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The value of merchandise exports and imports by commodity for 1999-2000 and 2000-01, and their percentage contribution to total exports and imports for 2000-01, is shown in table 30.21. Tables 30.22 and 30.23 show a more detailed commodity breakdown of the top exports and imports for 2000-01.
For 2000-01, exports were $119,602m, up $22,316m (23%) on the previous year. Significant contributors to the increase were Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials, up $3,723m (52%) to $10,868m; Metalliferous ores and metal scrap, up $3,447m (30%) to $14,761m; and Coal, coke and briquettes, up $2,503m (30%) to $10,840m. These increases were partly offset by falls in Iron and steel, down $669m (47%) to $741m; and Transport equipment (excluding road vehicles), down $475m (28%) to $1,197m.
Australia's major commodity exports for 2000-01 and their principal markets were:
- Coal, $10,825m - 9% of total exports: Japan (46% of total coal exports), the Republic of Korea (10%), India (8%), and Taiwan (6%);
- Crude petroleum products, $7,610m - 6% of total exports: Singapore (23% of total crude petroleum product exports), Republic of Korea (19%), Taiwan (17%), Japan (16%), and United States of America (13%);
- Non-monetary gold, $5,110m - 4% of total exports: Singapore (33% of total non-monetary gold exports), the Republic of Korea (18%), United Kingdom (14%), and Hong Kong (SAR of China) (11%). This comprises gold produced in Australia and gold previously imported for refining or manufacturing;
- Iron ore, $4,912m - 4% of total exports: Japan (43% of total iron ore exports), China (25%), and the Republic of Korea (15%); and
- Aluminium, $4,741m - 4% of total exports: Japan (40% of total aluminium exports), the Republic of Korea (14%), and Taiwan (13%).
For 2000-01, imports were $118,264m, up $8,186m (7%) on the previous year. Significant contributors to the increase were Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials, up $2,779m (37%) to $10,295m; Road vehicles, up $1,562m (12%) to $14,346m; and Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment, up $1,165m (17%) to $7,938m. These rises were partly offset by falls in Transport equipment (excluding road vehicles), down $2,023m (37%) to $3,409m; and Non-monetary gold, down $709m (30%) to $1,688m.
Australia's major commodity imports for 2000-01 and their principal sources were:
- Passenger motor vehicles, $8,578m - 7% of total imports: Japan (58% of total passenger motor vehicle imports), Germany (15%), and the Republic of Korea (9%);
- Crude petroleum oils, $8,205m - 7% of total imports: Viet Nam (26% of total crude petroleum imports), Indonesia (14%), United Arab Emirates (12%), Saudi Arabia (12%), and Papua New Guinea (12%);
- Telecommunications equipment, $6,050m - 5% of total imports: the United States of America (24% of total telecommunications equipment imports), the Republic of Korea (16%), Japan (10%) and the United Kingdom (9%);
- Computing equipment, $5,239m - 4% of total imports: the United States of America (17% of total computing equipment imports), Malaysia (16%), Singapore (13%), Japan (12%), Taiwan (12%) and China (10%); and
- Medicaments, $3,508m - 3% of total imports: the United Kingdom (23% of total medicaments imports), the United States of America (21%), and Germany (10%).
