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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

March 2021

Released

4/05/2021

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Key statistics

The seasonally adjusted balance on goods and services surplus decreased $2,021m to $5,574m in March.
Goods and services credits (exports) fell $681m (2%) to $38,274m.
Goods and services debits (imports) rose $1,340m (4%) to $32,700m.

Main features

Key Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
		Jan-21 ($m)	Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 (%)
Balance on goods and services		9 527	7 595	5 574	-2 021	na
	Credits (Exports of goods & services)	39 486	38 955	38 274	- 681	- 2
	Debits (Imports of goods & services)	-29 959	-31 360	-32 700	1 340	4

na not applicable

Balance on goods and services
	Seasonally Adjusted ($m)
Dec-19	5,205
Jan-20	4,772
Feb-20	3,145
Mar-20	9,627
Apr-20	7,800
May-20	7,051
Jun-20	7,549
Jul-20	5,139
Aug-20	3,701
Sep-20	6,322
Oct-20	6,873
Nov-20	5,476
Dec-20	7,400
Jan-21	9,527
Feb-21	7,595
Mar-21	5,574

Balance on goods and services

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COVID-19

Changes in this issue

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 $5,574m in March 2021, a decrease of $2,021m on the surplus in February 2021.

Balance on goods and services(a), seasonally adjusted
			Jan-21 ($m)	Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 (%)
Balance on goods and services			9 527	7 595	5 574	-2 021	na
	Total goods and services credits		39 486	38 955	38 274	- 681	- 2
		Total goods credits	34 279	33 957	33 377	- 580	- 2
		Total services credits	5 208	4 998	4 897	- 101	- 2
	Total goods and services debits		-29 959	-31 360	-32 700	1 340	4
		Total goods debits	-25 953	-27 259	-28 578	1 319	5
		Total services debits	-4 007	-4 101	-4 123	22	1

na not applicable
- Nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) For sign conventions, see the Explanatory notes.

Goods and services credits (exports), seasonally adjusted

Goods credits

	Seasonally Adjusted	Trend (a)
Mar-17	26,347	26,202
Apr-17	23,509	25,757
May-17	25,655	25,366
Jun-17	25,056	25,110
Jul-17	24,694	24,915
Aug-17	24,677	24,765
Sep-17	25,352	24,777
Oct-17	24,704	24,997
Nov-17	24,844	25,389
Dec-17	25,630	25,882
Jan-18	26,899	26,390
Feb-18	27,601	26,875
Mar-18	27,300	27,318
Apr-18	26,808	27,723
May-18	28,156	28,115
Jun-18	28,897	28,582
Jul-18	29,096	29,080
Aug-18	29,517	29,528
Sep-18	29,970	29,872
Oct-18	30,306	30,177
Nov-18	30,795	30,502
Dec-18	30,055	30,876
Jan-19	31,797	31,284
Feb-19	32,133	31,769
Mar-19	30,737	-
Apr-19	31,603	-
May-19	33,545	-
Jun-19	34,119	-
Jul-19	35,550	-
Aug-19	33,560	-
Sep-19	34,044	-
Oct-19	31,662	-
Nov-19	32,060	-
Dec-19	31,951	-
Jan-20	30,585	-
Feb-20	28,376	-
Mar-20	33,630	-
Apr-20	31,620	-
May-20	29,055	-
Jun-20	29,725	-
Jul-20	29,259	-
Aug-20	28,208	-
Sep-20	28,663	-
Oct-20	30,282	-
Nov-20	31,406	-
Dec-20	32,832	-
Jan-21	34,279	-
Feb-21	33,957	-
Mar-21	33,377	-

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019.

Goods credits, seasonally adjusted
			Jan-21 ($m)	Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 (%)
Total goods credits			34 279	33 957	33 377	- 580	- 2
	General merchandise		31 552	31 058	31 186	128	-
		Rural goods	4 059	4 178	4 150	- 28	- 1
		Non-rural goods	27 493	26 880	27 036	156	1
	Net exports of goods under merchanting(a)		71	71	71	-	-
	Non-monetary gold(a)		2 656	2 828	2 120	- 708	- 25

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

Rural goods

Rural goods, seasonally adjusted
	Jan-21 ($m)	Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 (%)
Rural goods	4 059	4 178	4 150	- 28	- 1
	Meat and meat preparations	1 082	1 072	1 123	51	5
	Cereal grains and cereal preparations	1 026	1 186	871	- 315	- 27
	Wool and sheepskins	184	208	222	14	7
	Other rural(a)	1 767	1 711	1 934	223	13

