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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

April 2021

Released

3/06/2021

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Key statistics

The seasonally adjusted balance on goods and services surplus increased $2,234m to $8,028m in April.
Goods and services credits (exports) rose $1,170m (3%) to $39,772m.
Goods and services debits (imports) fell $1,064m (3%) to $31,743m.

Main features

Key Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
		Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 (%)
Balance on goods and services		7 712	5 794	8 028	2 234	na
	Credits (Exports of goods & services)	39 099	38 602	39 772	1 170	3
	Debits (Imports of goods & services)	-31 387	-32 807	-31 743	-1 064	- 3

na not applicable

Balance on goods and services
	Seasonally Adjusted ($m)
Jan-20	4,815
Feb-20	3,241
Mar-20	9,728
Apr-20	7,061
May-20	7,043
Jun-20	7,575
Jul-20	4,977
Aug-20	3,404
Sep-20	6,096
Oct-20	6,857
Nov-20	5,618
Dec-20	7,557
Jan-21	9,589
Feb-21	7,712
Mar-21	5,794
Apr-21	8,028

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 $8,028m in April 2021, an increase of $2,234m on the surplus in March 2021.

Balance on goods and services(a), seasonally adjusted
			Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 (%)
Balance on goods and services			7 712	5 794	8 028	2 234	na
	Total goods and services credits		39 099	38 602	39 772	1 170	3
		Total goods credits	34 110	33 716	34 854	1 138	3
		Total services credits	4 989	4 886	4 917	31	1
	Total goods and services debits		-31 387	-32 807	-31 743	-1 064	- 3
		Total goods debits	-27 261	-28 621	-27 489	-1 132	- 4
		Total services debits	-4 126	-4 187	-4 254	67	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)
Apr-17	23,433	25,772
May-17	25,626	25,364
Jun-17	25,085	25,091
Jul-17	24,666	24,882
Aug-17	24,647	24,726
Sep-17	25,284	24,740
Oct-17	24,667	24,973
Nov-17	24,819	25,388
Dec-17	25,685	25,908
Jan-18	26,945	26,436
Feb-18	27,658	26,924
Mar-18	27,420	27,357
Apr-18	26,745	27,742
May-18	28,141	28,108
Jun-18	28,864	28,547
Jul-18	29,080	29,023
Aug-18	29,474	29,463
Sep-18	29,853	29,811
Oct-18	30,224	30,143
Nov-18	30,802	30,511
Dec-18	30,148	30,938
Jan-19	31,924	31,390
Feb-19	32,191	31,896
Mar-19	30,992	-
Apr-19	31,510	-
May-19	33,613	-
Jun-19	34,048	-
Jul-19	35,662	-
Aug-19	33,505	-
Sep-19	34,050	-
Oct-19	31,678	-
Nov-19	32,135	-
Dec-19	32,056	-
Jan-20	30,678	-
Feb-20	28,492	-
Mar-20	33,862	-
Apr-20	30,917	-
May-20	29,025	-
Jun-20	29,762	-
Jul-20	29,271	-
Aug-20	28,243	-
Sep-20	28,684	-
Oct-20	30,261	-
Nov-20	31,516	-
Dec-20	32,934	-
Jan-21	34,380	-
Feb-21	34,110	-
Mar-21	33,716	-
Apr-21	34,854	-

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019.

Goods credits, seasonally adjusted
			Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 (%)
Total goods credits			34 110	33 716	34 854	1 138	3
	General merchandise		31 211	31 525	32 998	1 473	5
		Rural goods	4 182	4 160	4 320	160	4
		Non-rural goods	27 029	27 365	28 678	1 313	5
	Net exports of goods under merchanting(a)		71	71	80	9	13
	Non-monetary gold(a)		2 828	2 120	1 776	- 344	- 16

(a) This component is not seasonally adjusted.

Rural goods

Rural goods, seasonally adjusted
	Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 (%)
Rural goods	4 182	4 160	4 320	160	4
	Meat and meat preparations	1 080	1 146	1 210	64	6
	Cereal grains and cereal preparations	1 180	846	931	85	10
	Wool and sheepskins	211	228	249	21	9
	Other rural(a)	1 712	1 941	1 930	- 11	- 1

Non-rural goods

Non-rural goods, seasonally adjusted
		Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 (%)
Non-rural goods	27 029	27 365	28 678	1 313	5
	Metal ores and minerals	15 171	15 549	15 838	289	2
	Coal, coke and briquettes	3 377	3 015	3 520	505	17
	Other mineral fuels	3 509	3 613	3 828	215	6
	Metals (excl. non-monetary gold)	1 065	1 029	1 146	117	11
	Machinery	833	915	935	20	2
	Transport equipment	312	309	336	27	9
	Other manufactures	1 641	1 795	1 953	158	9
	Other non-rural (incl. sugar and beverages)(a)	929	968	944	- 24	- 2
	Goods procured in ports by carriers(b)	193	173	178	5	3

