Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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Key Figures

		2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2007-08 to 2008-09 % change
Number of Exporters (No.)
	Total goods exporters	42 654	43 098	43 259	0.4
	Total services exporters	3 564	3 577	3 422	-4.3
	Total exporters(a)	45 193	45 623	45 581	-0.1
Value of Exports ($m)
	Total goods exports	168 099	180 857	230 829	27.6
	Total services exports	45 835	50 568	52 948	4.7
	Total value of exports	213 934	231 425	283 777	22.6
(a) Total exporters only counts once those businesses which export both goods and services.

Total Number of Exporters

• The total number of exporters of goods and services in 2008-09 was 45,581, a slight decrease from 2007-08 (45,623).
• Less than 1% of the total number of goods exporters had total value of exports worth $100m or more. This is an increase from 2007-08 by 22 exporters (9%). In 2008-09, these exporters contributed $192b (83%) by value to total goods exports.
• 1% of the total number of services exporters had total value of services exports worth $100m or more. These exporters contributed 20% of the total value of services exports.
• 67% of the total number of goods exporters had total value of exports less than $100,000, contributing $666m or less than 1% of the total value of goods exports.
• There were 544 goods exporters in the Mining industry. Although these businesses represented 1% of the total number of goods exporters, they contributed $112b (48%) of the total value of goods exports.
• There were 12,155 goods exporters in the Wholesale trade industry. Although these businesses represented 28% of the total number of goods exporters, they contributed $27b (12%) of the total value of goods exports.
• The total value of Travel services exports was $31b, or 59% of total services exports.