Non-rural goods

Non-rural goods, seasonally adjusted
	Jan-21 ($m)	Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 (%)
Non-rural goods	27 493	26 880	27 036	156	1
	Metal ores and minerals	15 902	15 059	15 381	322	2
	Coal, coke and briquettes	3 080	3 388	3 007	- 381	- 11
	Other mineral fuels	3 295	3 474	3 509	35	1
	Metals (excl. non-monetary gold)	1 022	1 048	1 014	- 34	- 3
	Machinery	894	836	904	68	8
	Transport equipment	315	309	304	- 5	- 2
	Other manufactures	1 838	1 641	1 777	136	8
	Other non-rural (incl. sugar and beverages)(a)	1 002	932	969	37	4
	Goods procured in ports by carriers(b)	144	192	171	- 21	- 11

Services credits

Services Credits
	Seasonally Adjusted ($m)	Trend (a) ($m)
Mar-17	6,937	7,056
Apr-17	7,349	7,131
May-17	7,226	7,177
Jun-17	7,174	7,190
Jul-17	7,105	7,173
Aug-17	7,131	7,137
Sep-17	7,161	7,108
Oct-17	7,111	7,113
Nov-17	7,128	7,161
Dec-17	7,094	7,240
Jan-18	7,380	7,340
Feb-18	7,568	7,446
Mar-18	7,549	7,543
Apr-18	7,613	7,618
May-18	7,647	7,675
Jun-18	7,729	7,725
Jul-18	7,740	7,777
Aug-18	7,863	7,833
Sep-18	7,899	7,891
Oct-18	7,978	7,951
Nov-18	7,985	8,014
Dec-18	8,028	8,079
Jan-19	8,157	8,147
Feb-19	8,296	8,217
Mar-19	8,266	-
Apr-19	8,325	-
May-19	8,420	-
Jun-19	8,510	-
Jul-19	8,580	-
Aug-19	8,668	-
Sep-19	8,704	-
Oct-19	8,774	-
Nov-19	8,784	-
Dec-19	8,793	-
Jan-20	8,233	-
Feb-20	7,500	-
Mar-20	6,919	-
Apr-20	5,475	-
May-20	5,571	-
Jun-20	5,763	-
Jul-20	5,291	-
Aug-20	5,104	-
Sep-20	5,286	-
Oct-20	5,359	-
Nov-20	5,430	-
Dec-20	5,404	-
Jan-21	5,208	-
Feb-21	4,998	-
Mar-21	4,897	-

Services Credits

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019

Services credits, seasonally adjusted
			Jan-21 ($m)	Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 (%)
Total services credits			5 208	4 998	4 897	- 101	- 2
	Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others(a)		2	2	2	-	-
	Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.(a)		5	5	5	-	-
	Transport		309	310	311	1	-
		Passenger(b)	1	2	2	-	-
		Freight(c)	20	20	20	-	-
		Other	162	162	162	-	-
		Postal and courier services(d)	126	126	127	1	1
	Travel		2 357	2 137	2 020	- 117	- 5
	Other services		2 535	2 545	2 559	14	1
Memorandum item
	Tourism related services credits(e)		2 358	2 139	2 022	- 117	- 5

- 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	Trend (a)
Mar-17	24,033	23,647
Apr-17	23,693	23,745
May-17	23,478	23,839
Jun-17	23,855	23,862
Jul-17	24,220	23,868
Aug-17	23,804	23,918
Sep-17	24,073	24,082
Oct-17	24,028	24,426
Nov-17	24,114	24,851
Dec-17	26,561	25,276
Jan-18	25,643	25,639
Feb-18	25,726	25,900
Mar-18	25,911	26,082
Apr-18	25,501	26,240
May-18	26,873	26,418
Jun-18	26,876	26,682
Jul-18	26,673	26,945
Aug-18	27,065	27,086
Sep-18	26,708	27,107
Oct-18	27,423	27,005
Nov-18	27,448	26,836
Dec-18	25,386	26,703
Jan-19	27,046	26,613
Feb-19	26,495	-
Mar-19	26,180	-
Apr-19	26,783	-
May-19	27,245	-
Jun-19	26,160	-
Jul-19	26,828	-
Aug-19	26,713	-
Sep-19	27,418	-
Oct-19	27,370	-
Nov-19	26,088	-
Dec-19	26,825	-
Jan-20	25,507	-
Feb-20	24,727	-
Mar-20	24,853	-
Apr-20	25,468	-
May-20	23,797	-
Jun-20	24,111	-
Jul-20	25,715	-
Aug-20	25,876	-
Sep-20	23,956	-
Oct-20	24,866	-
Nov-20	27,302	-
Dec-20	26,795	-
Jan-21	25,953	-
Feb-21	27,259	-
Mar-21	28,578	-

