composition of trade 2009-10 financial year - australia

COMPOSITION OF TRADE

AUSTRALIA

2009-10

Composition of Trade Australia

2009-10

Market Information and Research Section Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade

December 2010

ISSN 1321-134X ISBN 978-1-921612-53-4 (Book) ISBN 978-1-921612-52-7 (PDF format)

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Contents

Table No. Page . . Australias trade highlights 2009-10 ....................................................................................................... 1 . . Australias composition of trade ............................................................................................................. 3 . . Australias direction of trade ................................................................................................................... 5 . . ABARE commodity forecasts ................................................................................................................. 6 Feature article: . . Australias imports of aircraft & parts - update for 2009 ......................................................................... 7 . . Graphs: Australias merchandise trade with major trading partners ....................................................... 18

Section 1 Trade in goods and services 1 Australias trade, balance of payments basis, 2004-05 to 2009-10 ........................................................ 22 2 Australias top 25 exports, goods and services ...................................................................................... 23 3 Australias top 25 imports, goods and services ...................................................................................... 24 4 Australias trade in goods and services by top 10 partners, 2009-10 ..................................................... 25 5 Australias trade in goods and services by selected countries and regions ........................................... 26 6 Australias exports of goods and services by selected countries and regions ....................................... 27 7 Australias imports of goods and services by selected countries and regions ....................................... 28

Section 2 Composition of merchandise trade 8 Australia's merchandise trade by broad category, 2004-05 to 2009-10 ................................................. 30 9 Australia's merchandise trade by broad category, 2004-05 to 2009-10 (percentage change) ............... 31 10 Australia's merchandise trade by broad category, 2004-05 to 2009-10 (percentage share).................. 32 11 Australia's merchandise trade by commodity, 2004-05 to 2009-10........................................................ 33 12 Australia's merchandise trade by commodity, 2004-05 to 2009-10 (percentage change) ..................... 34 13 Australia's merchandise trade by commodity, 2004-05 to 2009-10 (percentage share) ........................ 35 14 Australia's major merchandise exports rank, value and growth, 2007-08 to 2009-10 ......................... 36 15 Australia's major merchandise exports principal destinations and value, 2009-10 ............................. 38 16 Australia's major merchandise imports rank, value and growth, 2007-08 to 2009-10 ......................... 44 17 Australia's major merchandise imports principal sources and value, 2009-10 .................................... 46 18 Australias merchandise exports of wheat, quantity, by country ............................................................. 52 19 Australias merchandise exports of raw sugar, by country ..................................................................... 53

Section 3 Composition of services trade 20 Australias exports of services, by type of activity, 2007-08 to 2009-10 ................................................. 56 21 Australias imports of services, by type of activity, 2007-08 to 2009-10 ................................................. 58

Section 4 Direction of merchandise trade 22 Australia's rank in world merchandise exports and imports, 1989, 1999, 2009-10 ................................ 60 23 Australia's merchandise trade by country, 2009-10 ............................................................................... 61 24 Australia's merchandise export markets, 2007-08 to 2009-10 ............................................................... 66 25 Australia's merchandise import sources, 2007-08 to 2009-10 ............................................................... 71 26 Australia's merchandise trade by country and regional groups, 2007-08 to 2009-10 ............................ 76 27 Australia's merchandise exports by country and regional groups, 2007-08 to 2009-10 ......................... 77 28 Australia's merchandise imports by country and regional groups, 2007-08 to 2009-10 ......................... 78

Section 5 Direction of services trade 29 Australias services trade by country, 2009-10 ....................................................................................... 80 30 Australias services export markets, 2007-08 to 2009-10 ...................................................................... 81 31 Australias services import sources, 2007-08 to 2009-10 ....................................................................... 82 32 Australias services trade by selected regions, 2007-08 to 2009-10 ...................................................... 83 33 Australias services exports by selected regions, 2007-08 to 2009-10 .................................................. 83 34 Australias services imports by selected regions, 2007-08 to 2009-10 .................................................. 83 continued

- iv - Section 6 Country group tables (merchandise trade) Australia's trade with Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ..................................................................... 86 Australia's trade with ASEAN ................................................................................................................. 89 Australias trade with Asia ...................................................................................................................... 91 Australia's trade with Cairns Group ........................................................................................................ 93 Australia's trade with Central America .................................................................................................... 96 Australia's trade with Central Europe ..................................................................................................... 98 Australias trade with Commonwealth of Independent States ................................................................ 101 Australia's trade with East Asia .............................................................................................................. 103 Australias trade with Europe .................................................................................................................. 105 Australia's trade with European Free Trade Association........................................................................ 108 Australia's trade with European Union 27 .............................................................................................. 110 Australia's trade with Forum Island Countries (excl PNG) ..................................................................... 113 Australia's trade with Gulf Cooperation Council ..................................................................................... 116 Australia's trade with IOR-ARC .............................................................................................................. 117 Australia's trade with Latin America ...................................................................................................... 119 Australia's trade with Middle East .......................................................................................................... 121 Australia's trade with NAFTA .................................................................................................................. 123 Australia's trade with North Asia ............................................................................................................. 126 Australia's trade with Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ................................. 128 Australia's trade with South America ...................................................................................................... 131 Australia's trade with South Asia ............................................................................................................ 133 Australias trade with South East Asia .................................................................................................... 135 Australia's trade with Sub-Saharan Africa .............................................................................................. 137 Australias trade with All Countries ......................................................................................................... 139

Section 7 Australias merchandise trading partners Country Page Algeria .................................................... 144 Argentina ................................................ 145 Austria .................................................... 147 Azerbaijan .............................................. 149 Bahrain .................................................. 150 Bangladesh ............................................ 151 Belgium .................................................. 153 Brazil ...................................................... 155 Brunei ..................................................... 157 Burma (Myanmar) .................................. 159 Cambodia ............................................... 161 Canada ................................................... 163 Chile ....................................................... 165 China ...................................................... 167 Christmas Island ..................................... 169 Colombia ................................................ 171 Costa Rica .............................................. 173 Croatia .................................................... 174 Czech Republic ...................................... 176 Denmark ................................................. 178 Egypt ...................................................... 180 Fiji ........................................................... 182 Finland .................................................... 185 France .................................................... 187 French Polynesia .................................... 189 Germany ................................................. 191 Ghana ..................................................... 194 Greece .................................................... 196 Hong Kong (SAR of China) .................... 198

Country Page Hungary .................................................. 201 India ........................................................ 203 Indonesia ................................................ 205 Iran .......................................................... 207 Iraq .......................................................... 209 Ireland ..................................................... 210 Israel ....................................................... 212 Italy ......................................................... 214 Japan ...................................................... 216 Jordan ..................................................... 218 Kuwait ..................................................... 220 Libya ....................................................... 221 Macau (SAR of China) ............................ 222 Malaysia .................................................. 224 Mauritius ................................................. 226 Mexico .................................................... 228 Morocco .................................................. 230 Mozambique ........................................... 232 Nepal ...................................................... 233 Netherlands ............................................ 235 New Caledonia ....................................... 238 New Zealand ........................................... 240 Nigeria .................................................... 243 Norway ................................................... 245 Oman ...................................................... 247 Pakistan .................................................. 248 Papua New Guinea................................. 250 Peru ........................................................ 252 Philippines .............................................. 254 continued

- v - Section 7 Australias merchandise trading partners (contd) Country Page Poland .................................................... 256 Portugal .................................................. 259 Puerto Rico ............................................. 262 Qatar ...................................................... 263 Republic of Korea ................................... 264 Romania ................................................. 266 Russian Federation ................................ 268 Samoa .................................................... 269 Saudi Arabia ........................................... 271 Singapore ............................................... 272 Slovak Republic ...................................... 274 Slovenia .................................................. 276 Solomon Islands ..................................... 278 South Africa ............................................ 280 Spain ...................................................... 282 Sri Lanka ................................................ 284

Country Page Sudan ..................................................... 286 Swaziland ............................................... 287 Sweden ................................................... 288 Switzerland ............................................. 290 Taiwan .................................................... 292 Tanzania ................................................. 294 Thailand .................................................. 296 Trinidad & Tobago .................................. 298 Turkey ..................................................... 299 Ukraine ................................................... 301 United Arab Emirates .............................. 303 United Kingdom ...................................... 305 United States .......................................... 307 Vanuatu .................................................. 310 Vietnam ................................................... 313 Yemen .................................................... 315

Technical appendices A. Explanatory notes ................................................................................................................................... 318 B. Composition of regions & country groups .............................................................................................. 322 C. Abbreviations & symbols ........................................................................................................................ 324 D. Confidential exports ................................................................................................................................ 327 E. Goods and services rankings ................................................................................................................. 329

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Australias trade highlights 2009-101

Australias total trade in goods and services

Based on ABS catalogue 5302.0 (Sep 2010).

The value of total trade in goods and services decreased 8.7 per cent to $512.2 billion (see Box 1).

