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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

June 2021

Released

5/08/2021

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Key statistics

The seasonally adjusted balance on goods and services surplus increased $1,227m to $10,496m in June.
Goods and services credits (exports) rose $1,489m (4%) to $43,337m.
Goods and services debits (imports) rose $261m (1%) to $32,840m.

Main features

Key Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
		Apr-21 ($m)	May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 (%)
Balance on goods and services		8 380	9 269	10 496	1 227	na
	Credits (Exports of goods & services)	40 056	41 848	43 337	1 489	4
	Debits (Imports of goods & services)	-31 675	-32 579	-32 840	261	1

na not applicable

Balance on goods and services
	Seasonally Adjusted
Mar-20	9,868
Apr-20	7,608
May-20	6,589
Jun-20	7,119
Jul-20	5,030
Aug-20	3,320
Sep-20	6,087
Oct-20	6,886
Nov-20	5,594
Dec-20	7,772
Jan-21	9,940
Feb-21	8,165
Mar-21	6,265
Apr-21	8,380
May-21	9,269
Jun-21	10,496

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 $10,496m in June 2021, an increase of $1,227m on the surplus in May 2021.

Balance on goods and services(a), seasonally adjusted
			Apr-21 ($m)	May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 (%)
Balance on goods and services			8 380	9 269	10 496	1 227	na
	Total goods and services credits		40 056	41 848	43 337	1 489	4
		Total goods credits	35 301	36 911	38 245	1 334	4
		Total services credits	4 755	4 937	5 091	154	3
	Total goods and services debits		-31 675	-32 579	-32 840	261	1
		Total goods debits	-27 481	-28 146	-28 362	216	1
		Total services debits	-4 194	-4 433	-4 478	45	1

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)
Jun-17	25,071	25,086
Jul-17	24,671	24,878
Aug-17	24,640	24,725
Sep-17	25,289	24,740
Oct-17	24,657	24,976
Nov-17	24,828	25,391
Dec-17	25,699	25,910
Jan-18	26,957	26,433
Feb-18	27,613	26,917
Mar-18	27,450	27,346
Apr-18	26,695	27,728
May-18	28,138	28,097
Jun-18	28,864	28,544
Jul-18	29,087	29,027
Aug-18	29,471	29,475
Sep-18	29,885	29,828
Oct-18	30,251	30,162
Nov-18	30,794	30,524
Dec-18	30,171	30,938
Jan-19	31,939	31,374
Feb-19	32,109	31,866
Mar-19	31,005	-
Apr-19	31,395	-
May-19	33,615	-
Jun-19	34,083	-
Jul-19	35,653	-
Aug-19	33,551	-
Sep-19	34,014	-
Oct-19	31,577	-
Nov-19	32,115	-
Dec-19	32,077	-
Jan-20	30,750	-
Feb-20	28,540	-
Mar-20	34,019	-
Apr-20	31,447	-
May-20	28,717	-
Jun-20	29,382	-
Jul-20	29,294	-
Aug-20	28,173	-
Sep-20	28,641	-
Oct-20	30,282	-
Nov-20	31,558	-
Dec-20	33,124	-
Jan-21	34,630	-
Feb-21	34,564	-
Mar-21	33,999	-
Apr-21	35,301	-
May-21	36,911	-
Jun-21	38,245	-

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019.

Goods credits, seasonally adjusted
			Apr-21 ($m)	May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 (%)
Total goods credits			35 301	36 911	38 245	1 334	4
	General merchandise		33 488	35 057	36 065	1 008	3
		Rural goods	4 193	4 350	4 650	300	7
		Non-rural goods	29 295	30 707	31 416	709	2
	Net exports of goods under merchanting(a)		37	37	37	-	-
	Non-monetary gold(a)		1 776	1 817	2 143	326	18

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

Rural goods

Rural goods, seasonally adjusted
	Apr-21 ($m)	May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 (%)
Rural goods	4 193	4 350	4 650	300	7
	Meat and meat preparations	1 156	1 173	1 220	47	4
	Cereal grains and cereal preparations	959	1 076	1 198	122	11
	Wool and sheepskins	259	302	348	46	15
	Other rural(a)	1 819	1 799	1 884	85	5