Goods Debits

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019

Goods debits (imports) (a), seasonally adjusted
			Jan-21 ($m)	Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 (%)
Total goods debits			-25 953	-27 259	-28 578	1 319	5
	General merchandise debits		-25 508	-26 807	-27 597	790	3
		Consumption goods	-9 591	-9 914	-10 061	147	1
		Capital goods	-6 526	-6 587	-6 896	309	5
		Intermediate and other merchandise goods	-9 391	-10 306	-10 640	334	3
	Non-monetary gold(b)		- 445	- 452	- 981	529	117

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

Consumption goods

Consumption goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Jan-21 ($m)	Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 (%)
Consumption goods	-9 591	-9 914	-10 061	147	1
	Food and beverages, mainly for consumption	-1 431	-1 461	-1 474	13	1
	Household electrical items	- 675	- 670	- 740	70	10
	Non-industrial transport equipment	-2 127	-2 350	-2 235	- 115	- 5
	Textiles, clothing and footwear	-1 581	-1 652	-1 883	231	14
	Toys, books and leisure goods	- 675	- 724	- 718	- 6	- 1
	Consumption goods n.e.s.	-3 102	-3 058	-3 012	- 46	- 2

Capital goods

Capital goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Jan-21 ($m)	Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 (%)
Capital goods	-6,526	-6,587	-6,896	309	5
	Machinery and industrial equipment	-2,111	-2,375	-2,372	-3	0
	ADP equipment	-930	-1,034	-934	-100	-10
	Telecommunications equipment	-1,355	-1,244	-1,067	-177	-14
	Civil aircraft and confidentialised items(b)(c)	-154	-244	-275	31	13
	Industrial transport equipment n.e.s.	-1,151	-872	-1,336	464	53
	Capital goods n.e.s.(d)	-824	-819	-912	93	11

Intermediate and other merchandise goods

Intermediate and other merchandise goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Jan-21 ($m)	Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 (%)
Intermediate and other merchandise goods	-9 391	-10 306	-10 640	334	3
	Food and beverages, mainly for industry	-177	-184	-186	2	1
	Primary industrial supplies n.e.s.(b)	-131	-116	-152	36	31
	Fuels and lubricants	-2 018	-2 261	-2 428	167	7
	Parts for transport equipment	-1 142	-1 240	-1 183	-57	-5
	Parts for ADP equipment	-62	-70	-81	11	16
	Other parts for capital goods	-1 556	-1 634	-1 643	9	1
	Organic and inorganic chemicals	-293	-324	-310	-14	-4
	Paper and paperboard	-176	-187	-211	24	13
	Textile yarn and fabrics	-133	-147	-144	-3	-2
	Iron and steel	-221	-251	-326	75	30
	Plastics	-345	-409	-434	25	6
	Processed industrial supplies n.e.s.	-3 106	-3 445	-3 491	46	1
	Other merchandise goods(c)	-28	-34	-49	15	44
	Goods procured in ports by carriers	-2	-4	-3	-1	-25

Services debits

	Seasonally Adjusted	Trend (a)
Mar-17	6,990	7,252
Apr-17	7,530	7,336
May-17	7,486	7,406
Jun-17	7,369	7,458
Jul-17	7,464	7,497
Aug-17	7,594	7,529
Sep-17	7,567	7,556
Oct-17	7,564	7,602
Nov-17	7,611	7,678
Dec-17	7,823	7,765
Jan-18	7,771	7,854
Feb-18	7,991	7,939
Mar-18	8,170	8,011
Apr-18	7,988	8,070
May-18	8,014	8,122
Jun-18	8,191	8,176
Jul-18	8,289	8,237
Aug-18	8,315	8,302
Sep-18	8,329	8,365
Oct-18	8,420	8,411
Nov-18	8,450	8,438
Dec-18	8,512	8,461
Jan-19	8,430	8,488
Feb-19	8,535	8,518
Mar-19	8,468	-
Apr-19	8,640	-
May-19	8,719	-
Jun-19	8,614	-
Jul-19	8,673	-
Aug-19	8,783	-
Sep-19	8,780	-
Oct-19	8,674	-
Nov-19	8,654	-
Dec-19	8,714	-
Jan-20	8,539	-
Feb-20	8,003	-
Mar-20	6,070	-
Apr-20	3,828	-
May-20	3,778	-
Jun-20	3,828	-
Jul-20	3,697	-
Aug-20	3,735	-
Sep-20	3,670	-
Oct-20	3,902	-
Nov-20	4,057	-
Dec-20	4,041	-
Jan-21	4,007	-
Feb-21	4,101	-
Mar-21	4,123	-

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(a) Trend series suspended from March 2019

