Statistics Section

Office of Economic Analysis

Investment and Economic Division

TABLE 1: SUMMARY OF AUSTRALIA'S TRADE (a)

(A$ million)

% change % change
Year 2017-18 to Month May-19 to
2017-18 2018-19 2018-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19 Jun-19

Exports 403,326 469,891 16.5 40,111 41,802 42,378 1.4

Imports 395,760 420,004 6.1 35,299 35,629 34,342 -3.6
Balance on Trade 7,566 49,887 .. 4,812 6,173 8,036 ..
(a) Balance of payments basis (BOP), seasonally adjusted.
Based on ABS catalogue 5368.0.

Exports
A$m
44,000
42,000
40,000
38,000
36,000
34,000
Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19

Imports
A$m
44,000
42,000
40,000
38,000
36,000
34,000
Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19

Balance on Trade
A$m
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19

For further information and statistics please email statssection@dfat.gov.au Last updated: 07/08/2019

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 TABLE 2: AUSTRALIA'S TRADE BY LEVEL OF PROCESSING (a)
(A$ million)

% change % change
Year 2017 to Month May-19 to
2017 2018 2018 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19 Jun-19

Exports
Primary products (b) 233,224 269,710 15.6 24,369 26,916 27,800 3.3
Unprocessed food 18,722 14,770 -21.1 1,204 1,349 1,001 -25.8
Processed food 25,501 27,270 6.9 2,341 2,402 2,547 6.0
Minerals 88,147 95,090 7.9 9,786 11,840 12,198 3.0
Fuels (b) 91,178 122,319 34.2 10,272 10,570 11,259 6.5
Other primary 9,675 10,260 6.0 766 755 795 5.3
Manufactured products 44,907 50,128 11.6 4,448 4,723 5,100 8.0
STM (excl Nickel) (c) 14,407 16,746 16.2 1,570 1,543 1,600 3.7
ETM (d) 30,500 33,382 9.5 2,878 3,180 3,500 10.1
Other goods (incl gold) 23,205 24,676 6.3 2,262 2,306 2,151 -6.7
Services 84,978 92,816 9.2 7,813 7,656 7,292 -4.8
BOP adjustment (e) 645 954 .. 70 71 68 ..
Total exports (f) 386,959 438,284 13.3 38,962 41,672 42,411 1.8

Imports
Primary products 51,645 64,091 24.1 4,974 5,576 4,829 -13.4
Unprocessed food 2,294 2,232 -2.7 172 176 209 18.8
Processed food 16,145 17,355 7.5 1,417 1,744 1,462 -16.2
Minerals 1,494 1,605 7.4 60 23 53 130.4
Fuels 29,901 40,770 36.4 3,181 3,463 2,980 -13.9
Other primary 1,811 2,130 17.6 144 170 126 -25.9
Manufactured products 224,704 227,378 1.2 19,113 19,949 17,883 -10.4
STM (c) 15,044 15,481 2.9 1,279 1,262 1,202 -4.8
ETM (d) 209,659 211,897 1.1 17,834 18,687 16,681 -10.7
Other goods (incl gold) 11,969 12,744 6.5 823 1,201 1,001 -16.7
Services 89,273 98,092 9.9 8,048 8,040 8,700 8.2
BOP adjustment (e) -100 12,746 .. 1,041 1,082 1,374 ..
Total imports (f) 377,491 415,051 9.9 33,999 35,848 33,787 -5.7
(a) Goods on a recorded trade basis, Services on balance of payments basis, original data.
(b) Includes the DFAT adjustment for coal (based from the ABS catalogue 5368.0, Value adjustments, Jun 2019).
(c) STM - Simply transformed manufactures. (d) ETM - Elaborately transformed manufactures.
(e) BOP adjustment includes low-value goods for imports and timing and valuation adjustments. (f) BOP basis.
Based on DFAT STARS database, ABS catalogue 5368.0 & DFAT estimates.
Exports, 2018 Imports, 2018
BOP BOP
adjustment adjustment Primary
Services 0.2% 3.1% products
21.2% Services
23.6% 15.4%
Other
goods (incl STM (c)
gold) Other 4.2%
5.6% goods (incl
Primary gold)
ETM (d) products 3.1%
7.6% (b)
STM (excl 61.5%
Nickel) (c)
3.8% ETM (d)
51.1%
Last updated: 07/08/2019

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 TABLE 3: AUSTRALIA'S MERCHANDISE EXPORTS BY SELECTED REGION
AND MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS (a)
(A$ million)