In volume terms, total trade increased 5.2 per cent in 2009-10 compared with 2008-09

since 2004-05, total trade values have increased by an average of 8.5 per cent per annum while volumes increased 4.9 per cent per annum.

The trade balance moved from a surplus of $7.6 billion in 2008-09 to a deficit of $3.8 billion in 2009-10.

Australias exports of goods and services


The value of exports decreased 10.6 per cent to $254.2 billion

nevertheless, since 2004-05, export values have increased by an average of 9.9 per cent per annum.

Export volumes increased 5.3 per cent

export volumes have risen by an average rate of 3.3 per cent per annum since 2004-05.

Australias imports of goods and services


The value of imports decreased 6.8 per cent to $258.0 billion

still, since 2004-05, import values have increased by an average of 7.3 per cent per annum.

Import volumes increased 5.0 per cent

import volumes have risen by 6.6 per cent per annum since 2004-05.

1 Balance of payments basis.

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Terms of trade


Australias terms of trade2 fell 4.4 per cent in 2009-10

this was a result of export prices decreasing 15.1 per cent and import prices falling 11.2 per cent.

Since 2004-05, export prices have risen by an average rate of 6.4 per cent per annum, while import prices have risen by 0.6 per cent per annum.

Box 1: Trade overview

Australia was just one of three OECD countries to record positive export growth volumes in 2009 (the others being Iceland and New Zealand). In 2009-10, Australias export volumes grew at 5.3 per cent.

Export values fell by 10.6 per cent in 2009-10 to $254.2 billion - with all export categories showing a fall (Primary products, Simply transformed manufactures, Elaborately transformed manufactures, Other goods (mainly Gold and Confidential items) and Services). This decrease in value highlights the sharp fall in Australias rural, resources and energy exports prices in the first half of 2009-10 as demand from our key Asian markets softened. However commodity prices rebounded strongly in the last quarter of 2009-10.

The relative price of our exports in terms of our imports is reflected in Australias terms of trade, which fell by 4.4 per cent in 2009-10.

2 The Terms of trade are calculated as the ratio of the price we receive for our exports to the price we pay for our imports.

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Australias composition of trade3

Exports

In 2009-10, exports of Primary products decreased 14.3 per cent to $138.4 billionreflecting decreases in energy and iron ore prices, Manufactures fell 11.1 per cent to $39.0 billion, Other goods (incl gold) exports decreased 8.0 per cent to $23.3 billion and exports of Services fell 0.2 per cent to $52.8 billion.

Broad composition of exports: 2004-05 and 2009-10

Based on ABS trade data on the DFAT STARS database and ABS catalogue 5302.0 (Sep 2010).

Coal ($36.4 billion), Iron ore & concentrates ($35.1 billion), Education-related travel services ($18.5 billion) and Gold ($14.3 billion) were Australias largest individual export items.

Australias principal exports


Principal items recording a fall in exports in 2009-10 included: Coal, down 33.4 per cent to $36.4 billion; Natural gas, down 22.7 per cent to $7.8 billion; Aluminium, down 21.4 per cent to $4.1 billion; Gold, down 18.3 per cent to $14.3 billion and Aluminium ores & concentrates, down 17.3 per cent to $5.0 billion; while Education-related travel services rose 10.6 per cent to $18.5 billion.

3 Goods on a recorded trade basis and services on a balance of payments basis.

Primary products STM(excl nickel) ETMOther goods

(incl gold) Services

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

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2004-05

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Aluminium ores & conc (incl alumina)

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Crude petroleum

Personal travel (excl education) services

Gold

Education-related travel services

Iron ore & concentrates

Coal

A$ million

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Imports

Imports of Primary products decreased 7.5 per cent to $40.3 billion in 2009-10reflecting decreases in energy products, such as refined petroleum, Manufactures fell 6.0 per cent to $150.2 billion, Other goods imports decreased 19.3 per cent to $13.1 billionreflecting a 38.3 per cent decrease in gold imports, and imports of Services decreased 4.8 per cent to $53.5 billion.

Broad composition of imports: 2004-05 and 2009-10


Personal travel (excl education) services ($19.4 billion); Passenger motor vehicles ($14.9 billion); Crude petroleum ($14.7 billion) and Refined petroleum ($10.7 billion) were Australias largest import items.

Australias principal imports


Principal items which recorded a fall in imports in 2009-10 included: Gold, down 38.3 per cent to $7.1 billion; Freight transport services, down 13.3 per cent to $8.1 billion; Technical & other business services down 12.5 per cent to $4.3 billion and Refined petroleum, down 12.3 per cent to $10.7 billion.

Primaryproducts STM ETM Other goods Services

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Computers

Telecom equipment & parts

Gold

Medicaments (incl veterinary)

Freight transport services

Refined petroleum

Crude petroleum

Passenger motor vehicles

Personal travel (excl education) services

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Australias direction of trade

China was Australias largest individual two-way goods and services trading partner in 2009-10, accounting for 17.6 per cent ($90.3 billion) of total trade. Japan was the second largest trading partner accounting for 11.5 per cent ($58.9 billion) followed by the United States, accounting for 9.6 per cent ($48.9 billion).

APEC members accounted for 69.8 per cent of Australias total trade while the members of the European Union accounted for 14.7 per cent.

Exports to: APEC members decreased 8.9 per cent; ASEAN members fell 5.2 per cent; OECD countries decreased 21.9 per cent; and members of the European Union fell 25.2 per cent.

Imports from: APEC members fell 4.8 per cent; ASEAN members decreased 5.9 per cent; OECD countries fell 7.6 per cent; and members of the European Union decreased 11.1 per cent.

Major goods and services export markets

Based on ABS trade data on the DFAT STARS database (Sep 2010) and ABS catalogue 5368.0.55.003.

China was Australias largest export market, accounting for 20.6 per cent ($52.3 billion) of total exports in 2009-10

rising 17.8 per cent.

Japan was Australias second largest export market ($39.0 billion)

decreasing 29.1 per cent.

India was Australias third largest market ($19.8 billion)

rising by 5.3 per cent.

Major goods and services import sources

(a) Based on unpublished ABS data and includes US confidential aircraft imports from Sep 2008 onwards. Based on ABS trade data on the DFAT STARS database (Sep 2010) and ABS catalogue 5368.0.55.003.

China was Australias largest import source, accounting for 14.7 per cent ($38.0 billion) of total imports in 2009-10

falling 1.5 per cent.

The United States(a) was Australias second largest import source ($34.1 billion)

decreasing 8.3 per cent.

Japan was Australias third largest import source ($19.9 billion)

falling 2.0 per cent.

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ABARE commodity forecasts

ABARE has forecast the value of Australias commodity exports to rise by 23.8 per cent in 2010-11 (while export volumesor real termswill rise by 6.1 per cent). See Table A for more details.

Table A: ABARE Forecasts for major commodity exports (a)

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11

2008-09 to 2009-10

2009-10 to 2010-11

$m $m $m % %

Forecast

Rural (a)

Wheat 5,028 3,686 4,732

-26.7 28.4

Wine

2,428 2,172 2,060

-10.5 -5.2

Beef & veal 4,857 3,953 4,164

-18.6 5.3

Wool

7,329 6,344 6,633

-13.4 4.6

Total rural exports (b) 33,917 30,326 32,036

-10.6 5.6

Minerals resources (a)

Energy

Crude petroleum 8,757 9,534 11,154

8.9 17.0

LNG

10,079 7,789 8,437

-22.7 8.3

Coal

54,698 36,410 48,607

-33.4 33.5

Metallurgical 36,813 24,526 32,896

-33.4 34.1

Thermal 17,885 11,884 15,711

-33.6 32.2

Metalliferous minerals & metals

Aluminium

Bauxite (c) 192 178 206

-7.3 15.7

Alumina 6,015 4,969 5,479

-17.4 10.3

Aluminium 4,724 3,838 4,010

-18.8 4.5

Copper

Ore & concentrate 3,618 4,526 5,626

25.1 24.3

Refined 2,245 1,980 3,124

-11.8 57.8

Gold

16,146 12,996 15,647

-19.5 20.4

Iron ore 34,239 34,518 50,567

0.8 46.5

Nickel (c) 2,717 3,874 4,134

42.6 6.7

Zinc

Ore & concentrate 935 1,240 1,358

32.6 9.5

Refined 923 977 961

5.9 -1.6

Total mineral resources exports 161,758 139,089 177,399

-14.0 27.5

Total commodity exports (b) 194,138 168,101 208,075

-13.4 23.8

Volumes (b) (d) 194,141 209,777 222,571

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(a) Based on ABARE commodity groups for rural and mineral resources. (b) BOP basis. (c) ABARE estimate.

(d) Reference year for chain volume measure is 2008-09.

Source: ABARE Australian Commodities, December quarter 2010.