30.21 MERCHANDISE EXPORTS AND IMPORTS, By Commodity
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| Exports
| Imports
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Commodity | 1999-2000
$m | 2000-01
$m | %
contribution | 1999-2000
$m | 2000-01
$m | %
contribution |
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Food and live animals | | | | | | |
Live animals other than fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates | 734 | 871 | 0.7 | 128 | 61 | 0.1 |
Meat and meat preparations | 4,467 | 5,772 | 4.8 | 155 | 131 | 0.1 |
Dairy products and birds’ eggs | 2,383 | 2,965 | 2.5 | 267 | 306 | 0.3 |
Fish (not marine mammals), crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, | | | | | | |
and preparations thereof(a) | 1,538 | 1,714 | 1.4 | 781 | 871 | 0.7 |
Cereals and cereal preparations(a) | 4,940 | 5,405 | 4.5 | 266 | 304 | 0.3 |
Vegetables and fruit(a) | 1,305 | 1,505 | 1.3 | 736 | 775 | 0.7 |
Sugars, sugar preparations and honey(a) | 173 | 218 | 0.2 | 110 | 126 | 0.1 |
Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, and manufactures thereof | 233 | 250 | 0.2 | 610 | 592 | 0.5 |
Feeding stuff for animals (excl. unmilled cereals) | 750 | 976 | 0.8 | 152 | 182 | 0.2 |
Miscellaneous edible products and preparations | 369 | 439 | 0.4 | 749 | 887 | 0.8 |
Total(a) | 16,892 | 20,115 | 16.8 | 3,954 | 4,236 | 3.6 |
Beverages and tobacco | | | | | | |
Beverages | 1,515 | 1,931 | 1.6 | 542 | 680 | 0.6 |
Tobacco and tobacco manufactures | 57 | 61 | 0.1 | 165 | 227 | 0.2 |
Total | 1,572 | 1,992 | 1.7 | 706 | 907 | 0.8 |
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | | | | | | |
Hides, skins and furskins, raw(a) | 413 | 794 | 0.7 | 3 | 2 | 0.0 |
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits | 809 | 725 | 0.6 | 81 | 82 | 0.1 |
Crude rubber (incl. synthetic and reclaimed) | 13 | 10 | 0.0 | 108 | 132 | 0.1 |
Cork and wood | 777 | 888 | 0.7 | 618 | 494 | 0.4 |
Pulp and waste paper | 42 | 44 | 0.0 | 232 | 329 | 0.3 |
Textile fibres and their wastes (not manufactured into yarn or fabric)(a) | 4,299 | 5,590 | 4.7 | 151 | 140 | 0.1 |
Crude fertilisers and crude minerals (excl. coal, petroleum and precious stones)(a)(b) | 443 | 507 | 0.4 | 170 | 197 | 0.2 |
Metalliferous ores and metal scrap(a) | 11,314 | 14,761 | 12.3 | 203 | 279 | 0.2 |
Crude animal and vegetable materials, n.e.s. | 272 | 273 | 0.2 | 283 | 269 | 0.2 |
Total(a)(b) | 18,381 | 23,592 | 19.7 | 1,848 | 1,922 | 1.6 |
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | | | | | | |
Coal, coke and briquettes | 8,337 | 10,840 | 9.1 | 21 | 10 | 0.0 |
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials(b) | 7,145 | 10,868 | 9.1 | 7,516 | 10,295 | 8.7 |
Gas, natural and manufactured | 2,601 | 3,504 | 2.9 | 117 | 167 | 0.1 |
Total(b) | 18,083 | 25,211 | 21.1 | 7,655 | 10,473 | 8.9 |
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | | | | | | |
Animal oils and fats | 212 | 214 | 0.2 | 8 | 11 | 0.0 |
Fixed vegetable fats and oils, crude, refined or fractionated | 43 | 37 | 0.0 | 232 | 240 | 0.2 |
Fats and oils (processed), waxes and inedible mixtures or preparations, of animal or vegetable origin, n.e.s. | 47 | 49 | 0.0 | 36 | 34 | 0.0 |
Total | 303 | 300 | 0.3 | 277 | 285 | 0.2 |
Chemical and related products, n.e.s. | | | | | | |
Organic chemicals(a)(b) | 128 | 118 | 0.1 | 2,874 | 2,854 | 2.4 |
Inorganic chemicals(a)(b) | 450 | 547 | 0.5 | 682 | 911 | 0.8 |
Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials | 551 | 660 | 0.6 | 518 | 566 | 0.5 |
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products(a) | 1,715 | 2,231 | 1.9 | 3,520 | 4,371 | 3.7 |
Essential oils and resinoids and perfume materials; toilet, polishing and cleansing preparations | 346 | 396 | 0.3 | 915 | 1,070 | 0.9 |
Fertilisers (excl. crude)(a) | 45 | 134 | 0.1 | 717 | 836 | 0.7 |
Plastics in primary forms(a)(b) | 211 | 224 | 0.2 | 1,093 | 1,209 | 1.0 |
Plastics in non-primary forms | 193 | 202 | 0.2 | 937 | 976 | 0.8 |