Services credits

Services Credits
	Seasonally Adjusted ($m)	Trend (a) ($m)
Apr-17	7,349	7,132
May-17	7,228	7,178
Jun-17	7,176	7,192
Jul-17	7,108	7,175
Aug-17	7,132	7,139
Sep-17	7,162	7,108
Oct-17	7,112	7,113
Nov-17	7,128	7,160
Dec-17	7,092	7,237
Jan-18	7,375	7,337
Feb-18	7,565	7,444
Mar-18	7,546	7,541
Apr-18	7,614	7,619
May-18	7,652	7,678
Jun-18	7,733	7,728
Jul-18	7,743	7,780
Aug-18	7,865	7,836
Sep-18	7,900	7,893
Oct-18	7,978	7,951
Nov-18	7,984	8,011
Dec-18	8,026	8,075
Jan-19	8,150	8,143
Feb-19	8,290	8,213
Mar-19	8,260	-
Apr-19	8,326	-
May-19	8,428	-
Jun-19	8,516	-
Jul-19	8,585	-
Aug-19	8,671	-
Sep-19	8,705	-
Oct-19	8,774	-
Nov-19	8,783	-
Dec-19	8,790	-
Jan-20	8,222	-
Feb-20	7,491	-
Mar-20	6,909	-
Apr-20	5,476	-
May-20	5,582	-
Jun-20	5,771	-
Jul-20	5,297	-
Aug-20	5,107	-
Sep-20	5,287	-
Oct-20	5,358	-
Nov-20	5,428	-
Dec-20	5,400	-
Jan-21	5,198	-
Feb-21	4,989	-
Mar-21	4,886	-
Apr-21	4,917	-

Services Credits

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019

Services credits, seasonally adjusted
			Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 (%)
Total services credits			4 989	4 886	4 917	31	1
	Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others(a)		2	2	2	-	-
	Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.(a)		5	5	5	-	-
	Transport		310	311	331	20	6
		Passenger(b)	2	2	23	21	1 050
		Freight(c)	19	20	19	- 1	- 5
		Other	162	162	160	- 2	- 1
		Postal and courier services(d)	126	127	129	2	2
	Travel		2 137	2 020	2 115	95	5
	Other services		2 536	2 548	2 463	- 85	- 3
Memorandum item
	Tourism related services credits(e)		2 139	2 022	2 139	117	6

- 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) In using these seasonally adjusted series, care should be exercised because of the difficulties associated with reliably estimating the seasonal pattern.
(d) Postal and courier services includes indirect commissions for sea transport.
(e) 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 ($m)	Trend (a) ($m)
Apr-17	23,676	23,751
May-17	23,487	23,848
Jun-17	23,884	23,871
Jul-17	24,228	23,875
Aug-17	23,796	23,920
Sep-17	24,079	24,078
Oct-17	24,010	24,417
Nov-17	24,100	24,838
Dec-17	26,553	25,264
Jan-18	25,633	25,632
Feb-18	25,709	25,899
Mar-18	25,936	26,089
Apr-18	25,513	26,254
May-18	26,886	26,436
Jun-18	26,900	26,699
Jul-18	26,683	26,957
Aug-18	27,082	27,089
Sep-18	26,698	27,100
Oct-18	27,382	26,990
Nov-18	27,450	26,814
Dec-18	25,355	26,682
Jan-19	27,033	26,602
Feb-19	26,474	26,584
Mar-19	26,203	-
Apr-19	26,813	-
May-19	27,293	-
Jun-19	26,158	-
Jul-19	26,745	-
Aug-19	26,711	-
Sep-19	27,425	-
Oct-19	27,348	-
Nov-19	26,069	-
Dec-19	26,786	-
Jan-20	25,533	-
Feb-20	24,719	-
Mar-20	24,913	-
Apr-20	25,498	-
May-20	23,820	-
Jun-20	24,154	-
Jul-20	25,905	-
Aug-20	26,226	-
Sep-20	24,213	-
Oct-20	24,868	-
Nov-20	27,272	-
Dec-20	26,731	-
Jan-21	25,965	-
Feb-21	27,261	-
Mar-21	28,621	-
Apr-21	27,489	-

Goods Debits

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019

Goods debits (imports) (a), seasonally adjusted
			Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 (%)
Total goods debits			-27 261	-28 621	-27 489	-1 132	- 4
	General merchandise debits		-26 809	-27 640	-26 963	- 677	- 2
		Consumption goods	-9 904	-10 061	-9 594	- 467	- 5
		Capital goods	-6 569	-6 871	-6 536	- 335	- 5
		Intermediate and other merchandise goods	-10 336	-10 708	-10 832	124	1
	Non-monetary gold(b)		- 452	- 981	- 526	- 455	- 46