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Australias imports of aircraft & parts - update for 2009

Introduction

This article updates analysis on the impact of confidentiality in Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS) international merchandise trade statistics on imports of aircraft and parts. These restrictions have led to under reporting of total imports of SITC code 792 - Aircraft, spacecraft & related parts. Import totals from the relevant countries are also affected. Attachment A to this article provides background information and an update on the methodology used to calculate these estimates.

Estimates of imports of aircraft and related parts in 2009

Australias imports of Aircraft, spacecraft & related parts fell 20.6 per cent (or $1.2 billion) to $4.8 billion in 2009, making it Australias 11th largest import (in terms of goods and services). Table 1 shows imports of Aircraft, spacecraft & related parts by Australias major sources. For Australias two top sources, imports from the United States fell 9.3 per cent (or $216 million) to $2.1 billion, while imports from France fell 51.0 per cent (or $1.3 billion) to $1.2 billion in 2009.

Table 1: Imports of aircraft & parts (A$ million)

Year ABS Partner cty Total

792 Aircraft, spacecraft & parts 2007 2,990 2,990

2008 4,159 1,850 6,009

2009 240 4,530 4,770

by selected country:

Brazil 2007 116 116

2008 241 210 451

2009 0 102 102

Canada 2007 126 126

2008 211 0 211

2009 11 261 273

France 2007 899 899

2008 954 1,525 2,478

2009 20 1,193 1,213

Germany 2007 48 48

2008 68 0 68

2009 5 548 553

Switzerland 2007 12 12

2008 183 0 183

2009 3 112 115

United States (a) 2007 1,469 1,469

2008 2,204 115 2,319

2009 152 1,951 2,103

(a) Excludes imports of military aircraft from Sep-2008 onwards which cannot be separately identified in US merchandise trade data.

Sources: ABS & UN merchandise trade data on DFAT STARS database & World Trade Atlas.

Impact on country imports and trade balances

Table 2 shows the impact of adding back the confidential Aircraft, spacecraft & related parts to the major countries affected. Imports from France, (and therefore the EU) and related trade balances are both under reported, though the impact for Brazil for 2009 is fairly small. For the United States in Table 2 the ABS unpublished import data has

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been used. It also shows that both imports and the related trade balances are significantly under reported for 2008 and 2009 when compared to ABS reported data.

Table 2: Impact on imports and trade balances for Brazil, France, EU27 and the United States (A$ million)

Year

Exports

Imports

Balance

ABS

ABS Partner cty Total

ABS Total

Brazil

2007

869

917 917

-48

2008

1,581

1,251 210 1,461

330 120

2009

921

630 102 732

291 189

France

2007

1,422

4,678 4,678

-3,256

2008

1,742

5,001 1,525 6,526

-3,259 -4,784

2009

1,217

4,087 1,193 5,280

-2,870 -4,063

EU27 (a)

2007

19,201

41,145 41,145

-21,944

2008

23,534

47,468 1,525 48,993

-23,934 -25,459

2009

17,400

39,483 1,846 41,329

-22,083 -23,929

United States

ABS reported data

Unpublished ABS data

ABS reported data


2007

10,034

23,650

-13,616

2008

12,127

26,696 26,812

-14,569 -14,685

2009

9,594

22,272 24,824

-12,678 -15,230

(a) Excludes imports of aircraft from the United Kingdom which cannot be separately identified in the United Kingdom's

merchandise trade data from 2009 onwards.

Sources: ABS & UN merchandise trade data on DFAT STARS database; World Trade Atlas & unpublished ABS data.

Author: Frank Bingham

Trade Competitiveness and Advocacy Branch [email protected]

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Update for financial year 2009-10 DFAT is able to provide a partial update of Australian aircraft imports for 2009-10 for France and the United States. DFAT is unable to update data on a financial year for the other sources of Australian aircraft imports.

Table 3 details imports of Aircraft, spacecraft & related parts for France and the United States. It shows that imports from France fell 51.0 per cent (or $1.3 billion) to $1.2 billion in 2009-10, while imports from the United States fell 9.3 per cent (or $216 million) to $2.1 billion. Table 4 shows the impact of adding back the confidential Aircraft, spacecraft & related parts to France. For the United States in Table 4 the ABS unpublished import data has been used. In both cases imports and the related trade balances are under reported for 2008-09 and 2009-10 in ABS published data.

Table 3: Import of aircraft & parts (A$ million)

Year ABS Partner cty Total

792 Aircraft, spacecraft & parts 2007-08 4,062 4,062

2008-09 1,765 1,640 3,405

2009-10 242 3,144 3,386

by selected country:

France 2007-08 899 899

2008-09 954 1,525 2,478

2009-10 20 1,193 1,213

United States (a) 2007-08 1,469 1,469

2008-09 2,204 115 2,319

2009-10 152 1,951 2,103

(a) Excludes imports of military aircraft from Sep-2008 onwards which cannot be separately identified in US merchandise trade data.

Sources: ABS & World Trade Atlas.

Table 4: Impact on imports and trade balances for France and the United States (A$ million)

Year

Exports

Imports

Balance

ABS

ABS Partner cty Total

ABS Total

France

2007-08

1,500

4,989 4,989

-3,488

2008-09

1,721

4,653 1,833 6,486

-2,932 -4,766

2009-10

1,121

3,886 1,651 5,537

-2,765 -4,416

United States

ABS reported data


ABS reported data


2007-08

10,602

24,325

-13,723

2008-09

11,600

25,334 26,835

-13,734 -15,235

2009-10

9,536

21,856 24,051

-12,321 -14,516

Sources: ABS & World Trade Atlas.

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Attachment A

Methodology for estimating aircraft imports and impact on country import totals

Background

The ABS changed the method used in confidentialising data for merchandise imports from September 2008 onwards. Import data commodities that have the confidentiality restrictions of "No commodity details" or "No value details" are now aggregated into a single confidential country code. Attachment B lists the commodities (in Harmonized Tariff Item Statistical Code (HTISC) and Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) codes) that are affected by this change1

For import data prior to September 2008, these data are added back into the appropriate country totals (i.e. these totals show the correct level of trade). From September 2008 the confidential data are not being added back into the appropriate country totals. Instead they are published as "No country details" in total Australian import data. This change ensures the confidentiality of ABS data is not breached, however the country totals are now not necessarily showing the correct level of trade.

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Table 5 shows that these commodities in aggregate represented $2.0 billion or 0.9 per cent of total Australian merchandise imports in 2008 and $5.5 billion or 2.7 per cent in 2009.

Table 5: Value of no-country details not included in country totals

Year A$m

2008 2,025

2009 5,491

Source: ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database.

Impact on imports of aircraft and related parts

Of the commodity codes affected by this change (see Attachment B), SITC code 792 - Aircraft, spacecraft & related parts would make up the most significant component.

By comparing ABS import data with partner country export data (e.g. Frances exports to Australia), it is possible to obtain more details about Australias imports of Aircraft, spacecraft & related parts for the periods not published by the ABS. This can then be matched to the reported ABS data for 2008 and 2009 to arrive at an estimate of the true value of Aircraft, spacecraft & related parts for these years. Attachment C lists all the HTISC codes at the 6-digit level that make up SITC 792 and shows which of those are confidential2

Based on ABS reported data only, imports of Aircraft, spacecraft & related parts (SITC 792) were valued at $240 million in 2009. This data excludes large aircraft from September 2008 and helicopters, medium-size aircraft and parts of aircraft or helicopters from December 2008.

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It should be noted that data as published by our major trading partners are not fully compatible with data published by the ABS. This is due to timing, coverage and valuation differences that will exist between the two data sets3

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1 The ABS publishes monthly, a list of all commodities with confidential restrictions in place in the publication ,International Merchandise Trade: Confidential Commodities List (ABS catalogue 5372.0.55.0.01) available at the ABS website (www.abs.gov.au). 2 The Australian HTISC classification is fully compatible with the international Harmonized System at the 6-digit level. 3 A particular problem in using this type of analysis to estimate the imports of aircraft into Australia is to exclude imports of aircraft on an operational lease (which the ABS excludes for Australian import statistics). To try to overcome this issue the Civil Aviation Safety Authority civil aircraft register has been used to try and identify imports of leased aircraft so as to exclude these aircraft in partner country export data.

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Using partner country data for the periods excluded from ABS data, Australia imported an additional $4.5 billion of Aircraft, spacecraft & related parts in 2009 (which accounted for around 80 per cent of the $5.5 billion of confidential imports excluded from country import totals in 2009)4

Impact on country imports and trade balances .

To calculate the impact on the country imports totals and related trade balances the estimate of aircraft imports not being included in ABS statistics sourced from partner country data has been added to reported ABS country import totals. These estimates of actual country import totals are still under reported as a range of other non-aircraft import commodities are also not included in country import totals refer to Attachment C.

In June 2010, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has been able to negotiate with the ABS the release of actual country import totals for the United States on a financial and calendar year basis only as a special data service. As a result total imports from the United States covering all Australian imports from the United States (including both the aircraft and non-aircraft import commodities which have been confidentialised) are now available. DFAT has now replaced ABS reported total import data for the United States with actual total imports for the United States in all its Trade publications (see Table 2). The ABS was unable to release this data for other partner countries.