Chemical materials and products, n.e.s. | 556 | 634 | 0.5 | 1,241 | 1,406 | 1.2 |
Total(a)(b) | 4,195 | 5,146 | 4.3 | 12,497 | 14,200 | 12.0 |
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | | | | | | |
Leather, leather manufactures, and dressed furskins, n.e.s. | 461 | 552 | 0.5 | 159 | 193 | 0.2 |
Rubber manufactures, n.e.s.(b) | 170 | 172 | 0.1 | 1,255 | 1,412 | 1.2 |
Cork and wood manufactures (excl. furniture)(a) | 138 | 219 | 0.2 | 568 | 521 | 0.4 |
Paper, paperboard, and articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard(a)(b) | 543 | 587 | 0.5 | 2,329 | 2,444 | 2.1 |
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n.e.s., and related products | 600 | 596 | 0.5 | 2,632 | 2,607 | 2.2 |
Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n.e.s.(a) | 966 | 1,022 | 0.9 | 1,878 | 1,871 | 1.6 |
Iron and steel(a)(b) | 1,410 | 741 | 0.6 | 1,505 | 1,430 | 1.2 |
Non-ferrous metals(b) | 7,395 | 9,398 | 7.9 | 804 | 863 | 0.7 |
Manufactures of metals, n.e.s.(b) | 644 | 724 | 0.6 | 2,522 | 2,714 | 2.3 |
Total(a)(b) | 12,328 | 14,011 | 11.7 | 13,654 | 14,055 | 11.9 |
Machinery and transport equipment | | | | | | |
Power generating machinery and equipment | 927 | 887 | 0.7 | 2,655 | 2,701 | 2.3 |
Machinery specialised for particular industries | 1,112 | 1,339 | 1.1 | 4,153 | 3,835 | 3.2 |
Metal working machinery | 243 | 206 | 0.2 | 445 | 436 | 0.4 |
General industrial machinery and equipment, n.e.s. and machine parts, n.e.s.(a) | 1,040 | 1,215 | 1.0 | 5,398 | 5,729 | 4.8 |
Office machines and automatic data processing machines | 1,312 | 1,557 | 1.3 | 7,589 | 8,317 | 7.0 |
Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment | 1,183 | 1,455 | 1.2 | 6,773 | 7,938 | 6.7 |
Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances,parts (incl. non-electrical counterparts of electrical domestic equipment)(a)(b) | 1,322 | 1,718 | 1.4 | 6,213 | 6,782 | 5.7 |
Road vehicles (incl. air-cushion vehicles) | 2,808 | 3,833 | 3.2 | 12,784 | 14,346 | 12.1 |
Transport equipment (excl. road vehicles) | 1,672 | 1,197 | 1.0 | 5,432 | 3,409 | 2.9 |
Total(a)(b) | 11,619 | 13,408 | 11.2 | 51,442 | 53,492 | 45.2 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles | | | | | | |
Prefabricated buildings; sanitary, plumbing, heating and lighting fixtures and fittings, n.e.s.(b) | 77 | 88 | 0.1 | 359 | 378 | 0.3 |
Furniture, parts thereof; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings | 123 | 135 | 0.1 | 998 | 1,130 | 1.0 |
Travel goods, handbags and similar containers | 13 | 14 | 0.0 | 410 | 477 | 0.4 |
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories | 338 | 348 | 0.3 | 2,794 | 3,188 | 2.7 |
Footwear(a) | 64 | 64 | 0.1 | 848 | 932 | 0.8 |
Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s. | 1,061 | 1,250 | 1.0 | 2,593 | 2,740 | 2.3 |
Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, n.e.s.; watches and clocks(b) | 928 | 1,107 | 0.9 | 1,516 | 1,628 | 1.4 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s. | 1,220 | 1,448 | 1.2 | 5,962 | 6,332 | 5.4 |
Total(a)(b) | 3,826 | 4,455 | 3.7 | 15,479 | 16,804 | 14.2 |
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | | | | | | |
Special transactions and commodities not classified according to kind | 2,249 | 1,860 | 1.6 | 42 | 53 | 0.0 |
Gold coin whether or not legal tender, and other coin being legal tender | 89 | 69 | 0.1 | 8 | 10 | 0.0 |
Coin (excl. gold coin), not being legal tender | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 0.0 |
Gold, non-monetary (excl. gold ores and concentrates) | 5,031 | 5,110 | 4.3 | 2,397 | 1,688 | 1.4 |
Combined confidential items of trade(c) | 2,709 | 4,330 | 3.6 | 112 | 137 | 0.1 |
Total(c) | 10,088 | 11,372 | 9.5 | 2,566 | 1,889 | 1.6 |
Total merchandise exports and imports | 97,286 | 119,602 | 100.0 | 110,078 | 118,264 | 100.0 |
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(a) Excludes export commodities subject to a ‘No commodity details’ restriction.