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

Consumption goods

Consumption goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 (%)
Consumption goods	-9 904	-10 061	-9 594	- 467	- 5
	Food and beverages, mainly for consumption	-1 454	-1 460	-1 379	- 81	- 6
	Household electrical items	- 664	- 738	- 587	- 151	- 20
	Non-industrial transport equipment	-2 372	-2 281	-2 538	257	11
	Textiles, clothing and footwear	-1 646	-1 876	-1 561	- 315	- 17
	Toys, books and leisure goods	- 716	- 708	- 623	- 85	- 12
	Consumption goods n.e.s.	-3 053	-2 997	-2 906	- 91	- 3

Capital goods

Capital goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 (%)
Capital goods	-6 569	-6 871	-6 536	-335	-5
	Machinery and industrial equipment	-2 371	-2 367	-2 309	-58	-2
	ADP equipment	-1 033	-923	-926	3	-
	Telecommunications equipment	-1 235	-1 070	-1 120	50	5
	Civil aircraft and confidentialised items(b)(c)	-244	-275	-115	-160	-58
	Industrial transport equipment n.e.s.	-867	-1 319	-1 213	-106	-8
	Capital goods n.e.s.(d)	-820	-918	-854	-64	-7

Intermediate and other merchandise goods

Intermediate and other merchandise goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 (%)
Intermediate and other merchandise goods	-10 336	-10 708	-10 832	124	1
	Food and beverages, mainly for industry	-183	-184	-178	-6	-3
	Primary industrial supplies n.e.s.(b)	-118	-157	-182	25	16
	Fuels and lubricants	-2 289	-2 453	-2 711	258	11
	Parts for transport equipment	-1 237	-1 174	-1 124	-50	-4
	Parts for ADP equipment	-69	-83	-73	-10	-12
	Other parts for capital goods	-1 632	-1 637	-1 600	-37	-2
	Organic and inorganic chemicals	-327	-310	-311	1	-
	Paper and paperboard	-181	-212	-176	-36	-17
	Textile yarn and fabrics	-147	-143	-138	-5	-3
	Iron and steel	-249	-329	-272	-57	-17
	Plastics	-407	-440	-415	-25	-6
	Processed industrial supplies n.e.s.	-3 460	-3 534	-3 565	31	1
	Other merchandise goods(c)	-34	-49	-83	34	69
	Goods procured in ports by carriers	-5	-4	-4	-	-

Services debits

	Seasonally Adjusted ($m)	Trend (a) ($m)
Apr-17	7,533	7,339
May-17	7,482	7,405
Jun-17	7,365	7,454
Jul-17	7,457	7,492
Aug-17	7,590	7,523
Sep-17	7,562	7,551
Oct-17	7,561	7,598
Nov-17	7,608	7,678
Dec-17	7,826	7,769
Jan-18	7,777	7,862
Feb-18	7,998	7,948
Mar-18	8,196	8,019
Apr-18	7,993	8,074
May-18	8,002	8,121
Jun-18	8,181	8,170
Jul-18	8,282	8,228
Aug-18	8,308	8,292
Sep-18	8,322	8,356
Oct-18	8,414	8,406
Nov-18	8,449	8,438
Dec-18	8,514	8,468
Jan-19	8,440	8,500
Feb-19	8,548	8,533
Mar-19	8,509	-
Apr-19	8,646	-
May-19	8,696	-
Jun-19	8,597	-
Jul-19	8,662	-
Aug-19	8,772	-
Sep-19	8,771	-
Oct-19	8,667	-
Nov-19	8,651	-
Dec-19	8,718	-
Jan-20	8,553	-
Feb-20	8,023	-
Mar-20	6,130	-
Apr-20	3,834	-
May-20	3,744	-
Jun-20	3,804	-
Jul-20	3,686	-
Aug-20	3,720	-
Sep-20	3,662	-
Oct-20	3,895	-
Nov-20	4,054	-
Dec-20	4,046	-
Jan-21	4,024	-
Feb-21	4,126	-
Mar-21	4,187	-
Apr-21	4,254	-

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019

Services debits(a), seasonally adjusted
			Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 ($m)	Mar-21 to Apr-21 (%)
Total services debits			-4 126	-4 187	-4 254	67	2
	Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others(b)		-	-	-	-	-
	Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.(b)		- 29	- 36	- 34	- 2	- 6
	Transport		-1 238	-1 255	-1 300	45	4
		Passenger(c)	- 60	- 60	- 106	46	77
		Freight	-1 161	-1 179	-1 181	2	-
		Other(b)	- 8	- 8	- 6	- 2	- 25
		Postal and courier services(d)(e)	- 9	- 8	- 8	-	-
	Travel		- 54	- 55	- 78	23	42
	Other services		-2 806	-2 841	-2 841	-	-
Memorandum item
	Tourism related services debits(f)		- 113	- 114	- 184	70	61

- 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) Postal and courier services includes indirect commissions for sea transport.
(e) In using these seasonally adjusted series, care should be exercised because of the difficulties associated with reliably estimating the seasonal pattern.
(f) For a more detailed explanation of tourism related services, see the Explanatory notes.