4 In 2009 both the United Kingdom and the United States confidentialised aircraft exports to a degree. For the United States the lower level of confidentiality still enabled the analysis of United States export data and ABS import data to produce an estimate of the value of imports of aircraft from the United States (excludes US military aircraft which could not be separately identified in US merchandise trade statistics). However the higher degree of confidentiality in the United Kingdom export statistics prevented the estimation of aircraft imports from the United Kingdom. As a result the estimation of Australian aircraft imports from 2009 onwards excludes imports from the United Kingdom.

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Attachment B

Commodities affected by the change in confidentiality restrictions

HTISC SITC-REV4

Date of Effect

Date of Cessation Restriction applied Commodity Description

2708100020 335.31 Sep-08 No Value Details Pitch 2815200017 522.64 Sep-08 No Commodity Details Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) 2826120023 523.10 Sep-08 No Value Details Aluminium fluoride

2847000014 524.91 Sep-08 No Commodity Details Hydrogen peroxide, solidified or not solidified with urea

3402130051 554.21 Nov-09 No Commodity Details

Non-ionic primary alcohol ethoxylates, whether or not put up for retail sale (excl in liquid form in packs not exc 10 L or in other forms in packs not exc 7kg)

3808930014 591.30 Sep-08 Dec-09 No Commodity Details

Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, wholly of, or with a basis of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, its salts or esters

3808930041 59130 Feb-10 No Commodity Details

Herbicides, anti-sprouting product & plant-growth regulator wholly of, or with a basis of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, its salts or esters

3901900006 571.90 Sep-08 No Commodity Details

Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms (excl polyethylene and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers)

3904210019 573.12 Sep-08 No Commodity Details Non-plasticised polyvinyl chloride, mixed with other substances, in primary forms

3907910032 574.34 Sep-08 No Commodity Details Vinyl ester resin


Natural rubber sheets produced by adding vulcanising agents directly to fresh field latex before coagulation, containing not less than 90% natural rubber hydrocarbons

4810191070 641.32 Mar-09 Jun-10 No Commodity Details

Cast coated paper & paperboard =< 10% of total fibre content obtained by mechanical process, in strips < 15cm or sheets one side > 36cm & other > 15cm (excl. sheets one side =< 435mm & the other < 297mm) one or both sides coated, > 150 g/m2

4816200058 642.42 Sep-08 No Commodity Details Self-copy paper in rolls (excl those of 4809)

5402110005 651.62 Jan-09 No Commodity Details

High tenacity yarn (excl sewing thread, but incl. synthetic monofilament of less than 67 decitex) of aramids, not put up for retail sale

5402320008 651.51 Apr-10 No Commodity Details

Textured yarn (excl sewing thread but incl. synthetic monofilament of less than 67 decitex) of nylon or other polyamides, measuring per single yarn more than 50 tex but not exc 200 tex, not put up for retail sale

6815100003 663.36 Jan-09 Mar-10 No Commodity Details Non-electrical fibres (eg continuous filament) of graphite, or other carbon

7019190050 651.95 Sep-08 No Commodity Details Other glass fibres of yarn, excluding slivers

7019391054 664.95 Jan-09 No Commodity Details Webs, mattresses, boards and similar nonwoven products of glass wool

7019400052 654.60 Sep-08 Dec-08 No Commodity Details Woven fabrics of rovings


Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, with patterns in relief of a width of 600mm or more

7208260033 673.21 Aug-09 No Commodity Details

Coils of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than hot-rolled, pickled of a width of 600mm or more, of a thickness of 3mm or more but less than 4.75mm


Products of iron or non-alloy steel, in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, of a width of 600mm or more, of a thickness exceeding 10mm

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Commodities affected by the change in confidentiality restrictions (contd)

HTISC SITC-REV4

Date of Effect


7208370036 673.21 Sep-08 Jul-09 No Commodity Details

Products of iron or non-alloy steel, other in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, of a width of 600mm or more, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm


Products of iron or non-alloy steel, other, in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, of a width of 600mm or more, of a thickness of less than 3mm


Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, not in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, of a width of 600mm or more, with patterns in relief


Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600mm or more, not in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, of a thickness of3 m m or more but less than 4.75mm


Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600mm or more, not in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm


Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel plated or coated with zinc,of width of 600mm or more,f a thickness of less than 0.5mm (excl electrolytically plated or coated or corrugated)


Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel electrolytically plated or coated with zinc, of width of 600mm or more, of a thickness of 2.5mm or more (excl electrolytically plated or coated or corrugated)


Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel plated or coated with aluminum-zinc alloys, of width of 600mm or more, of a thickness of 1.5mm or more


Iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than hot-rolled, width less than 600mm, rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150mm and a thickness of not less than 4mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief


Iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than hot-rolled, width less than 600mm, other (excl others, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more & rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exc. 150mm and a thickness of not less 4mm)

7213910044 676.19 May-09 No Commodity Details

Bars & rods of iron/non-alloy steel, of circular cross section

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HTISC SITC-REV4

Date of Effect


7216400033 676.82 Sep-08 Jul-09 No Commodity Details

L or T sections of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more


Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections (excl U, I, H, L and t sections) not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded

7301100001 676.86 Sep-08 No Value Details Sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements

7303000043 679.11 Jan-10 No Commodity Details Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of cast iron


Welded tubes, pipes and hollow profiles nes, of non-circular cross-section, of iron or non-alloy steel, not exc 279.4mm perimeter with a wall thickness exc 2mm


Welded tubes, pipes and hollow profiles nes, of non-circular cross-section, of iron or non-alloy steel, exc 279.4mm but not exc 1277.3mm perimeter


Alloyed rectangular (incl. square) aluminium plates, sheets and strip (excl of a kind used in the manufacture of venetian blinds), coiled, exc 1,500mm in width, exc 0.2mm but not exc 3mm in thickness

8418210010 775.21 Jul-09 No Commodity Details

Compression-type, household type refrigerators 200 L and over but less than 300 L gross internal capacity

8429400029 723.33 Jul-09 No Commodity Details Self-propelled tamping machines and road rollers

8519813032 763.39 Oct-09 No Commodity Details Cassette type dictating machines capable of operating without an external source of power


Electric conductors not fitted with connectors, insulated with cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) materials, for a voltage exc 80V but not exc 1,000V

8544601009 773.17 Dec-08 No Commodity Details

Insulated electric conductors designed for working pressures exceeding 33 kV, for a voltage exceeding 1,000V


Electric conductors designed for working pressures exceeding 11,000V but not exceeding 33,000V, not fitted with connectors, insulated with cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) materials, for a voltage exceeding 1,000V


Elec conductors, for a voltage exc 1,000V, designed for working pressures exc 1,000V but not exc 11,000V, not fitted with connectors


Assembled road tractors for semi-trailers (excl those presented with their trailers or semi-trailers and, when combined, have a g.v.w. of 10.16T or more)

8705100010 782.21 Dec-08 No Commodity Details Assembled crane lorries 8802110003 792.11 Dec-08 No Commodity Details Helicopters of an unladen weight not exc 2,000kg 8802120004 792.15 Dec-08 No Commodity Details Helicopters of an unladen weight exc 2,000kg


Aeroplanes and other aircraft (excl helicopters) of an unladen weight exc 2,000kg but not exc 15,000kg

8802400007 792.40 Sep-08 No Commodity Details Aeroplanes and other aircraft (excl helicopters) of an unladen weight exc 15,000kg


Parts of aeroplanes or helicopters (excl propellers, rotors and under-carriages and parts thereof)

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HTISC SITC-REV4

Date of Effect



Other vessels for the transport of goods or persons and goods (excl ferry boats, tankers and refrigerated vessels) exc 150 gross construction tons, imported as self transported goods (ie under own power)

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Attachment C

List of all HTISC codes that make up SITC 792 Aircraft, spacecraft & parts

SITC 792 Aircraft, spacecraft & parts

Confidential codes

HTISC From Description

8802.11 Dec-08 Helicopters of an unladen weight not exc 2,000 kg 8802.12 Dec-08 Helicopters of an unladen weight exc 2,000 kg

8802.30 Dec-08 Aeroplanes and other aircraft (excl helicopters) of an unladen weight exc 2,000 kg but not exc 15,000 kg

8802.40 Sep-08 Aeroplanes and other aircraft (excl helicopters) of an unladen weight exc 15,000 kg

8803.30 Dec-08 Parts of aeroplanes or helicopters (excl propellers, rotors and under-carriages and parts thereof)

Non-confidential codes

HTISC Description

8802.20 Aeroplanes and other aircraft (excl helicopters) of an unladen weight not exc 2,000 kg 8802.60 Spacecraft 8801.00 Balloons and dirigibles, gliders and other non-powered aircraft 8803.10 Propellers and rotor parts 8803.20 Undercarriages and parts 8803.90 Other

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(a) Based on unpublished ABS data and includes confidential aircraft imports from Sep 2008 onwards.