Non-rural goods

Non-rural goods, seasonally adjusted
		Apr-21 ($m)	May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 (%)
Non-rural goods	29 295	30 707	31 416	709	2
	Metal ores and minerals	16 376	17 875	18 218	343	2
	Coal, coke and briquettes	3 620	3 551	3 728	177	5
	Other mineral fuels	3 891	3 929	4 027	98	2
	Metals (excl. non-monetary gold)	1 119	1 104	1 019	- 85	- 8
	Machinery	922	935	946	11	1
	Transport equipment	344	340	390	50	15
	Other manufactures	1 905	1 721	1 792	71	4
	Other non-rural (incl. sugar and beverages)(a)	938	1 062	1 106	44	4
	Goods procured in ports by carriers(b)	179	189	190	1	1

Services credits

Services Credits
	Seasonally Adjusted ($m)	Trend (a) ($m)
Jun-17	7,174	7,191
Jul-17	7,108	7,175
Aug-17	7,134	7,139
Sep-17	7,163	7,110
Oct-17	7,113	7,115
Nov-17	7,130	7,162
Dec-17	7,098	7,238
Jan-18	7,372	7,337
Feb-18	7,563	7,442
Mar-18	7,545	7,539
Apr-18	7,610	7,616
May-18	7,649	7,675
Jun-18	7,731	7,727
Jul-18	7,744	7,780
Aug-18	7,867	7,838
Sep-18	7,903	7,896
Oct-18	7,980	7,954
Nov-18	7,987	8,014
Dec-18	8,033	8,077
Jan-19	8,144	8,142
Feb-19	8,286	8,210
Mar-19	8,259	-
Apr-19	8,321	-
May-19	8,424	-
Jun-19	8,513	-
Jul-19	8,587	-
Aug-19	8,675	-
Sep-19	8,709	-
Oct-19	8,777	-
Nov-19	8,787	-
Dec-19	8,801	-
Jan-20	8,213	-
Feb-20	7,483	-
Mar-20	6,908	-
Apr-20	5,471	-
May-20	5,577	-
Jun-20	5,768	-
Jul-20	5,282	-
Aug-20	5,094	-
Sep-20	5,278	-
Oct-20	5,356	-
Nov-20	5,427	-
Dec-20	5,403	-
Jan-21	5,093	-
Feb-21	4,906	-
Mar-21	4,805	-
Apr-21	4,755	-
May-21	4,937	-
Jun-21	5,091	-

Services Credits

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019

Services credits, seasonally adjusted
			Apr-21 ($m)	May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 (%)
Total services credits			4 755	4 937	5 091	154	3
	Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others(a)		2	2	2	-	-
	Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.(a)		1	5	5	-	-
	Transport		330	346	350	4	1
		Passenger(b)(c)	13	29	33	4	14
		Freight(d)	21	21	20	- 1	- 5
		Other	165	166	166	-	-
		Postal and courier services(e)	130	131	131	-	-
	Travel(c)		1 884	2 013	2 139	126	6
	Other services		2 538	2 571	2 596	25	1
Memorandum item
	Tourism related services credits(f)		1 898	2 042	2 172	130	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) 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)
Jun-17	23,915	23,888
Jul-17	24,260	23,889
Aug-17	23,801	23,926
Sep-17	24,054	24,071
Oct-17	23,993	24,398
Nov-17	24,089	24,815
Dec-17	26,509	25,243
Jan-18	25,595	25,619
Feb-18	25,744	25,901
Mar-18	25,972	26,104
Apr-18	25,484	26,278
May-18	26,942	26,460
Jun-18	26,947	26,716
Jul-18	26,683	26,961
Aug-18	27,013	27,077
Sep-18	26,730	27,074
Oct-18	27,328	26,956
Nov-18	27,405	26,783
Dec-18	25,328	26,660
Jan-19	26,998	26,593
Feb-19	26,535	26,590
Mar-19	26,234	-
Apr-19	26,778	-
May-19	27,326	-
Jun-19	26,269	-
Jul-19	26,699	-
Aug-19	26,702	-
Sep-19	27,413	-
Oct-19	27,332	-
Nov-19	26,033	-
Dec-19	26,720	-
Jan-20	25,456	-
Feb-20	24,745	-
Mar-20	24,933	-
Apr-20	25,461	-
May-20	23,908	-
Jun-20	24,208	-
Jul-20	25,856	-
Aug-20	26,236	-
Sep-20	24,203	-
Oct-20	24,810	-
Nov-20	27,300	-
Dec-20	26,664	-
Jan-21	25,869	-
Feb-21	27,294	-
Mar-21	28,484	-
Apr-21	27,481	-
May-21	28,146	-
Jun-21	28,362	-

