International Trade in Goods

Latest release

Exports and imports statistics on a balance of payments and international merchandise trade basis

Reference period

May 2026

Released

2/07/2026

Release date and time

02/07/2026 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

The seasonally adjusted balance on goods decreased $4,401m in May.
Goods credits (exports) decreased $3,224m (6.9%) driven by Non-monetary gold and Metal ores and minerals.
Goods debits (imports) increased $1,177m (2.6%) driven by Non-industrial transport equipment and Civil aircraft and confidentialised items.
This is the second seasonally adjusted trade in goods deficit in 2026 and the first deficit on an original basis since January 2018.

Trade overview

Key Figures, seasonally adjusted
		Mar 26 ($m)	Apr 26 ($m)	May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 (%)
Balance on goods		-1,652	1,383	-3,018	-4,401	na
	Credits (Exports of goods)	43,711	46,838	43,614	-3,224	-6.9
	Debits (Imports of goods)	-45,363	-45,455	-46,632	1,177	2.6

na not applicable

Additional data on imports of Petroleum products has been included in the Selected commodities section of this publication.

Balance on goods
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
May-22	14,325	13,037
Jun-22	19,037	13,368
Jul-22	11,810	13,412
Aug-22	12,732	13,404
Sep-22	15,740	13,226
Oct-22	15,073	13,127
Nov-22	13,671	13,207
Dec-22	12,248	13,393
Jan-23	11,257	13,507
Feb-23	14,927	13,274
Mar-23	14,565	12,736
Apr-23	9,974	11,913
May-23	10,367	10,897
Jun-23	9,813	9,905
Jul-23	7,942	9,146
Aug-23	10,694	8,786
Sep-23	6,372	8,754
Oct-23	8,340	8,903
Nov-23	11,060	9,005
Dec-23	8,975	8,918
Jan-24	9,384	8,505
Feb-24	8,101	7,796
Mar-24	4,472	6,961
Apr-24	5,778	6,134
May-24	5,143	5,501
Jun-24	5,329	5,127
Jul-24	5,049	4,946
Aug-24	5,613	4,897
Sep-24	3,751	4,793
Oct-24	4,678	4,655
Nov-24	5,834	4,577
Dec-24	3,782	4,534
Jan-25	4,427	4,448
Feb-25	3,202	4,401
Mar-25	7,071	4,361
Apr-25	4,427	4,268
May-25	1,843	4,170
Jun-25	4,620	4,014
Jul-25	6,214	3,783
Aug-25	809	3,546
Sep-25	3,399	3,437
Oct-25	4,378	3,454
Nov-25	2,215	3,546
Dec-25	3,355	3,610
Jan-26	2,397	3,457
Feb-26	4,989	2,880
Mar-26	-1,652	2,037
Apr-26	1,383	1,071
May-26	-3,018	162

Balance on goods

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Goods credits

Goods credits (exports), seasonally adjusted
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
May-22	51,240	48,816
Jun-22	55,050	49,857
Jul-22	49,063	50,554
Aug-22	50,856	50,835
Sep-22	53,847	50,696
Oct-22	52,516	50,365
Nov-22	50,154	50,028
Dec-22	48,999	49,725
Jan-23	49,517	49,382
Feb-23	48,567	48,841
Mar-23	50,136	48,157
Apr-23	45,897	47,346
May-23	47,075	46,539
Jun-23	44,973	45,930
Jul-23	44,357	45,597
Aug-23	46,810	45,540
Sep-23	45,312	45,618
Oct-23	46,185	45,678
Nov-23	45,728	45,552
Dec-23	44,661	45,235
Jan-24	45,421	44,739
Feb-24	45,624	44,180
Mar-24	43,738	43,704
Apr-24	42,605	43,301
May-24	42,969	42,942
Jun-24	42,939	42,582
Jul-24	42,783	42,238
Aug-24	42,823	42,008
Sep-24	40,336	41,860
Oct-24	41,295	41,884
Nov-24	42,766	42,139
Dec-24	42,665	42,516
Jan-25	43,577	42,831
Feb-25	41,982	43,068
Mar-25	45,116	43,179
Apr-25	42,985	43,154
May-25	41,744	43,157
Jun-25	44,095	43,253
Jul-25	45,169	43,445
Aug-25	41,140	43,694
Sep-25	43,976	43,981
Oct-25	45,894	44,210
Nov-25	44,076	44,354
Dec-25	44,152	44,498
Jan-26	43,541	44,625
Feb-26	45,173	44,663
Mar-26	43,711	44,721
Apr-26	46,838	44,767
May-26	43,614	44,873