0

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Australia's merchandise trade with major trading partners

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A$mTaiwan

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A$mGermany

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A$mJapan

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(b) Excludes imports of aircraft from Sep 2008 onwards. (c) Special Administrative Region of China. (d) Prior to 2003-04 dataincludes Luxembourg. Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database (Sep 2010).

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4,000

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4,000

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A$m Vietnam

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4,000

5,000

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A$mHong Kong (c)

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3,000

99-00 01-02 03-04 05-06 07-08 09-10

A$mSouth Africa

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99-00 01-02 03-04 05-06 07-08 09-10

A$mUnited Arab Emirates

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Australia's merchandise trade with major trading partnersExports Imports

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Section 1

Trade in goods and services

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2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2008-09 to 5 year2009-10 trend

Export Goods 127,812 154,035 169,620 182,956 231,564 201,463 -13.0 10.8Services 39,289 41,641 45,342 50,105 52,877 52,751 -0.2 6.8Total goods and services 167,101 195,676 214,962 233,061 284,441 254,214 -10.6 9.9

Import Goods 150,689 169,511 183,576 204,858 220,649 204,490 -7.3 7.2Services 39,703 41,519 44,897 53,055 56,170 53,499 -4.8 7.6Total goods and services 190,392 211,030 228,473 257,913 276,819 257,989 -6.8 7.3

Total two-way tradeGoods 278,501 323,546 353,196 387,814 452,213 405,953 -10.2 8.9Services 78,992 83,160 90,239 103,160 109,047 106,250 -2.6 7.2Total goods and services 357,493 406,706 443,435 490,974 561,260 512,203 -8.7 8.5

Goods -22,877 -15,476 -13,956 -21,902 10,915 -3,027 .. ..Services -414 122 445 -2,950 -3,293 -748 .. ..Total goods and services -23,291 -15,354 -13,511 -24,852 7,622 -3,775 .. ..

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2008-09 to 5 year2009-10 trend

Export volumesGoods 211,048 214,902 218,332 225,259 231,565 247,848 7.0 3.1Services 44,015 45,462 48,163 51,761 52,877 51,699 -2.2 3.9Total goods and services 254,301 259,847 266,361 277,124 284,440 299,548 5.3 3.3

Import volumesGoods 170,780 185,297 202,707 228,299 220,650 229,885 4.2 6.3Services 42,834 43,961 47,403 58,041 56,170 60,759 8.2 8.0Total goods and services 213,470 229,128 249,951 286,328 276,819 290,642 5.0 6.6

Total two-way trade volumesGoods 381,828 400,199 421,039 453,558 452,215 477,733 5.6 4.6Services 86,849 89,423 95,566 109,802 109,047 112,458 3.1 6.0Total goods and services 467,771 488,975 516,312 563,452 561,259 590,190 5.2 4.9

Goods and servicesTotal exports IPD 65.7 75.3 80.7 84.1 100.0 84.9 -15.1 6.4Total imports IPD 89.2 92.1 91.4 90.1 100.0 88.8 -11.2 0.6

Goods and services 73.7 81.8 88.3 93.4 100.0 95.6 -4.4 5.8

(a) For the differences in measuring trade under balance of payments basis vs recorded trade basis refer to this section in theExplanatory notes. (b) Reference year for chain volume measures is 2008-09.Based on ABS catalogues 5368.0 & 5302.0.

TABLE 1: AUSTRALIA'S TRADE, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BASIS (a)

Balance on trade

A$ million

Current prices

% growth

Terms of trade

A$ million

Chain volume measures and indices (b)

% growth

Implicit price deflators

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% growth

2008-09 to

Rank Commodity 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2009-10

Total (b) 233,061 284,441 254,214 -10.6

1 Coal 24,416 54,712 36,445 -33.42 Iron ore & concentrates 20,511 34,239 35,090 2.53 Education-related travel services 13,536 16,735 18,507 10.64 Gold (b) 12,272 17,508 14,301 -18.35 Personal travel (excl education) services 12,004 11,665 12,121 3.9

6 Crude petroleum 9,597 8,255 8,955 8.57 Natural gas 5,854 10,079 7,789 -22.78 Aluminium ores & conc (incl alumina) 5,903 6,096 5,042 -17.39 Copper ores & concentrates 4,155 3,621 4,513 24.6

10 Aluminium 5,461 5,250 4,129 -21.4

11 Beef, f.c.f. 4,414 5,049 4,109 -18.612 Medicaments (incl veterinary) 3,552 3,617 3,709 2.513 Wheat 2,886 4,936 3,631 -26.414 Technical & other business services 3,506 3,447 3,352 -2.815 Professional services 3,423 3,731 3,086 -17.3

16 Business travel services 2,710 2,696 2,808 4.217 Passenger transport services (d) 3,843 3,410 2,610 -23.518 Copper 3,256 2,808 2,513 -10.519 Refined petroleum 3,601 2,766 2,412 -12.820 Alcoholic beverages 2,799 2,606 2,302 -11.7

21 Other transport services (c) 2,262 2,127 2,187 2.822 Meat (excl beef), f.c.f. 2,026 2,312 2,157 -6.723 Wool & other animal hair (incl tops) 2,488 2,010 2,013 0.124 Passenger motor vehicles 3362 2,664 1,838 -31.025 Telecom, computing & information services 1869 2,076 1,745 -15.9

Analytical industry seriesEducation (e) 13,958 17,322 19,090 10.2Tourism (f) 22,380 23,309 22,826 -2.1

(a) Goods trade are on a recorded trade basis, Services trade are on a balance of payments basis. (b) Balance of paymentsbasis. (c) Other transport services exports covers a range of services provided in Australian airports and ports, including Cargo & baggage handling services, Agents fees associated with freight transportation and Airport & port charges.(d) Includes Related agency fees & commissions . (e) Education services includes Education-related travel services ,Royalties on education services and Other education services . (f) Tourism is based on the ABS Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) and is only available on a financial year basis.

Refer to technical Appendix E for ranking methodology.Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database and ABS catalogue 5368.0 (Sep 2010).

TABLE 2: AUSTRALIA'S TOP 25 EXPORTS, GOODS & SERVICES(A$ million) (a)

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% growth

2008-09 to

Rank Commodity 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2009-10

Total (c) 257,913 276,819 257,989 -6.8

1 Personal travel (excl education) services 16,193 18,231 19,430 6.62 Passenger motor vehicles 15,082 11,618 14,909 28.33 Crude petroleum 16,767 14,462 14,721 1.84 Refined petroleum 12,044 12,203 10,702 -12.35 Freight transport services 8,923 9,386 8,142 -13.3

6 Medicaments (incl veterinary) 6,513 7,393 7,504 1.57 Gold (c) 7,593 11,522 7,114 -38.38 Telecom equipment & parts 6,783 7,349 6,908 -6.09 Computers 5,511 5,858 6,112 4.3

10 Goods vehicles 6,080 4,984 5,938 19.1

11 Passenger transport services (d) 6,998 5,835 5,118 -12.312 Technical & other business services 4,201 4,950 4,333 -12.513 Charges for intellectual property 3,519 3,526 3,629 2.914 Pumps (excl liquid pumps) & parts 1,718 2,849 3,188 11.915 Monitors, projectors & TVs 3,120 3,025 3,157 4.4

16 Business travel services 3,114 3,022 3,006 -0.517 Civil engineering equipment & parts 3,889 3,358 2,762 -17.718 Professional services 2,282 3,332 2,686 -19.419 Prams, toys, games & sporting goods 2,363 2,934 2,591 -11.720 Furniture, mattresses & cushions 2,568 2,840 2,560 -9.9

21 Measuring & analysing instruments 2,631 2,933 2,525 -13.922 Vehicle parts & accessories 2,665 2,442 2,414 -1.123 Electrical machinery & parts, nes 2,306 2,509 2,281 -9.124 Heating & cooling equipment & parts 1,991 2,197 2,233 1.625 Rubber tyres, treads & tubes 1,788 1,888 2,101 11.3

Analytical industry seriesEducation (e) 906 887 970 9.4Tourism (f) 26,580 27,374 27,874 1.8

(a) Goods trade are on a recorded trade basis, Services trade are on a balance of payments basis. (b) Please note importsof aircraft were made confidential by the ABS from Sep-08 onwards. Imports of aircaft would rank in Australia's top 25imports. (c) Balance of payments basis. (d) Includes Related agency fees & commissions . (e) Education services includes Education-related travel services , Royalties on education services and Other education services . (f) Tourism is based on the TSA and is only available on a financial year basis.

Refer to technical Appendix E for ranking methodology.Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database and ABS catalogue 5368.0 (Sep 2010).