Goods Debits

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019

Goods debits (imports) (a), seasonally adjusted
			Apr-21 ($m)	May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 (%)
Total goods debits			-27 481	-28 146	-28 362	216	1
	General merchandise debits		-26 955	-27 261	-27 799	538	2
		Consumption goods	-9 699	-9 802	-9 735	- 67	- 1
		Capital goods	-6 540	-6 738	-7 217	479	7
		Intermediate and other merchandise goods	-10 717	-10 720	-10 848	128	1
	Non-monetary gold(b)		- 526	- 885	- 563	- 322	- 36

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

Consumption goods

Consumption goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Apr-21 ($m)	May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 (%)
Consumption goods	-9 699	-9 802	-9 735	- 67	- 1
	Food and beverages, mainly for consumption	-1 377	-1 405	-1 384	- 21	- 1
	Household electrical items	- 615	- 634	- 627	- 7	- 1
	Non-industrial transport equipment	-2 515	-2 297	-2 385	88	4
	Textiles, clothing and footwear	-1 616	-1 796	-1 737	- 59	- 3
	Toys, books and leisure goods	- 646	- 645	- 604	- 41	- 6
	Consumption goods n.e.s.	-2 929	-3 025	-2 998	- 27	- 1

Capital goods

Capital goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Apr-21 ($m)	May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 (%)
Capital goods	-6,540	-6,738	-7,217	479	7
	Machinery and industrial equipment	-2,318	-2,365	-2,521	156	7
	ADP equipment	-928	-968	-918	-50	-5
	Telecommunications equipment	-1,090	-1,034	-1,028	-6	-1
	Civil aircraft and confidentialised items(b)(c)	-191	-274	-340	66	24
	Industrial transport equipment n.e.s.	-1,234	-1,116	-1,523	407	36
	Capital goods n.e.s.(d)	-779	-982	-887	-95	-10

Intermediate and other merchandise goods

Intermediate and other merchandise goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Apr-21 ($m)	May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 (%)
Intermediate and other merchandise goods	-10 717	-10 720	-10 848	128	1
	Food and beverages, mainly for industry	-174	-174	-151	-23	-13
	Primary industrial supplies n.e.s.(b)	-190	-186	-212	26	14
	Fuels and lubricants	-2 671	-2 487	-2 982	495	20
	Parts for transport equipment	-1 084	-1 178	-1 161	-17	-1
	Parts for ADP equipment	-75	-80	-80	-	-
	Other parts for capital goods	-1 580	-1 654	-1 554	-100	-6
	Organic and inorganic chemicals	-314	-317	-328	11	3
	Paper and paperboard	-178	-184	-185	1	1
	Textile yarn and fabrics	-140	-143	-142	-1	-1
	Iron and steel	-268	-279	-267	-12	-4
	Plastics	-415	-440	-445	5	1
	Processed industrial supplies n.e.s.	-3 537	-3 459	-3 304	-155	-4
	Other merchandise goods(c)	-85	-137	-34	-103	-75
	Goods procured in ports by carriers	-5	-3	-3	-	-

Services debits

	Seasonally Adjusted	Trend (a)
Jun-17	7,369	7,459
Jul-17	7,467	7,494
Aug-17	7,586	7,523
Sep-17	7,557	7,547
Oct-17	7,555	7,593
Nov-17	7,599	7,671
Dec-17	7,817	7,764
Jan-18	7,779	7,860
Feb-18	8,001	7,950
Mar-18	8,199	8,025
Apr-18	7,997	8,083
May-18	8,023	8,130
Jun-18	8,189	8,176
Jul-18	8,287	8,230
Aug-18	8,297	8,288
Sep-18	8,311	8,348
Oct-18	8,405	8,396
Nov-18	8,431	8,428
Dec-18	8,509	8,460
Jan-19	8,443	8,497
Feb-19	8,553	8,535
Mar-19	8,501	-
Apr-19	8,656	-
May-19	8,733	-
Jun-19	8,611	-
Jul-19	8,667	-
Aug-19	8,761	-
Sep-19	8,755	-
Oct-19	8,652	-
Nov-19	8,624	-
Dec-19	8,703	-
Jan-20	8,558	-
Feb-20	8,034	-
Mar-20	6,126	-
Apr-20	3,849	-
May-20	3,798	-
Jun-20	3,823	-
Jul-20	3,690	-
Aug-20	3,711	-
Sep-20	3,628	-
Oct-20	3,942	-
Nov-20	4,091	-
Dec-20	4,091	-
Jan-21	3,915	-
Feb-21	4,011	-
Mar-21	4,055	-
Apr-21	4,194	-
May-21	4,433	-
Jun-21	4,478	-

