	8,647
Jan-19	8,654	8,685
Feb-19	8,779	8,667
Mar-19	8,602	-
Apr-19	8,528	-
May-19	8,453	-
Jun-19	8,318	-
Jul-19	8,492	-
Aug-19	8,647	-
Sep-19	8,765	-
Oct-19	8,708	-
Nov-19	8,760	-
Dec-19	9,010	-
Jan-20	8,926	-
Feb-20	8,291	-
Mar-20	6,180	-
Apr-20	3,813	-
May-20	3,735	-
Jun-20	3,797	-
Jul-20	3,679	-
Aug-20	3,746	-
Sep-20	3,685	-
Oct-20	3,976	-
Nov-20	4,130	-
Dec-20	4,099	-
Jan-21	3,910	-
Feb-21	4,012	-
Mar-21	4,043	-
Apr-21	4,143	-
May-21	4,329	-
Jun-21	4,427	-
Jul-21	4,339	-

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019

Services debits(a), seasonally adjusted
			May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 ($m)	Jun-21 to Jul-21 (%)
Total services debits			-4 329	-4 427	-4 339	- 88	- 2
	Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others(b)		-	-	-	-	-
	Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.(b)		- 42	- 45	- 54	9	20
	Transport		-1 313	-1 375	-1 428	53	4
		Passenger(c)(d)	- 79	- 75	- 67	- 8	- 11
		Freight	-1 207	-1 274	-1 336	62	5
		Other(b)	- 15	- 15	- 14	- 1	- 7
		Postal and courier services(e)(f)	- 12	- 12	- 10	- 2	- 17
	Travel(d)		- 269	- 265	- 166	- 99	- 37
	Other services		-2 705	-2 743	-2 691	- 52	- 2
Memorandum item
	Tourism related services debits(g)		- 348	- 339	- 233	- 106	- 31

- 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.

Australian System of National Accounts historical revisions (September Quarter)

Statistical revisions are carried out regularly in the Australian System of National Accounts to reflect the most current information and estimation methods. Periodically the ABS will revise a longer annual time series, which is often referred to as “historical revisions". These longer time series revisions focus on improving data quality (e.g. incorporating cyclical data collections such as the Census); adopting new classifications; and improving international comparability.
The next major historical revisions to National Accounts are scheduled to be published in the International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia on 05 October 2021. These revisions will incorporate the following improvements:

Visa application charges source improvements and reclassification - data for visa application charges is now sourced from the Department of Home Affairs, and from 2015-16 onwards, revenue obtained from visa application charges is now treated as tax revenue rather than the sale of a service. This change brings the treatment of visa application charges in the National Accounts into alignment with Government Finance Statistics, as described in the Government Finance Statistics publication.
Travel services imports - new data sources and method for estimating imports of travel service are incorporated into the National Accounts, Balance of Payments, and Trade in Goods and Services statistics.

Supplementary information

Selected commodities

Selected commodities, quantities (a)
	Feb-21 (%)	Mar-21 (%)	Apr-21 (%)	May-21 (%)	Jun-21 (%)	Jul-21 (%)
Iron ore - Lump	- 9	20	- 8	12	- 2	- 9
Iron ore - Fines	- 5	15	- 4	7	3	- 8
Coal - Hard coking	- 11	21	- 1	3	-	- 15
Coal - Semi-soft	-	- 18	11	- 2	12	- 10
Coal - Thermal	- 6	- 15	13	11	- 1	17
Gas - LNG	- 5	15	- 2	- 15	- 3	23

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(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)
	Feb-21 (%)	Mar-21 (%)	Apr-21 (%)	May-21 (%)	Jun-21 (%)	Jul-21 (%)
Iron ore - Lump	2	4	9	8	6	9
Iron ore - Fines	-	2	5	9	7	2
Coal - Hard coking	9	11	- 10	- 4	26	11
Coal - Semi-soft	8	2	8	-	2	8
Coal - Thermal	8	5	3	- 1	16	10
Gas - LNG	- 1	- 4	6	4	19	14

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
p preliminary figure or series subject to revision
(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 May 2021 and June 2021 the largest movements recorded for the following selected commodities were:

Iron ore (lump), movement by country, Jun-21 to Jul-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Iron ore (lump) - Total movement	- 69	- 1	- 9	9
Korea, Republic of (South)	- 188	- 48	- 47	- 3
Taiwan	- 145	- 48	- 53	10
Vietnam	- 54	- 100	- 100	-
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	160	5	- 4	9
Japan	162	34	20	12

Iron ore (fines), movement by country, Jun-21 to Jul-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Iron ore (fines) - Total movement	- 824	- 6	- 8	2
Korea, Republic of (South)	- 347	- 43	- 45	4
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	- 192	- 2	- 3	2
Indonesia	- 163	- 100	- 100	-
Japan	- 75	- 12	- 17	6
Malaysia	- 30	- 94	- 94	- 2

Hard coking (high rank) coal, Jun-21 to Jul-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
High rank coal - Total movement	- 90	- 5	- 15	11
Japan	- 178	- 51	- 52	3
Turkey	- 52	- 77	- 82	24
Brazil	- 47	- 48	- 54	14
India	48	8	- 2	11
Korea, Republic of (South)	69	39	20	16

Semi soft coal, movement by country, Jun-21 to Jul-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Semi soft coal - Total movement	- 16	- 3	- 10	8
Japan	- 35	- 15	- 21	8
Vietnam	- 33	- 56	- 67	32
Taiwan	14	49	33	11
Netherlands	23	-	-	-
Korea, Republic of (South)	40	30	20	8

Thermal Coal, movement by country, Jun-21 to Jul-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Thermal coal - Total movement	534	29	17	10
Japan	196	24	13	10
Taiwan	164	55	39	12
Korea, Republic of (South)	81	20	17	3
Vietnam	31	70	52	12
Singapore	24	-	-	-

Liquid Natural Gas, total movement, Jun-21 to Jul-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) - Total movement	1,221	40	23	14

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
	Jan-21($m)	Feb-21($m)	Mar-21($m)	Apr-21($m)	May-21($m)	Jun-21($m)	Jul-21($m)
Iron ore lump	-5	20	5	65	10	75	-30
Iron ore fines	-5	20	-10	55	70	330	370

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 July (-$130m) 2021. This adjustment takes into account additional information on the unit value of hard coking, semi-soft and thermal coal exports. To maintain consistency with the June quarter 2021 issue of Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia released on 31 August 2021, previous adjustments have remained for March ($5m) and June (-$195m) 2021.

In the international merchandise trade series, the unit value of coal, coke and briquettes rose 17.8% between May 2021 and June 2021 and rose 7.4% between June 2021 and July 2021.

In the balance of payments series, the unit value of coal, coke and briquettes rose 8.1% between May 2021 and June 2021 and rose 13.9% between June 2021 and July 2021.

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

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Table 12a. Merchandise exports, standard international trade classification (1 and 2 digit), FOB value
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Table 17. Summary of revisions, goods and services
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Key statistics

Main features

COVID-19

Suspension of trend estimates

Seasonal adjustment and COVID-19

Cessation of International Merchandise Trade, Preliminary, Australia

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

Australian System of National Accounts historical revisions (September Quarter)

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

Previous catalogue number

Data downloads

Time series spreadsheets

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 11a. Services credits, original, current prices - quarterly

Table 11b. Services debits, original, current prices - quarterly

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

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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

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