TABLE 3: AUSTRALIA'S TOP 25 IMPORTS, GOODS & SERVICES(A$ million) (a) (b)

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Goods Services Total % share RankChina 46,538 5,802 52,340 20.6 1Japan 37,055 1,945 39,000 15.3 2India 16,181 3,647 19,828 7.8 3Republic of Korea 16,491 1,918 18,409 7.2 4United States 9,536 5,295 14,831 5.8 5United Kingdom 7,212 4,098 11,310 4.4 6New Zealand 8,029 3,222 11,251 4.4 7Singapore 5,046 2,659 7,705 3.0 8Taiwan 6,853 551 7,404 2.9 9Thailand 4,706 1,057 5,763 2.3 10Total exports 201,463 52,751 254,214 100.0 of which: APEC 151,980 30,262 182,242 71.7

ASEAN 10 19,865 8,125 27,990 11.0European Union 27 15,950 8,554 24,504 9.6OECD 90,084 22,809 112,893 44.4

Goods Services Total % share RankChina 36,374 1,614 37,988 14.7 1United States (b) 24,053 10,053 34,106 13.2 2Japan 17,779 2,116 19,895 7.7 3Thailand 12,443 2,116 14,559 5.6 4Singapore 10,908 3,264 14,172 5.5 5Germany 10,724 1,354 12,078 4.7 6United Kingdom 5,772 4,608 10,380 4.0 7New Zealand 7,004 2,717 9,721 3.8 8Malaysia 8,485 1,024 9,509 3.7 9Republic of Korea 7,049 389 7,438 2.9 10Total imports 204,490 53,499 257,989 100.0 of which: APEC (b) 145,803 29,659 175,462 68.0

ASEAN 10 41,082 9,281 50,363 19.5European Union 27 (c) 38,507 12,484 50,991 19.8OECD (b) 101,829 30,320 132,149 51.2

Goods Services Total % share RankChina 82,912 7,416 90,328 17.6 1Japan 54,834 4,061 58,895 11.5 2United States (b) 33,589 15,348 48,937 9.6 3Republic of Korea 23,540 2,307 25,847 5.0 4India 18,026 4,280 22,306 4.4 5Singapore 15,954 5,923 21,877 4.3 6United Kingdom 12,984 8,706 21,690 4.2 7New Zealand 15,033 5,939 20,972 4.1 8Thailand 17,149 3,173 20,322 4.0 9Germany 12,408 2,385 14,793 2.9 10Total two-way trade 405,953 106,250 512,203 100.0 of which: APEC (b) 297,783 59,921 357,704 69.8

ASEAN 10 60,947 17,406 78,353 15.3European Union 27 (c) 54,457 21,038 75,495 14.7OECD (b) 191,913 53,129 245,042 47.8

(a) All data is on a BOP basis, except for goods by country which are on on a recorded trade basis. (b) Based onunpublished ABS data and includes confidential aircaft imports for the US only. (c) Excludes imports of aircraft fromregional import totals from Sep 2008 onwards. This has a significant impact on import totals for France (EU27).Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database (Sep 2010) and ABS catalogue 5368.0.55.003 & unpublished ABS data.

TABLE 4: AUSTRALIA'S TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES

Australia's top 10 two-way trading partners (b)

Australia's top 10 export markets

BY TOP TEN PARTNERS, 2009-10 (a)

Australia's top 10 import sources (b)

(A$ million)

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% share 2008-09 to 5 year2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 of total 2009-10 trend

Selected countriesBelgium & Luxembourg 3,305 3,243 2,903 0.6 -10.5 5.7Brunei 1,248 1,203 1,094 0.2 -9.1 4.6Canada 5,496 5,696 4,581 0.9 -19.6 0.2Chile 1,178 1,337 1,583 0.3 18.4 36.5China 63,920 83,001 90,328 17.6 8.8 20.2Fiji 1,530 1,626 1,600 0.3 -1.6 1.7France (b) 7,938 7,986 6,747 1.3 -15.5 1.0Germany 14,318 15,523 14,793 2.9 -4.7 5.4Greece 627 569 600 0.1 5.4 3.7Hong Kong (SAR of China) 7,721 8,284 7,330 1.4 -11.5 1.1India 14,002 21,691 22,306 4.4 2.8 22.1Indonesia 10,430 11,715 11,847 2.3 1.1 6.1Ireland 3,041 3,532 3,659 0.7 3.6 6.9Italy 7,463 8,102 7,046 1.4 -13.0 2.1Japan 59,294 75,347 58,895 11.5 -21.8 6.6Malaysia 14,057 14,745 14,232 2.8 -3.5 7.3Mexico 1,892 2,332 2,079 0.4 -10.8 6.4Netherlands 5,730 6,234 5,082 1.0 -18.5 5.0New Zealand 22,795 21,884 20,972 4.1 -4.2 2.2Norway 1,087 1,077 942 0.2 -12.5 5.9Papua New Guinea 5,076 5,519 5,924 1.2 7.3 10.5Peru 232 370 392 0.1 5.9 22.0Philippines 2,742 2,838 2,443 0.5 -13.9 5.6Republic of Korea 22,795 28,131 25,847 5.0 -8.1 10.2Russian Federation 1,378 1,556 1,219 0.2 -21.7 25.0Singapore 27,369 26,437 21,877 4.3 -17.2 7.8South Africa 4,651 4,173 3,586 0.7 -14.1 0.2Sweden 3,322 3,391 2,932 0.6 -13.5 2.8Switzerland 4,892 5,493 4,678 0.9 -14.8 10.6Taiwan 11,361 13,113 11,090 2.2 -15.4 4.7Thailand 16,336 18,721 20,322 4.0 8.6 16.8United Kingdom 25,840 29,882 21,690 4.2 -27.4 4.8United States (c) 49,974 54,651 48,937 9.6 -10.5 4.1Vietnam 8,038 7,011 6,151 1.2 -12.3 7.0

Country Groups 0.0 APEC (c) 333,778 384,344 357,704 69.8 -6.9 9.2ASEAN 80,581 83,042 78,353 15.3 -5.6 9.1Central America & Caribbean (d) 1,288 1,323 1,348 0.3 1.9 11.8European Union (b)(e) 83,820 90,137 75,495 14.7 -16.2 4.1OECD (c)(f) 254,385 287,588 245,042 47.8 -14.8 5.3

Geographic Regions 0.0 Africa (incl Egypt) 7,947 8,330 7,909 1.5 -5.1 5.4Americas (c) 63,592 70,302 62,831 12.3 -10.6 4.9Asia (excl Egypt) 278,885 333,813 312,730 61.1 -6.3 11.3Europe 93,758 101,682 84,968 16.6 -16.4 4.9Oceania 31,393 31,160 30,648 6.0 -1.6 3.8Other (g) 15,399 15,973 13,117 2.6 -17.9 6.9

World 490,974 561,260 512,203 100.0 -8.7 8.5

(a) All data is on a BOP basis, except for Goods by country which are on a recorded trade basis. (b) Excludes imports of aircraftfrom Sep 2008 onwards. (c) For 2008-09 and 2009-10 based on unpublished ABS data and includes US confidential aircraft imports. (d) Excluding Mexico. (e) Services data - EU25 from 2004-05 to 2005-06, EU27 from 2006-07 onwards. (f) Services data - OECD includes Chile from March 2010, it does not yet include Slovenia or Israel. (g) Includes unallocated and confidential trade.Based on ABS catalogues 5368.0 (Sep 2010) and 5368.0.55.003.

TABLE 5: AUSTRALIA'S TOTAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES (a)BY SELECTED COUNTRIES AND REGIONS (A$ million)

% growth

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Selected countriesBelgium & Luxembourg 1,490 1,413 1,208 0.5 -14.5 4.8Brunei 90 99 92 0.0 -7.1 1.4Canada 2,401 2,343 2,067 0.8 -11.8 -2.2Chile 374 531 403 0.2 -24.1 19.1China 31,451 44,441 52,340 20.6 17.8 27.0Fiji 541 540 476 0.2 -11.9 -3.4France 2,160 2,464 1,816 0.7 -26.3 6.2Germany 2,476 3,234 2,715 1.1 -16.0 6.2Greece 146 104 79 0.0 -24.0 -2.6Hong Kong (SAR of China) 4,433 4,865 4,379 1.7 -10.0 1.0India 11,837 18,831 19,828 7.8 5.3 23.6Indonesia 4,936 5,407 5,599 2.2 3.6 4.6Ireland 686 614 586 0.2 -4.6 1.6Italy 1,757 1,906 1,279 0.5 -32.9 -4.8Japan 37,439 55,040 39,000 15.3 -29.1 9.3Malaysia 4,909 5,353 4,723 1.9 -11.8 6.6Mexico 617 965 804 0.3 -16.7 1.2Netherlands 3,293 3,623 2,547 1.0 -29.7 3.0New Zealand 13,093 11,944 11,251 4.4 -5.8 -1.2Norway 392 286 330 0.1 15.4 -0.4Papua New Guinea 2,048 2,167 2,606 1.0 20.3 9.2Peru 131 211 178 0.1 -15.6 21.7Philippines 1,596 1,789 1,523 0.6 -14.9 11.0Republic of Korea 16,104 21,100 18,409 7.2 -12.8 12.4Russian Federation 955 979 794 0.3 -18.9 20.4Singapore 8,980 8,722 7,705 3.0 -11.7 7.1South Africa 2,801 2,505 2,209 0.9 -11.8 2.4Sweden 703 798 679 0.3 -14.9 6.5Switzerland 1,599 1,425 1,033 0.4 -27.5 11.5Taiwan 6,972 8,688 7,404 2.9 -14.8 7.6Thailand 5,542 5,964 5,763 2.3 -3.4 5.5United Kingdom 12,698 15,861 11,310 4.4 -28.7 6.4United States 16,036 17,478 14,831 5.8 -15.1 2.5Vietnam 2,294 1,973 2,365 0.9 19.9 19.4