Goods credits (exports), seasonally adjusted

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Goods credits, seasonally adjusted
			Mar 26 ($m)	Apr 26 ($m)	May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 (%)
Total goods credits			43,711	46,838	43,614	-3,224	-6.9
	General merchandise		36,250	39,801	39,015	-786	-2.0
		Rural goods	6,242	6,482	6,650	168	2.6
		Non-rural goods	30,008	33,319	32,365	-954	-2.9
	Net exports of goods under merchanting(a)		47	78	78	-	-
	Non-monetary gold(a)		7,414	6,959	4,521	-2,438	-35.0

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

This component is not seasonally adjusted.

Rural goods

Rural goods, seasonally adjusted
	Mar 26 ($m)	Apr 26 ($m)	May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 (%)
Rural goods	6,242	6,482	6,650	168	2.6
	Meat and meat preparations	2,646	2,634	2,776	142	5.4
	Cereal grains and cereal preparations	1,215	1,243	1,191	-52	-4.2
	Wool and sheepskins	281	303	310	7	2.3
	Other rural(a)	2,100	2,302	2,373	71	3.1

Non-rural goods

Non-rural goods, seasonally adjusted
	Mar 26 ($m)	Apr 26 ($m)	May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 (%)
Non-rural goods	30,008	33,319	32,365	-954	-2.9
	Metal ores and minerals	13,014	15,024	13,679	-1,345	-9.0
	Coal, coke and briquettes	5,091	5,806	6,051	245	4.2
	Other mineral fuels	5,525	5,754	5,804	50	0.9
	Metals (excl. non-monetary gold)	1,450	1,581	1,434	-147	-9.3
	Machinery	1,316	1,283	1,366	83	6.5
	Transport equipment	474	560	529	-31	-5.5
	Other manufactures	2,099	2,269	2,323	54	2.4
	Other non-rural (incl. sugar and beverages)(a)	627	630	730	100	15.9
	Goods procured in ports by carriers(b)	412	412	448	36	8.7

Goods debits

Goods debits (imports), seasonally adjusted
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
May-22	36,914	35,778
Jun-22	36,013	36,489
Jul-22	37,253	37,142
Aug-22	38,123	37,431
Sep-22	38,107	37,470
Oct-22	37,443	37,238
Nov-22	36,483	36,820
Dec-22	36,751	36,332
Jan-23	38,260	35,875
Feb-23	33,639	35,567
Mar-23	35,571	35,421
Apr-23	35,923	35,433
May-23	36,708	35,641
Jun-23	35,160	36,025
Jul-23	36,415	36,451
Aug-23	36,116	36,754
Sep-23	38,941	36,865
Oct-23	37,846	36,775
Nov-23	34,669	36,547
Dec-23	35,686	36,316
Jan-24	36,037	36,234
Feb-24	37,523	36,384
Mar-24	39,266	36,744
Apr-24	36,826	37,167
May-24	37,826	37,440
Jun-24	37,609	37,455
Jul-24	37,733	37,291
Aug-24	37,211	37,111
Sep-24	36,585	37,067
Oct-24	36,616	37,229
Nov-24	36,932	37,562
Dec-24	38,882	37,982
Jan-25	39,151	38,383
Feb-25	38,781	38,668
Mar-25	38,046	38,817
Apr-25	38,557	38,886
May-25	39,901	38,987
Jun-25	39,475	39,239
Jul-25	38,954	39,661
Aug-25	40,331	40,149
Sep-25	40,576	40,545
Oct-25	41,516	40,756
Nov-25	41,861	40,809
Dec-25	40,797	40,887
Jan-26	41,145	41,168
Feb-26	40,184	41,783
Mar-26	45,363	42,683
Apr-26	45,455	43,697
May-26	46,632	44,711