% change % change
Country/Region (b) Year 2017 to Month May-19 to
2017 2018 2018 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19 Jun-19
Africa 3,513 3,820 8.7 304 300 216 -28.2
Americas 16,809 18,305 8.9 1,529 1,635 1,809 10.7
Canada 1,625 1,912 17.7 183 168 224 33.3
United States 12,270 13,440 9.5 1,148 1,269 1,395 10.0
Latin America 2,837 2,862 0.9 184 188 181 -3.5
East Asia 218,823 258,451 18.1 23,236 25,519 25,972 1.8
China 100,177 118,379 18.2 12,027 13,368 14,152 5.9
Hong Kong (SAR of China) 12,057 10,353 -14.1 501 598 356 -40.5
Japan 44,959 56,281 25.2 4,243 4,457 4,875 9.4
Republic of Korea 21,236 24,436 15.1 1,923 2,256 2,181 -3.3
Taiwan 8,974 10,638 18.5 1,133 1,210 1,029 -15.0
ASEAN 31,293 38,214 22.1 3,399 3,621 3,371 -6.9
Indonesia 6,990 6,823 -2.4 539 494 413 -16.3
Malaysia 5,964 7,493 25.6 822 742 777 4.8
Philippines 2,330 2,193 -5.9 202 304 247 -18.7
Singapore 6,628 9,837 48.4 726 1,028 887 -13.7
Thailand 4,477 6,555 46.4 501 436 354 -18.8
Europe 21,245 20,507 -3.5 1,943 2,278 2,832 24.3
European Union 17,426 17,595 1.0 1,640 1,903 2,312 21.5
France 1,422 1,634 14.9 87 120 115 -4.2
Germany 2,406 2,710 12.6 147 282 233 -17.5
Italy 752 883 17.4 79 63 41 -34.4
Netherlands 3,092 3,631 17.5 128 228 386 68.9
United Kingdom 6,149 5,033 -18.1 852 900 1,189 32.2
Middle East 7,986 9,007 12.8 676 737 654 -11.3
Saudi Arabia 1,278 745 -41.8 73 49 100 103.1
Oceania & Antarctica 12,132 13,290 9.5 1,203 1,078 1,274 18.2
New Zealand 9,101 9,682 6.4 784 806 901 11.7
Southern Asia 18,126 18,438 1.7 1,542 1,554 1,674 7.7
India 15,857 16,722 5.5 1,426 1,445 1,524 5.5
Total merchandise exports (c) 315,257 373,104 18.3 31,149 34,016 35,119 3.2
(a) Recorded trade basis, original data. (b) Country and region totals exclude selected confidential export commodities from June 2013
onwards for all countries. Refer to Confidential Commodities List (ABS catalogue 5372.0.22.001) for more information.
(c) BOP basis.
Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database and ABS catalogue 5368.0 and unpublished ABS data.

Geographic Regions, 2018 Selected Major Markets

Americas A$m
15,000 China
Other 4.9%
14.4%
12,000
Oceania &
Antarctica 9,000
3.6%
East Asia 6,000 Japan
Middle
East 69.3%
3,000
2.4%
Europe Rep of Korea
0
5.5%
Jun-18 Aug-18 Oct-18 Dec-18 Feb-19 Apr-19 Jun-19

Last updated: 07/08/2019

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 TABLE 4: AUSTRALIA'S MERCHANDISE IMPORTS BY SELECTED REGION
AND MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS (a) (b)
(A$ million)

% change % change
Country/Region Year 2017 to Month May-19 to
2017 2018 2018 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19 Jun-19
Africa 3,418 4,616 35.0 335 323 437 35.6
Americas 39,298 41,770 6.3 3,614 3,844 3,382 -12.0
Canada 2,146 2,148 0.1 210 252 241 -4.5
United States 31,188 33,274 6.7 3,021 3,109 2,643 -15.0
Latin America 5,512 5,845 6.0 351 444 472 6.3
East Asia 165,967 169,534 2.1 13,287 14,084 12,856 -8.7
China 64,518 74,903 16.1 6,027 6,554 5,835 -11.0
Hong Kong (SAR of China) 754 1,007 33.5 47 45 43 -4.3
Japan 21,111 22,778 7.9 1,767 1,838 1,886 2.6
Republic of Korea 30,852 13,424 -56.5 987 989 976 -1.4
Taiwan 4,377 4,995 14.1 410 477 457 -4.1
ASEAN 44,332 52,374 18.1 4,046 4,169 3,655 -12.3
Indonesia 4,201 4,996 18.9 407 430 452 5.1
Malaysia 11,188 13,034 16.5 946 951 818 -14.0
Philippines 678 717 5.8 55 49 73 47.7
Singapore 8,275 11,575 39.9 847 875 765 -12.6
Thailand 14,394 14,940 3.8 1,183 1,266 1,160 -8.4
Europe 54,860 61,075 11.3 5,274 5,580 4,859 -12.9
European Union 50,033 55,542 11.0 4,810 5,108 4,273 -16.4
France 4,901 5,314 8.4 520 498 490 -1.5
Germany 13,731 15,041 9.5 1,263 1,339 1,067 -20.3
Italy 6,241 7,038 12.8 565 603 509 -15.7
Netherlands 2,328 3,024 29.9 363 412 370 -10.0
United Kingdom 6,876 7,239 5.3 612 652 564 -13.4
Middle East 4,033 5,253 30.3 484 473 348 -26.6
Saudi Arabia 410 604 47.6 78 36 69 88.9
Oceania & Antarctica 11,419 11,742 2.8 1,002 1,187 965 -18.7
New Zealand 7,814 7,887 0.9 609 757 587 -22.5
Southern Asia 6,514 7,044 8.1 481 485 430 -11.3
India 5,109 5,498 7.6 322 357 306 -14.4
Total merchandise imports (c) 302,404 319,488 5.6 25,951 27,808 25,087 -9.8
(a) Recorded trade basis, original data. (b) Country and region totals exclude selected confidential import commodities from September
2008 onwards. (c) BOP basis.
Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database, ABS catalogue 5368.0, unpublished ABS data and DFAT estimates

Geographic Regions, 2018 Selected Major Sources

A$m
Oceania & Other 10,000
Antarctica 9.4% Americas
3.7% 13.1% 8,000
Middle China
East 6,000
1.6%
Europe 4,000
19.1% United States

2,000

East Asia Japan

53.1% 0
Jun-18 Aug-18 Oct-18 Dec-18 Feb-19 Apr-19 Jun-19
Last updated: 07/08/2019

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