Country GroupsAPEC 160,411 200,062 182,242 71.7 -8.9 10.5ASEAN 28,549 29,517 27,990 11.0 -5.2 7.1Central America & Caribbean (b) 354 284 421 0.2 48.2 11.7European Union (c) 29,108 32,771 24,504 9.6 -25.2 3.7OECD (d) 117,635 144,616 112,893 44.4 -21.9 6.0

Geographic RegionsAfrica (incl Egypt) 5,282 5,585 4,786 1.9 -14.3 4.7Americas 21,830 24,625 21,393 8.4 -13.1 3.9Asia (excl Egypt) 148,151 195,895 180,012 70.8 -8.1 13.7Europe 33,335 36,856 27,519 10.8 -25.3 4.5Oceania 16,879 15,924 15,658 6.2 -1.7 0.6Other (e) 7,584 5,556 4,846 1.9 -12.8 -1.3

World 233,061 284,441 254,214 100.0 -10.6 9.9

(a) All data is on a BOP basis, except for Goods by country which are on a recorded trade basis. (b) Excluding Mexico. (c) Servicesdata - EU25 from 2004-05 to 2005-06, EU27 from 2006-07 onwards. (d) Servcies data - OECD includes Chile from March 2010, it does not yet include Slovenia or Isreal. (e) Includes unallocated and confidential trade.Based on ABS catalogues 5368.0 (Sep 2010) and 5368.0.55.003.

TABLE 6: AUSTRALIA'S EXPORTS OF GOODS AND SERVICES (a)BY SELECTED COUNTRIES AND REGIONS (A$ million)

% growth

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Selected countriesBelgium & Luxembourg 1,815 1,830 1,695 0.7 -7.4 6.5Brunei 1,158 1,104 1,002 0.4 -9.2 5.1Canada 3,095 3,353 2,514 1.0 -25.0 2.2Chile 804 806 1,180 0.5 46.4 49.2China 32,469 38,560 37,988 14.7 -1.5 13.6Fiji 989 1,086 1,124 0.4 3.5 4.5France (b) 5,778 5,522 4,931 1.9 -10.7 -0.7Germany 11,842 12,289 12,078 4.7 -1.7 5.2Greece 481 465 521 0.2 12.0 5.1Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3,288 3,419 2,951 1.1 -13.7 1.4India 2,165 2,860 2,478 1.0 -13.4 13.3Indonesia 5,494 6,308 6,248 2.4 -1.0 7.5Ireland 2,355 2,918 3,073 1.2 5.3 8.1Italy 5,706 6,196 5,767 2.2 -6.9 4.3Japan 21,855 20,307 19,895 7.7 -2.0 1.5Malaysia 9,148 9,392 9,509 3.7 1.2 7.7Mexico 1,275 1,367 1,275 0.5 -6.7 10.5Netherlands 2,437 2,611 2,535 1.0 -2.9 7.6New Zealand 9,702 9,940 9,721 3.8 -2.2 7.1Norway 695 791 612 0.2 -22.6 9.6Papua New Guinea 3,028 3,352 3,318 1.3 -1.0 11.4Peru 101 159 214 0.1 34.6 22.8Philippines 1,146 1,049 920 0.4 -12.3 -1.1Republic of Korea 6,691 7,031 7,438 2.9 5.8 5.4Russian Federation 423 577 425 0.2 -26.3 36.6Singapore 18,389 17,715 14,172 5.5 -20.0 8.1South Africa 1,850 1,668 1,377 0.5 -17.4 -2.8Sweden 2,619 2,593 2,253 0.9 -13.1 1.8Switzerland 3,293 4,068 3,645 1.4 -10.4 10.4Taiwan 4,389 4,425 3,686 1.4 -16.7 -0.1Thailand 10,794 12,757 14,559 5.6 14.1 24.1United Kingdom 13,142 14,021 10,380 4.0 -26.0 3.4United States (c) 33,938 37,173 34,106 13.2 -8.3 4.8Vietnam 5,744 5,038 3,786 1.5 -24.9 2.4

Country GroupsAPEC (c) 173,367 184,282 175,462 68.0 -4.8 7.8ASEAN 52,032 53,525 50,363 19.5 -5.9 10.4Central America & Caribbean (d) 934 1,039 927 0.4 -10.8 11.7European Union (b)(e) 54,712 57,366 50,991 19.8 -11.1 4.3OECD (c) 136,750 142,972 132,149 51.2 -7.6 4.6

Geographic RegionsAfrica (incl Egypt) 2,665 2,745 3,123 1.2 13.8 6.4Americas (c) 41,762 45,677 41,438 16.1 -9.3 5.5Asia (excl Egypt) 130,734 137,918 132,718 51.4 -3.8 8.5Europe 60,423 64,826 57,449 22.3 -11.4 5.1Oceania 14,514 15,236 14,990 5.8 -1.6 7.8Other (f) 7,815 10,417 8,271 3.2 -20.6 13.8

World 257,913 276,819 257,989 100.0 -6.8 7.3

(a) All data is on a BOP basis, except for Goods by country which are on a recorded trade basis. (b) Excludes imports of aircraftfrom Sep 2008 onwards. (c) For 2008-09 and 2009-10 based on unpublished ABS data and includes US confidential aircraft imports. (d) Excluding Mexico. (e) Services data - EU25 from 2004-05 to 2005-06, EU27 from 2006-07 onwards. (f) Services data - OECD includes Chile from March 2010, it does not yet include Slovenia or Israel. (g) Includes unallocated and confidential trade.Based on ABS catalogues 5368.0 (Sep 2010) and 5368.0.55.003.

TABLE 7: AUSTRALIA'S IMPORTS OF GOODS AND SERVICES (a)BY SELECTED COUNTRIES AND REGIONS (A$ million)

% growth

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Section 2

Composition of merchandisetrade

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TABLE 8: AUSTRALIA'S MERCHANDISE TRADE BY BROAD CATEGORY (a)(A$ million)

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

5 yeartrend

growthExports

Total primary products 77,764 95,972 102,506 114,264 161,569 138,407 13.9%

Unprocessed foodProcessed foodFuelsMineralsOther primary

8,36714,97729,35719,845

5,220

8,14214,86538,91428,664

5,387

6,95315,53138,88735,303

5,832

7,78015,34544,87940,871

5,390

11,04816,36877,14052,144

4,869

9,06214,17456,84853,384

4,939

4.2% 0.0%

17.0%21.8%-1.9%

Total manufactures 35,207 39,597 44,036 45,359 43,876 39,005 2.5%

STM (excl nickel) (b)ETM

10,41524,792

12,77626,822

15,48128,555

15,46229,897

14,42129,455

12,47626,528

3.7% 1.9%

Other 13,835 16,939 21,570 21,234 25,387 23,347 11.5%

Total merchandise exports 126,806 152,509 168,113 180,858 230,832 200,758 10.9%

Imports

Total primary products 23,973 30,967 33,430 42,614 43,558 40,302 11.7%


1,4405,517

15,069471

1,476

1,6055,844

21,544560

1,414

1,8976,909

22,183858

1,583

1,8927,703

30,553821

1,644

2,0108,976

29,9651,0171,589

2,0518,671

27,511647

1,422

7.2% 11.0% 13.1%10.0%

0.6%

Total manufactures 122,791 131,558 141,780 151,813 159,740 150,235 4.9%

STMETM

12,002110,788

12,528119,031

13,293128,487

14,809137,004

16,436143,305

13,700136,535

4.6% 4.9%

Other 2,705 4,977 5,592 7,881 16,189 13,070 39.9%

Total merchandise imports 149,468 167,503 180,801 202,307 219,487 203,607 7.3%

Total merchandise trade 276,274 320,012 348,914 383,165 450,319 404,365 9.0%

(a) Recorded trade based on Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade TREC Classification. (b) Nickel unwroughtis confidential in ABS statistics and is included in Other .Axis scales for exports & imports may be different.Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database.