Goods debits (imports), seasonally adjusted

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Goods debits(a), seasonally adjusted
			Mar 26 ($m)	Apr 26 ($m)	May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 (%)
Total goods debits			-45,363	-45,455	-46,632	1,177	2.6
	General merchandise debits		-42,740	-43,003	-44,864	1,861	4.3
		Consumption goods	-12,611	-12,316	-13,289	973	7.9
		Capital goods	-11,976	-10,031	-10,857	826	8.2
		Intermediate and other merchandise goods	-18,153	-20,656	-20,718	62	0.3
	Non-monetary gold(b)		-2,623	-2,452	-1,768	-684	-27.9

For sign conventions, see the methodology page.
This component is not seasonally adjusted.

Consumption goods

Consumption goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Mar 26 ($m)	Apr 26 ($m)	May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 (%)
Consumption goods	-12,611	-12,316	-13,289	973	7.9
	Food and beverages, mainly for consumption	-1,887	-1,900	-1,870	-30	-1.6
	Household electrical items	-674	-632	-602	-30	-4.7
	Non-industrial transport equipment	-3,143	-3,455	-4,305	850	24.6
	Textiles, clothing and footwear	-2,089	-1,787	-2,009	222	12.4
	Toys, books and leisure goods	-773	-742	-741	-1	-0.1
	Consumption goods n.e.s.	-4,045	-3,800	-3,763	-37	-1.0

Capital goods

Capital goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Mar 26 ($m)	Apr 26 ($m)	May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 (%)
Capital goods	-11,976	-10,031	-10,857	826	8.2
	Machinery and industrial equipment	-3,082	-3,011	-3,066	55	1.8
	ADP equipment	-4,231	-2,461	-2,016	-445	-18.1
	Telecommunications equipment	-1,625	-1,325	-1,794	469	35.4
	Civil aircraft and confidentialised items(b)(c)	-372	-401	-1,059	658	164.1
	Industrial transport equipment n.e.s.	-1,382	-1,561	-1,627	66	4.2
	Capital goods n.e.s.(d)	-1,284	-1,273	-1,294	21	1.6

Intermediate and other merchandise goods

Intermediate and other merchandise goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Mar 26 ($m)	Apr 26 ($m)	May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 ($m)	Apr 26 to May 26 (%)
Intermediate and other merchandise goods	-18,153	-20,656	-20,718	62	0.3
	Food and beverages, mainly for industry	-299	-317	-298	-19	-6.0
	Primary industrial supplies n.e.s.(b)	-235	-295	-206	-89	-30.2
	Fuels and lubricants(c)	-6,284	-8,601	-8,645	44	0.5
	Parts for transport equipment	-2,238	-2,011	-1,937	-74	-3.7
	Parts for ADP equipment	-98	-100	-88	-12	-12.0
	Other parts for capital goods	-2,070	-2,188	-2,136	-52	-2.4
	Organic and inorganic chemicals	-390	-473	-551	78	16.5
	Paper and paperboard	-225	-224	-222	-2	-0.9
	Textile yarn and fabrics	-143	-132	-132	-	-
	Iron and steel	-375	-362	-323	-39	-10.8
	Plastics	-480	-478	-551	73	15.3
	Processed industrial supplies n.e.s.	-5,004	-5,150	-5,347	197	3.8
	Other merchandise goods(d)	-100	-119	-73	-46	-38.7
	Goods procured in ports by carriers(e)	-212	-207	-209	2	1.0

Selected commodities

Percentage movements of selected commodities by quantities and unit value. Commodities are selected from the Harmonized System Classification [1]. See footnotes and International Merchandise Trade, Australia: Concepts, Sources and Methods, 2018 | Australian Bureau of Statistics for further details.