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019

Services debits(a), seasonally adjusted
			Apr-21 ($m)	May-21 ($m)	Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 ($m)	May-21 to Jun-21 (%)
Total services debits			-4 194	-4 433	-4 478	45	1
	Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others(b)		-	-	-	-	-
	Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.(b)		- 37	- 42	- 45	3	7
	Transport		-1 279	-1 309	-1 365	56	4
		Passenger(c)(d)	- 68	- 83	- 76	- 7	- 8
		Freight	-1 185	-1 199	-1 263	64	5
		Other(b)	- 15	- 15	- 15	-	-
		Postal and courier services(e)(f)	- 12	- 12	- 12	-	-
	Travel(d)		- 129	- 305	- 293	- 12	- 4
	Other services		-2 749	-2 777	-2 774	- 3	-
Memorandum item
	Tourism related services debits(g)		- 197	- 388	- 369	- 19	- 5

- 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.

Supplementary information

Selected commodities

Selected commodities, quantities (a)
	Jan-21 (%)	Feb-21 (%)	Mar-21 (%)	Apr-21 (%)	May-21 (%)	Jun-21 (%)
Iron ore - Lump	- 13	- 9	19	- 8	13	- 2
Iron ore - Fines	- 13	- 5	15	- 4	7	3
Coal - Hard coking	- 21	- 11	21	- 1	3	- 1
Coal - Semi-soft	13	-	- 18	11	- 1	9
Coal - Thermal	- 7	- 6	- 15	13	11	- 3
Gas - LNG	-	- 5	15	- 2	- 14	- 4

- 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)
	Jan-21 (%)	Feb-21 (%)	Mar-21 (%)	Apr-21 (%)	May-21 (%)	Jun-21 (%)
Iron ore - Lump	13	1	5	7	9	5
Iron ore - Fines	4	-	2	4	9	5
Coal - Hard coking	2	9	11	- 10	- 4	25
Coal - Semi-soft	3	8	2	7	-	2
Coal - Thermal	12	8	5	4	- 1	14
Gas - LNG	7	- 1	- 4	6	5	18

- 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 May 2021 and June 2021 the largest movements recorded for the following selected commodities were:

Iron ore (lump), movement by country, May-21 to Jun-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Iron ore (lump) - Total movement	125	3	- 2	5
Korea, Republic of (South)	102	50	26	18
Taiwan	93	44	34	8
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	58	2	- 3	5
Vietnam	- 22	- 31	- 42	19
Japan	- 108	- 19	- 16	- 3

Iron ore (fines), movement by country, May-21 to Jun-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Iron ore (fines) - Total movement	918	8	3	5
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	959	9	4	5
Japan	38	7	13	- 6
Malaysia	19	144	85	32
Netherlands	- 32	- 100	- 100	-
Vietnam	- 75	- 49	- 61	30

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Hard coking (high rank) coal, movement by country, May-21 to Jun-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
High rank coal - Total movement	332	24	- 1	25
Japan	132	61	36	18
Korea, Republic of (South)	66	59	29	23
Brazil	45	86	41	31
India	38	8	- 15	26
Indonesia	37	189	142	20

Semi soft coal, movement by country, May-21 to Jun-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Semi soft coal - Total movement	64	11	9	2
Vietnam	48	439	439	-
Japan	29	14	15	- 1
Argentina	9	-	-	-
Netherlands	- 9	- 100	- 100	-
Taiwan	- 17	- 36	- 39	4

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Thermal coal, movement by country, May-21 to Jun-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Thermal coal - Total movement	164	10	- 3	14
Japan	168	29	25	3
Korea, Republic of (South)	103	35	13	19
Taiwan	36	15	1	14
Indonesia	28	92	81	6
India	- 59	- 34	- 43	16

Liquid Natural Gas, total movement, May-21 to Jun-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) - Total movement	369	14	-4	18

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
	Dec-20($m)	Jan-21($m)	Feb-21($m)	Mar-21($m)	Apr-21($m)	May-21($m)	Jun-21($m)
Iron ore lump	-15	-5	25	5	-30	35	80
Iron ore fines	30	35	30	-50	-30	-10	875

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 March ($5m) and June (-$195m) 2021. 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 2.9% between April 2021 and May 2021 and rose 16.4% between May 2021 and June 2021.

In the balance of payments series, the unit value of coal, coke and briquettes fell 2.9% between April 2021 and May 2021 and rose 10.9% between May 2021 and June 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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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

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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 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

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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

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