5368.0 - International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia, Dec 2010 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 03/02/2011   
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CHANGES IN THIS AND FORTHCOMING ISSUES


CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

Statistics presents on the OECD country group

New members of the OECD, Israel and Estonia, have been included in the OECD country group. This impacts the OECD data in table 14 of this publication and time series spreadsheet tables 14a, 14b, 36a to 36j and 37a to 37h. These countries have been included in the OECD country group for the complete merchandise trade time series (ie. data from January 1988).


Revision to gold and silver merchandise trade data outside the normal revision period

The Customs Tariff codes allocated to some gold and silver imports have been revised on a merchandise trade basis in the months January 2010 and March 2010. These months are outside the normal revision period for merchandise trade data. The changes will not impact on the balance of payments series of the broader level merchandise trade statistics presented in this publication. The changes will impact on detailed merchandise trade import statistics at the 5-digit Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) and Harmonised Tariff Item Statistical Classification (HTISC) levels available via ABS Client Services.


CHANGES IN FORTHCOMING ISSUES

Changes to Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification and Customs Tariff classification

Statistical codes in the Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification and the Customs Tariff classification were revised with new codes coming into effect on 1 January 2011. The changes result from the introduction of new statistical codes separately identifying essential oils in Chapter 33, and for identifying substances controlled by the Montreal and Stockholm Conventions in Chapters 29 and 38. The changes will not impact directly on the presentation of statistics in this publication but will impact on detailed merchandise trade import and export statistics available via ABS Client Services.


Changes to Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification

The following table shows Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification codes that ceased on 31 December 2010 and their replacement codes which came into effect on 1 January 2011.

CEASED
31/12/2010
REPLACED
BY:

29081909 29081903 29081907
29089990 29089920 29089995
29309078 29309072 29309077
33012990 33012960 33012991
38089190 38089130 38089191
38089290 38089220 38089291
38089932 38089934 38089939


For information see the Australian Harmonized Exports Commodity Classification (AHECC) (cat. no. 1233.0).


Changes to the Customs Tariff Classification

The following table shows Customs Tariff codes that ceased on 31 December 2010 and their replacement codes which came into effect on 1 January 2011.

CEASED
31/12/2010
REPLACED
BY:

290359000929035900312903590039
290819000229081900062908190007
290899000529089900062908990007
291090000629109000082910900009
293090009529309000922930900099
293499009529349900912934990099
380891903438089190383808919039
380892002938089200463808920049
380893004338089300473808930048
380899002538089900293808990027


A complete copy of the new Customs Tariff is available on the Customs website: http://www.customs.gov.au. Select '-import export', then 'customs tariff', then 'working tariff page'.