An exchange rate adjustment is applied to any commodity data reported to Home Affairs in foreign currencies. All unit values in this publication are presented in Australian dollar terms.

Selected export commodities, quantities(a)
	Month on month (% change)			Through the year (% change)(b)
	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	May 25 to May 26
Iron ore - Lump	13.3	9.8	1.4	5.3
Iron ore - Fines	15.5	6.8	10.2	5.9
Coal - Hard coking	11.7	20.1	12.6	10.3
Coal - Semi-soft	8.0	6.9	-1.3	26.1
Coal - Thermal	13.2	7.2	8.8	34.6
Gas - LNG	9.0	-2.2	-7.6	-7.6

Data in this table is on a revised international merchandise trade basis.
Change between the current month and the corresponding month of the previous year.
Detailed commodity codes are included in the Footnotes.

Selected import commodities, quantities(a)
	Month on month (% change)			Through the year (% change)(b)
	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	May 25 to May 26
Crude Petroleum	42.6	-24.0	22.8	12.2
Gasoline	22.3	-9.5	-10.3	-9.3
Diesel	-10.5	38.0	1.8	19.3
Kerosene (Aviation Fuel)	-10.3	0.7	-0.6	-10.8

Data in this table is on a revised international merchandise trade basis.
Change between the current month and the corresponding month of the previous year.
Detailed commodity codes are included in the Footnotes.

Selected export commodities, unit values(a)
	Month on month (% change)			Through the year (% change)(b)
	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	May 25 to May 26
Iron ore - Lump	7.8	-0.6	-0.8	-5.7
Iron ore - Fines	-0.8	2.9	-6.0	-7.8
Coal - Hard coking	0.5	-1.9	-1.6	5.8
Coal - Semi-soft	3.2	-6.4	4.0	6.7
Coal - Thermal	3.0	2.7	3.6	17.6
Gas - LNG	2.1	3.3	-5.6	-17.5

Data in this table is on a revised international merchandise trade basis.
Change between the current month and the corresponding month of the previous year.

Selected import commodities, unit values(a)
	Month on month (% change)			Through the year (% change)(b)
	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	May 25 to May 26
Crude Petroleum	22.3	33.9	-4.5	45.5
Gasoline	47.0	12.8	-3.9	53.8
Diesel	38.7	33.1	-10.6	104.7
Kerosene (Aviation Fuel)	55.9	31.9	-10.8	107.4

Data in this table is on a revised international merchandise trade basis.
Change between the current month and the corresponding month of the previous year.

Country movements

On an international merchandise trade basis, in original terms, the largest movements by country between the previous month and current month for the following selected commodities were:

Exports of iron ore (lump), movement by country, Apr 26 to May 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Iron ore (lump) - Total movement	16	0.6	1.4	-0.8
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	170	7.6	7.3	0.3
Vietnam	36	154.3	166.7	-4.7
Korea, Republic of (South)	-14	-9.7	-8.4	-1.4
Taiwan	-42	-45.0	-46.2	2.2
Japan	-129	-37.8	-27.1	-14.6

Exports of iron ore (fines), movement by country, Apr 26 to May 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Iron ore (fines) - Total movement	246	3.5	10.2	-6.0
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	277	4.6	11.3	-6.0
Japan	37	13.0	22.7	-7.9
Vietnam	29	42.1	56.2	-9.0
Indonesia	-43	-44.6	-38.0	-10.6
Taiwan	-51	-61.5	-60.4	-2.9