Services debits(a), seasonally adjusted
			Jan-21 ($m)	Feb-21 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 ($m)	Feb-21 to Mar-21 (%)
Total services debits			-4 007	-4 101	-4 123	22	1
	Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others(b)		-	-	-	-	-
	Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.(b)		- 57	- 29	- 36	7	24
	Transport		-1 126	-1 237	-1 255	18	1
		Passenger(c)	- 53	- 60	- 60	-	-
		Freight	-1 056	-1 160	-1 179	19	2
		Other(b)	- 8	- 8	- 8	-	-
		Postal and courier services(d)(e)	- 8	- 9	- 8	- 1	- 11
	Travel		- 48	- 54	- 55	1	2
	Other services		-2 775	-2 781	-2 776	- 5	-
Memorandum item
	Tourism related services debits(f)		- 102	- 113	- 114	1	1

- 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)
	Oct-20 (%)	Nov-20 (%)	Dec-20 (%)	Jan-21 (%)	Feb-21 (%)	Mar-21 (%)
Iron ore - Lump	9	- 12	12	- 13	- 10	16
Iron ore - Fines	2	- 6	11	- 13	- 5	17
Coal - Hard coking	- 3	- 11	34	- 21	- 12	22
Coal - Semi-soft	- 15	25	- 12	16	- 4	- 16
Coal - Thermal	17	- 17	25	- 7	- 6	- 15
Gas - LNG	14	- 1	- 4	-	- 5	16

- 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)
	Oct-20 (%)	Nov-20 (%)	Dec-20 (%)	Jan-21 (%)	Feb-21 (%)	Mar-21 (%)
Iron ore - Lump	2	-	16	12	- 2	9
Iron ore - Fines	1	3	15	5	- 1	2
Coal - Hard coking	7	2(p)	- 13	2	8	17(p)
Coal - Semi-soft	1	-	- 6	2	10(p)	4(p)
Coal - Thermal	- 2	3	2	13	8	4
Gas - LNG	10	17	7	5	1	- 3

- 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 February 2021 to March 2021 the largest movements recorded for the following selected commodities were:

Iron ore (lump), movement by country, Feb-21 to Mar-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Iron ore (lump) - Total movement	774	27	16	9
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	289	13	4	8
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	236	472	429	8
Taiwan	100	102	63	24
Japan	99	37	18	16
Singapore	22	33	15	16

Iron ore (fines), movement by country, Feb-21 to Mar-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Iron ore (fines) - Total movement	1 672	19	17	2
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	1 002	15	13	2
Korea, Republic of (South)	288	68	68	-
Japan	189	54	44	7
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	169	45	39	5
Vietnam	- 72	- 37	- 33	- 6

- Nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Hard coking (high rank) coal, Feb-21 to Mar-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
High rank coal - Total movement	501	43	22	17
India	190	41	25	13
Japan	171	110	65	27
Taiwan	81	284	208	25
Vietnam	58	237	174	23
France (includes Andorra and Monaco)	- 40	- 87	- 88	2

Semi soft coal, movement by country, Feb-21 to Mar-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Semi soft coal - Total movement	- 73	- 13	- 16	4
Japan	- 67	- 32	- 35	4
Brazil	- 13	- 77	- 68	- 28
Taiwan	- 13	- 32	- 28	- 5
Korea, Republic of (South)	25	24	19	4

- Nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Thermal Coal, movement by country, Feb-21 to Mar-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Thermal coal - Total movement	- 156	- 11	- 15	4
Japan	- 57	- 9	- 11	2
Netherlands	- 36	- 100	- 100	-
Korea, Republic of (South)	- 31	- 13	- 19	7
Thailand	- 29	- 40	- 40	1
Vietnam	22	59	32	20

- Nil or rounded to zero including null cells

Liquid Natural Gas, total movement, Feb-21 to Mar-21
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) - Total movement	326	12	16	-3

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.


	Sep-20 ($m)	Oct-20 ($m)	Nov-20 ($m)	Dec-20 ($m)	Jan-20 ($m)	Feb-20 ($m)	Mar-21 ($m)
Iron ore lump	-9	-6	3	17	41	92	0
Iron ore fines	29	10	33	166	60	109	328

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 November (-$10m), February ($15m) and March (-$280m). 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 rose 7.4% between January 2021 and February 2021 and rose 13.7% between February 2021 and March 2021.

In the balance of payments series, the unit value of coal, coke and briquettes rose 7.9% between January 2021 and February 2021 and rose 3.9% between February 2021 and March 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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Table 17. Summary of revisions, goods and services
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Methodology

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Key statistics

Main features

COVID-19

Suspension of trend estimates

Seasonal adjustment and COVID-19

Changes in this issue

Review of seasonal adjustment factors

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

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