Supplementary information

Selected commodities

Selected commodities, quantities (a)
	Nov-20 (%)	Dec-20 (%)	Jan-21 (%)	Feb-21 (%)	Mar-21 (%)	Apr-21 (%)
Iron ore - Lump	- 12	12	- 12	- 10	20	- 8
Iron ore - Fines	- 6	11	- 13	- 5	15	- 4
Coal - Hard coking	- 11	34	- 21	- 11	21	-
Coal - Semi-soft	25	- 12	16	- 3	- 19	14
Coal - Thermal	- 17	25	- 7	- 6	- 15	14
Gas - LNG	- 1	- 4	-	- 5	15	- 1

- 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)
	Nov-20 (%)	Dec-20 (%)	Jan-21 (%)	Feb-21 (%)	Mar-21 (%)	Apr-21 (%)
Iron ore - Lump	-	16	13	- 2	8	8
Iron ore - Fines	3	16	4	- 1	2	4
Coal - Hard coking	2	- 13	2	9	16	- 2
Coal - Semi-soft	-	- 6	2	9	3	8
Coal - Thermal	3	2	13	8	5	2
Gas - LNG	17	7	5	1	- 4	6

- 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 commodity movements

On an international merchandise trade basis, in original terms (noting the footnote in the above table), between March 2021 to April 2021 the largest movements recorded for the following selected commodities were:

Iron ore (lump), movement by country, Mar-21 to Apr-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Iron ore (lump) - Total movement	- 12	-	- 8	8
Taiwan	- 70	- 35	- 34	- 2
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	- 67	- 42	- 47	11
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	- 41	- 1	- 8	7
Korea, Republic of (South)	114	69	34	26
Japan	117	32	7	24

- Nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Iron ore (fines), movement by country, Mar-21 to Apr-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Iron ore (fines) - Total movement	- 21	-	- 4	4
Singapore	- 230	- 39	- 40	1
Japan	- 50	- 10	- 27	23
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	- 27	- 6	- 7	1
Korea, Republic of (South)	17	2	- 11	16
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	274	4	-	3

- Nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Hard coking (high rank) coal, Mar-21 to Apr-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
High rank coal - Total movement	- 31	- 2	-	- 2
Japan	- 72	- 22	- 19	- 4
Korea, Republic of (South)	- 24	- 15	- 15	-
India	- 17	- 3	- 4	2
Netherlands	- 6	- 6	9	- 14
Vietnam	60	86	81	3

- Nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Semi soft coal, movement by country, Mar-21 to Apr-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Semi soft coal - Total movement	109	23	14	8
Japan	104	75	67	5
India	10	8	- 11	21
Taiwan	8	26	12	12
Korea, Republic of (South)	- 3	- 3	- 5	3
Vietnam	- 17	- 60	- 64	10

Thermal Coal, movement by country, Mar-21 to Apr-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Thermal coal - Total movement	203	16	14	2
India	116	167	138	12
Malaysia	30	71	59	7
Japan	19	3	- 3	6
Taiwan	5	3	2	-
Korea, Republic of (South)	- 21	- 10	- 12	3

- Nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Liquid Natural Gas, total movement, Mar-21 to Apr-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) - Total movement	137	5	-1	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
	Oct-20($m)	Nov-20($m)	Dec-20($m)	Jan-21($m)	Feb-21($m)	Mar-21($m)	Apr-21($m)
Iron ore lump	-5	-	10	40	25	115	80
Iron ore fines	-	5	55	15	-5	-135	265

- Nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

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 April (-$125m). To maintain consistency with the March quarter 2021 issue of Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia released on 1 June 2021, previous adjustments have remained for November (-$10m), February ($15m) and March (-$280m) respectively.

In the international merchandise trade series, the unit value of coal, coke and briquettes rose 13.3% between February 2021 and March 2021 and fell 0.3% between March 2021 and April 2021.

In the balance of payments series, the unit value of coal, coke and briquettes fell 3.9% between February 2021 and March 2021 and fell 4.8% between March 2021 and April 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.

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Table 12a. Merchandise exports, standard international trade classification (1 and 2 digit), FOB value
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Table 16. Period average exchange rates, units of foreign currency per Australian dollar
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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

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

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