Exports of hard coking (high rank) coal, movement by country, Apr 26 to May 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
High rank coal - Total movement	236	10.8	12.6	-1.6
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	145	79.8	74.8	2.8
Sweden	83	-	-	-
Vietnam	79	72.7	67.4	3.1
Belgium	73	-	-	-
Korea, Republic of (South)	-123	-31.7	-21.9	-12.6

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Exports of semi soft coal, movement by country, Apr 26 to May 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Semi soft coal - Total movement	29	2.6	-1.3	4.0
Japan	105	32.7	30.1	2.1
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	29	-	-	-
Vietnam	-25	-63.2	-59.8	-8.5
Taiwan	-28	-26.5	-23.1	-4.5
Korea, Republic of (South)	-47	-32.1	-38.7	10.8

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Exports of thermal coal, movement by country, Apr 26 to May 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Thermal coal - Total movement	296	12.7	8.8	3.6
Japan	269	37.5	41.8	-3.0
Korea, Republic of (South)	154	82.7	55.1	17.8
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	132	31.0	27.9	2.4
Taiwan	-68	-18.3	-17.7	-0.7
India	-87	-100.0	-100.0	-

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Exports of Liquid Natural Gas, movement by country, Apr 26 to May 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) - Total movement	-567	-12.7	-7.6	-5.6

Imports of crude petroleum, movement by country, Apr 26 to May 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Crude petroleum - Total movement	157	17.3	22.8	-4.5
Vietnam	151	-	-	-
Nigeria	131	-	-	-
United States of America	111	45.0	57.9	-8.2
Malaysia	-119	-40.4	-35.8	-7.2
Algeria	-166	-100.0	-100.0	-

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Imports of gasoline, movement by country, Apr 26 to May 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Gasoline - Total movement	-165	-13.8	-10.3	-3.9
Korea, Republic of (South)	-174	-81.8	-81.7	-0.6
United States of America	-122	-67.7	-61.2	-16.7
India	-73	-48.7	-52.6	8.4
Singapore	-52	-10.2	-11.5	1.5
Netherlands	226	-	-	-

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Imports of diesel, movement by country, Apr 26 to May 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Diesel - Total movement	-498	-8.9	1.8	-10.6
Korea, Republic of (South)	-824	-39.9	-32.4	-11.1
United States of America	-300	-48.5	-52.3	8.1
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd	-209	-88.4	-83.1	-31.3
India	109	64.5	67.6	-1.8
Singapore	601	142.5	176.6	-12.3

Imports of kerosene (aviation fuel), movement by country, Apr 26 to May 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Kerosene - Total movement	-131	-11.4	-0.6	-10.8
Malaysia	-532	-74.0	-71.8	-7.6
United States of America	-98	-100.0	-100.0	38.0
Brunei Darussalam	82	-	-	-
India	84	-	-	-
Korea, Republic of (South)	282	202.8	223.4	-6.4

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Value adjustments

Goods credits on an international merchandise trade basis

On a merchandise trade basis, adjustments have been applied to iron ore lumps and iron ore fines. When final transaction information becomes available, the adjusted estimates are replaced with this data. For price and volume details, see the Selected commodities section.

Goods credits on a balance of payments basis

Coal (in original terms)

Adjustments to the value of coal, coke and briquettes exports are applied to account for delays in reporting of final export contract prices. These adjustments are applied on a balance of payments basis, resulting in differences between merchandise trade and balance of payments basis unit value data. When final transaction information becomes available, revisions are incorporated on a merchandise trade basis and the balance of payments adjustment is replaced with final data.

In the international merchandise trade series, the unit value of coal, coke and briquettes fell -0.1% between March 2026 and April 2026 and rose 1.9% between April 2026 and May 2026.

Coal, coke and briquettes adjustment, BoP Basis
	Nov 25 ($m)	Dec 25 ($m)	Jan 26 ($m)	Feb 26 ($m)	Mar 26 ($m)	Apr 26 ($m)	May 26 ($m)
Coal, coke and briquettes	-	-	-	75	70	-85	-205

In the balance of payments series, the unit value of coal, coke and briquettes fell -2.9% between March 2026 and April 2026 and 0.0% between April 2026 and May 2026.