(b) Excludes import commodities subject to a ‘No commodity details’ restriction.
(c) Includes commodities subject to a ‘No commodity details’ restriction. |
Source: International Merchandise Trade, Australia (5422.0). |
30.22 MERCHANDISE EXPORTS OF MAJOR COMMODITIES(a) - 2000-01
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Commodity (SITC code) | $m | % |
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Aircraft and associated equipment (792) | 609 | 0.5 |
Alcoholic beverages (112) | 1,904 | 1.6 |
Aluminium ores and concentrates (incl. alumina) (285)(b) | 4,741 | 4.0 |
Aluminium (684) | 4,388 | 3.7 |
Cheese and curd (024) | 949 | 0.8 |
Coal, not agglomerated (321) | 10,825 | 9.1 |
Copper ores and concentrates (283) | 1,641 | 1.4 |
Copper (682) | 1,048 | 0.9 |
Cotton (263) | 1,959 | 1.6 |
Crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic invertebrates, live, chilled, frozen, dried or salted; crustaceans, cooked (036) | 1,095 | 0.9 |
Feeding stuff for animals (excl. unmilled cereals) (081) | 976 | 0.8 |
Fruit and nuts (excl. oil nuts), fresh or dried (057) | 557 | 0.5 |
Gas, natural (343) | 2,671 | 2.2 |
Gold, non-monetary (excl. gold ores and concentrates) (971) | 5,110 | 4.3 |
Hides and skins (excl. furskins), raw (211)(b) | 793 | 0.7 |
Internal combustion piston engines and parts thereof, n.e.s. (713) | 590 | 0.5 |
Iron ore and concentrates (281) | 4,912 | 4.1 |
Liquefied propane and butane (342) | 830 | 0.7 |
Live animals (excl. fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates) (001) | 871 | 0.7 |
Machinery and equipment specialised for particular industries and parts thereof (728) | 606 | 0.5 |
Measuring, checking, analysing and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s. (874) | 754 | 0.6 |
Meat and edible meat offal (excl. bovine & preserved) fit for human consumption (012) | 1,587 | 1.3 |
Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen (011) | 4,108 | 3.4 |
Medicaments (incl. veterinary medicaments) (542)(b) | 1,806 | 1.5 |
Milk, cream and milk products (excl. butter and cheese) (022) | 1,723 | 1.4 |
Nickel ores and concentrates; intermediate products of nickel (284)(b) | 1,470 | 1.2 |
Nickel (683) | 564 | 0.5 |
Oil seeds & oleaginous fruits, used for extraction of 'soft' fixed vegetable oils (222) | 711 | 0.6 |
Ores and concentrates of base metal (excl. iron, copper, nickel, aluminium, uranium and thorium) (287)(b) | 1,917 | 1.6 |
Parts and accessories for office and automatic data processing machines (759) | 1,193 | 1.0 |
Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles and tractors, n.e.s. (784) | 881 | 0.7 |
Passenger motor vehicles (excl. public-transport type) (781) | 2,735 | 2.3 |
Pearls, precious and semi-precious stones, unworked or worked (667)(b) | 603 | 0.5 |
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude (333) | 7,610 | 6.4 |
Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals (excl. crude) (334) | 3,227 | 2.7 |
Pigments, paints, varnishes and related materials (533) | 639 | 0.5 |
Ships, boats (incl. hovercraft) and floating structures (793) | 547 | 0.5 |
Special transactions and commodities not classified according to kind (931) | 1,860 | 1.6 |
Telecommunications equipment, parts and accessories, n.e.s. (764) | 1,417 | 1.2 |
Vegetables, fresh, chilled, frozen or simply preserved; roots nes, fresh or dried (054) | 705 | 0.6 |
Wheat and meslin, unmilled (041) | 4,146 | 3.5 |
Wood in chips or particles and wood waste (246) | 747 | 0.6 |
Wool and other animal hair (incl. wool tops) (268)(b) | 3,590 | 3.0 |
Zinc (686) | 909 | 0.8 |
Total major commodities(b) | 92,520 | 77.4 |
Total of all other commodities | 27,082 | 22.6 |
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Total merchandise exports | 119,602 | 100.0 |
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(a) Major commodities are at SITC 3-digit level
(b) Excludes commodities subject to a ‘No commodity details’ restriction or 'Broad commodity details' restriction.