0

34,000

68,000

102,000

136,000

170,000

04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10

A$m

Australia's merchandise exports by broad category

Primary Manufactures Other

0

34,000

68,000

102,000

136,000

170,000

04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10

A$m

Australia's merchandise imports by broad category


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TABLE 9: AUSTRALIA'S MERCHANDISE TRADE BY BROAD CATEGORY (a)Percentage change on previous year

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

Total primary products


Total manufactures

24.3

-1.211.143.333.3-0.3

6.6

23.4

-2.7-0.732.644.4

3.2

12.5

Exports

6.8

-14.64.5

-0.123.2

8.3

11.2

11.5

11.9-1.215.415.8-7.6

3.0

41.4

42.06.7

71.927.6-9.7

-3.3

-14.3

-18.0-13.4-26.3

2.41.4

-11.1


6.86.5

22.78.2

21.26.5

-0.14.7

-6.7-1.5

-13.5-9.9

Other 2.7 22.4 27.3 -1.6 19.6 -8.0

Total merchandise exports 16.3 20.3 10.2 7.6 27.6 -13.0



Total manufactures

30.9

7.311.649.2-1.31.6

11.8

29.2

11.55.9

43.018.9-4.2

7.1

Imports

8.0

18.218.2

3.053.212.0

7.8

27.5

-0.311.537.7-4.33.9

7.1

2.2

6.216.5-1.923.9-3.3

5.2

-7.5

2.0-3.4-8.2

-36.4-10.5

-6.0

STMETM

11.211.9

4.47.4

6.17.9

11.46.6

11.04.6

-16.6-4.7

Other -4.6 84.0 12.4 40.9 105.4 -19.3

Total merchandise imports 14.1 12.1 7.9 11.9 8.5 -7.2

Total merchandise trade 15.1 15.8 9.0 9.8 17.5 -10.2

(a) Recorded trade basis. (b) Nickel unwrought is confidential in ABS statistics and is included in Other .

Axis scales for exports & imports may be different.Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database.

-20

0

20

40

60

04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10

Australia's merchandise exportsby broad category - annual % change


-40

-20

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10

Australia's merchandise importsby broad category - annual % change


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TABLE 10: AUSTRALIA'S MERCHANDISE TRADE BY BROAD CATEGORY (a)(Percentage share)

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10



Total manufactures

61.3

6.611.823.215.6

4.1

27.8

62.9

5.39.7

25.518.8

3.5

26.0

Exports

61.0

4.19.2

23.121.0

3.5

26.2

63.2

4.38.5

24.822.6

3.0

25.1

70.0

4.87.1

33.422.6

2.1

19.0

68.9

4.57.1

28.326.6

2.5

19.4


8.219.6

8.417.6

9.217.0

8.516.5

6.212.8

6.213.2

Other 10.9 11.1 12.8 11.7 11.0 11.6

Total merchandise exports 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0



Total manufactures

16.0

1.03.7

10.10.31.0

82.2

18.5

1.03.5

12.90.30.8

78.5

Imports

18.5

1.03.8

12.30.50.9

78.4

21.1

0.93.8

15.10.40.8

75.0

19.8

0.94.1

13.70.50.7

72.8

19.8

1.04.3

13.50.30.7

73.8

STMETM

8.074.1

7.571.1

7.471.1

7.367.7

7.565.3

6.767.1

Other

Total merchandise imports

1.8 3.0 3.1 3.9 7.4 6.4

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

(a) Recorded trade basis. (b) Nickel unwrought is confidential in ABS statistics and is included in Other .

Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database.

0

20

40

60

80

100

04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10

%

Australia's merchandise exports by broad category - % share

Other Manufactures Primary

0

20

40

60

80

100

04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10

%

Australia's merchandise importsby broad category - % share


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TABLE 11: AUSTRALIA'S MERCHANDISE TRADE BY COMMODITY (a)(A$ million)

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

5 yeartrend

growth

0 Food & live animals, chiefly for food1 Beverages & tobacco2 Crude materials, inedible (excl fuels)3 Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc4 Animal & vegetable oils, fats & waxes

Total primary products (Sections 0-4)

5 Chemicals & related products, nes6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly

by material7 Machinery & transport equipment8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles

Total manufactures (Sections 5-8)9 Commodities & transactions of merchandise

trade not elsewhere classified

19,5752,934

25,76329,338

32977,939

5,937

12,34712,418

4,37635,078

13,788

19,2782,983

34,58938,895

27696,021

6,645

14,98213,369

4,59839,594

16,895

Exports

18,811 19,3033,171 2,961

41,392 46,70138,862 44,853

312 498102,548 114,316

7,474 8,040

18,635 17,79913,029 14,462

4,940 5,14944,078 45,450

21,488 21,091

23,4522,776

57,72677,118

515161,587

8,492

16,10413,986

5,38043,962

25,283

19,6212,475

59,04056,835

443138,414

8,083

14,12512,038

4,87739,123

23,220

1.8%-3.2%18.0%17.0%11.6%13.9%

6.9%

2.4%0.2%3.1%2.6%

11.5%

Total merchandise exports 126,806 152,509 168,113 180,858 230,832 200,758 10.9%

0 Food & live animals, chiefly for food1 Beverages & tobacco2 Crude materials, inedible (excl fuels)3 Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc4 Animal & vegetable oils, fats & waxes

Total primary products (Sections 0-4)

5 Chemicals & related products, nes6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly

by material7 Machinery & transport equipment8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles

Total manufactures (Sections 5-8)

9 Commodities & transactions of merchandise trade not elsewhere classified


5,593988

1,94715,069

37523,972

17,482

17,72567,05620,527

122,790

2,705

5,9171,1261,974

21,544406

30,967

18,484

18,42672,46822,181

131,559

4,977

Imports

6,925 7,5641,356 1,5042,441 2,465

22,183 30,553525 527

33,430 42,613

19,895 21,449

20,909 21,71476,718 83,50324,259 25,146

141,781 151,812

5,592 7,881

8,6441,7232,607

29,965619

43,558

23,907

24,96681,58129,287

159,741

16,189

8,4801,7212,069

27,511522

40,303

21,689

21,90280,32026,324

150,235

13,070

9.9%12.6%

3.3%13.1%

8.7%11.7%

5.7%

5.9%3.9%6.2%4.9%

39.9%

149,468 167,503 180,801 202,307 219,487 203,607 7.3%

(a) Recorded trade basis.Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database.

0

60

120

180

240

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

A$bAustralia's merchandise exports


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TABLE 12: AUSTRALIA'S MERCHANDISE TRADE BY COMMODITY (a)Percentage change on previous year

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

01234

56

78

9

Food & live animals, chiefly for foodBeverages & tobaccoCrude materials, inedible (excl fuels)Mineral fuels, lubricants, etcAnimal & vegetable oils, fats & waxesTotal primary products (Sections 0-4)

Chemicals & related products, nesManufactured goods classified chiefly by materialMachinery & transport equipmentMiscellaneous manufactured articlesTotal manufactures (Sections 5-8)Commodities & transactions of merchandise trade not elsewhere classified

6.78.0

23.343.3-8.124.1

12.0

8.63.92.16.6

3.3

-1.51.7

34.332.6

-16.123.2

11.9

21.37.75.1

12.9

22.5

Exports

-2.46.3

19.7-0.113.0

6.8

12.5

24.4-2.57.4

11.3

27.2

2.6-6.612.815.459.611.5

7.6

-4.511.0

4.23.1

-1.8

21.5-6.223.671.9

3.441.4

5.6

-9.5-3.34.5

-3.3

19.9

-16.3-10.8

2.3-26.3-14.0-14.3

-4.8

-12.3-13.9

-9.3-11.0

-8.2

Total merchandise exports 16.3 20.3 10.2 7.6 27.6 -13.0

01234

56

78

9

Food & live animals, chiefly for foodBeverages & tobaccoCrude materials, inedible (excl fuels)Mineral fuels, lubricants, etcAnimal & vegetable oils, fats & waxesTotal primary products (Sections 0-4)

Chemicals & related products, nesManufactured goods classified chiefly by materialMachinery & transport equipmentMiscellaneous manufactured articlesTotal manufactures (Sections 5-8)

Commodities & transactions of merchandise trade not elsewhere classified


11.59.50.8

49.21.9

30.9

16.1

12.611.1

9.811.8

-4.6

5.814.0

1.443.0

8.329.2

5.7

4.08.18.17.1

84.0

Imports

17.020.423.7

3.029.3

8.0

7.6

13.55.99.47.8

12.4

9.210.9

1.037.7

0.427.5

7.8

3.98.83.77.1

40.9

14.314.6

5.8-1.917.5

2.2

11.5

15.0-2.316.5

5.2

105.4

-1.9-0.1

-20.6-8.2

-15.7-7.5

-9.3

-12.3-1.5

-10.1-6.0

-19.3

14.1 12.1 7.9 11.9 8.5 -7.2

(a) Recorded trade basis.Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database.

0

60

120

180

240

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

A$bAustralia's merchandise imports


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2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

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56

78

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