Goods debits on a balance of payments basis

Adjustments to the value of Fuels and lubricants imports are applied to account for delays in reporting of final prices. This adjustment is applied on a balance of payments basis, resulting in differences between merchandise trade and balance of payments basis data. When final transaction information becomes available, revisions are incorporated on a merchandise trade basis and the balance of payments adjustment is replaced with final data.

Confidential Commodities List

International trade in goods statistics are subject to confidentiality. Where necessary, a restriction is placed, at the commodity level, to restrict the level of detail available. Depending on the nature of restriction, this may be all detail relating to the product (no commodity details), or a restriction of only some variables (e.g. selected country details). Users of this publication and other international trade statistics should use the Confidential Commodities List (CCL) in Table 92 to determine whether a particular statistic has been subject to confidentiality restrictions, and therefore may not represent the true aggregate value.

The CCL Data Cube registers all import and export commodities subject to a confidentiality restriction and presents information under the following headings:

changes and new restrictions to import items in the current month
changes and new restrictions to export items in the current month
all import restrictions from January 1988 to the current month
all export restrictions from January 1988 to the current month.

There are additional confidentiality applications that impact ABS international trade in goods statistics that are not reflected in this data cube. These are presented in the International Merchandise Trade, Australia: Concepts, Sources and Methods which also provides more detailed information on international merchandise trade confidentiality.

For further information, including how to interpret the Confidential Commodities List, please see the Explanatory Notes section in Table 92.

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Table 17. Summary of revisions, goods
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Table 91. Monthly combined seasonal adjustment factors
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International Trade in Goods on a Balance of Payments Basis - Value of exports and imports in original, seasonally adjusted and trend, monthly, July 1971 onwards

Merchandise Exports by Commodity (SITC) - Value of exports on an merchandise trade basis, by country and state, monthly, January 1995 onwards

Merchandise Imports by Commodity (SITC) - Value of imports on a merchandise trade basis, by country and state, monthly, January 1995 onwards

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Revisions

Revisions have been made to incorporate the latest data since the last issue of this publication.

On an international merchandise trade basis, goods exports and imports have been revised back to November 2025.

On a balance of payments basis, revisions have been applied to:

Goods exports back to October 2025
Goods imports back to October 2025

Table 17 summarises revisions to goods on a balance of payments basis since the last issue of this publication.

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 5368.0.

Footnotes

Export commodity codes used in 'selected commodities'

Iron ore - Lump: 26011110 Non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates, lump and run-of-mine (excl. roasted iron pyrites)

Iron ore - Fines: 26011120 Non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates, fines (excl. roasted iron pyrites)

Coal - Hard Coking: 27011213 Bituminous high rank (hard coking) metallurgical coal, whether or not pulverised, not agglomerated

Coal - Semi-soft: 27011214 Bituminous semi-soft coking metallurgical coal and PCI metallurgical coal, whether or not pulverised, not agglomerated

Coal - Thermal: 27011299 Bituminous coal (incl. steaming (thermal) coal) but (excl. metallurgical coal, jet and brown coal (lignite)), whether or not pulverised, not agglomerated

Gas - LNG: 27111100 Liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Import commodity codes used in 'selected commodities'

Crude Petroleum: 2709001052 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude, for use as a petroleum refinery feedstock at a factory specified in a licence granted pursuant to part IV of the Excise Act 1901

Gasoline: 2710126908 Gasoline (petrol) (excl. blends of gasoline and ethanol; gasoline for use as fuel in aircraft and waste gasoline)

Diesel: 2710192831 Diesel (excl. blends of biodiesel and other substances, of HS 27101980; blends of diesel and ethanol of HS 2710; marine diesel fuel for use as ships' bunkers; light oils and waste oils)

Kerosene (Aviation Fuel): 2710194052 Kerosene for use as a fuel in aircraft (excl. light oil and waste oils)

Methodology

Scope

This publication includes:

Preliminary estimates of Australia's international trade in goods on a balance of payments basis.
International trade in goods on a merchandise trade basis.