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Source: International Merchandise Trade, Australia (5422.0). |
30.23 MERCHANDISE IMPORTS OF MAJOR COMMODITIES(a) - 2000-01
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Commodity (SITC code) | $m | % |
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Aircraft and associated equipment (792) | 2,876 | 2.4 |
Articles of plastics, n.e.s. (893) | 1,161 | 1.0 |
Automatic data processing machines and equipment (752) | 5,239 | 4.4 |
Baby carriages, toys, games and sporting goods (894) | 1,374 | 1.2 |
Civil engineering and contractors' plant and equipment (723) | 974 | 0.8 |
Clothing, of textile fabrics (845) | 986 | 0.8 |
Edible products and preparations, n.e.s. (098) | 881 | 0.7 |
Electrical apparatus used in circuits; resistors; printed circuits; boards and panels (772) | 1,070 | 0.9 |
Electrical machinery and apparatus, n.e.s. (778) | 1,800 | 1.5 |
Fertilisers (excl. crude) (562) | 836 | 0.7 |
Footwear (851) | 932 | 0.8 |
Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports and cushions (821) | 1,130 | 1.0 |
Gold, non-monetary (excl. gold ores and concentrates) (971) | 1,688 | 1.4 |
Heating and cooling equipment, and parts thereof, n.e.s. (741) | 1,117 | 0.9 |
Household type electrical and non-electrical equipment, n.e.s. (775) | 1,185 | 1.0 |
Instruments and appliances for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (872) | 814 | 0.7 |
Internal combustion piston engines and parts thereof, n.e.s. (713) | 1,400 | 1.2 |
Machinery and equipment specialised for particular industries and parts thereof (728) | 924 | 0.8 |
Manufactures of base metal, n.e.s. (699) | 1,063 | 0.9 |
Measuring, checking, analysing and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s. (874) | 1,745 | 1.5 |
Mechanical handling equipment and parts thereof, n.e.s. (744) | 803 | 0.7 |
Medicaments (incl. veterinary medicaments) (542) | 3,509 | 3.0 |
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (excl. medicaments of group 542) (541) | 862 | 0.7 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s. (899) | 753 | 0.6 |
Motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor vehicles (782) | 2,193 | 1.9 |
Motorcycles and cycles, motorized and non-motorized; invalid carriages (785) | 734 | 0.6 |
Musical instruments, parts and accessories thereof; records, tapes, etc. (898) | 1,041 | 0.9 |
Non-electrical machinery, tools and mechanical apparatus and parts thereof, n.e.s. (745) | 727 | 0.6 |
Organo-inorganic and heterocyclic compounds, nucleic acids and their salts (515) | 1,421 | 1.2 |
Paper and paperboard (641) | 1,884 | 1.6 |
Parts and accessories for office and automatic data processing machines (759) | 2,577 | 2.2 |
Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles and tractors, n.e.s. (784) | 2,421 | 2.0 |
Passenger motor vehicles (excl. public-transport type) (781) | 8,578 | 7.3 |
Perfumery, cosmetics or toilet preparations (excl. soaps) (553) | 689 | 0.6 |
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude (333) | 8,206 | 6.9 |
Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals (excl. crude) (334) | 1,816 | 1.5 |
Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics (582) | 806 | 0.7 |
Printed matter (892) | 1,014 | 0.9 |
Pumps for gas; ventilating hoods; centrifuges; purifying apparatus (743) | 1,062 | 0.9 |
Rubber tyres, interchangeable tyre treads, tyre flaps and inner tubes for all wheels (625) | 911 | 0.8 |
Telecommunications equipment, parts and accessories, n.e.s. (764) | 6,050 | 5.1 |
Televisions, whether or not combined with radios, video recorders/reproducers (761) | 797 | 0.7 |
Thermionic, cold or photo cathode valves & tubes, semi conductors etc. (776) | 1,401 | 1.2 |
Women's or girls' clothing, of textile fabrics, not knitted or crocheted (842) | 653 | 0.6 |
Total major commodities(b) | 80,108 | 67.7 |
Total of all other commodities | 38,156 | 32.3 |
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Total merchandise imports | 118,264 | 100.0 |
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(a) Major commodities are at SITC 3-digit level
(b) Excludes commodities subject to a ‘No commodity details’ restriction or 'Broad commodity details' restriction. |
Source: International Merchandise Trade, Australia (5422.0). |
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