Geography

Data is available for:

Australia
States and territories

Partner country trade data is attributed based on the country of origin for imports and country of final destination for exports.

Source

International merchandise trade data (exports and imports) are primarily based on administrative data from customs declarations collected by the Department of Home Affairs (Home Affairs).

Collection method

Merchandise trade data are primarily compiled from administrative customs data
Adjustments for classification, coverage and timing are made to international merchandise trade data to convert them to a balance of payments basis.

Concepts, sources and methods

Descriptions of the underlying concepts and methods used on a merchandise trade basis are available in International Merchandise Trade, Australia: Concepts, Sources and Methods.

History of changes

From the September 2023 reference month release, international trade in services data is no longer produced on a monthly basis.

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Key statistics

Trade overview

Goods credits

Rural goods

Non-rural goods

Goods debits

Consumption goods

Capital goods

Intermediate and other merchandise goods

Selected commodities

Country movements

Value adjustments

Goods credits on an international merchandise trade basis

Goods credits on a balance of payments basis

Coal (in original terms)

Goods debits on a balance of payments basis

Confidential Commodities List

Data downloads

Time series spreadsheets

Table 1. Goods, summary - seasonally adjusted and trend estimates, current prices

Table 2. Goods, summary - original, current prices

Table 3. Goods credits, original, current prices

Table 4. Goods debits, original, current prices

Table 5. Goods credits, seasonally adjusted, current prices

Table 6. Goods debits, seasonally adjusted, current prices

Table 7. Goods credits, trend estimates, current prices

Table 8. Goods debits, trend estimates, current prices

Table 12a. Merchandise exports, standard international trade classification (1 and 2 digit), FOB value

Table 12b. Merchandise exports, standard international trade classification (3 digit), FOB value

Table 13a. Merchandise imports, standard international trade classification (1 and 2 digit), customs value

Table 13b. Merchandise imports, standard international trade classification (3 digit), customs value

Table 14a. Merchandise exports, by country, FOB value

Table 14b. Merchandise imports, by country, customs value

Table 15a. Merchandise exports, state and Australia, FOB value

Table 15b. Merchandise imports, state and Australia, customs value

Table 17. Summary of revisions, goods

Table 31. Merchandise exports, broad economic category, FOB value

Table 32a. Merchandise exports, industry (ANZSIC 2006), FOB value

Table 33. Merchandise imports, broad economic category, customs value

Table 34. Merchandise imports, balance of payments broad economic category, customs value

Table 35a. Merchandise imports, industry (ANZSIC 2006), customs value

Table 36a. Merchandise exports, state of origin New South Wales, by country, FOB value

Table 36b. Merchandise exports, state of origin Victoria, by country, FOB value

Table 36c. Merchandise exports, state of origin Queensland, by country, FOB value

Table 36d. Merchandise exports, state of origin South Australia, by country, FOB value

Table 36e. Merchandise exports, state of origin Western Australia, by country, FOB value

Table 36f. Merchandise exports, state of origin Tasmania, by country, FOB value

Table 36g. Merchandise exports, state of origin Northern Territory, by country, FOB value

Table 36h. Merchandise exports, state of origin Australian Capital Territory, by country, FOB value

Table 36i. Merchandise exports, state of origin not available, by country, FOB value

Table 36j. Merchandise exports, re-exports, by country, FOB value

Table 37a. Merchandise imports, state of destination New South Wales, by country, customs value

Table 37b. Merchandise imports, state of destination Victoria, by country, customs value

Table 37c. Merchandise imports, state of destination Queensland, by country, customs value

Table 37d. Merchandise imports, state of destination South Australia, by country, customs value

Table 37e. Merchandise imports, state of destination Western Australia, by country, customs value

Table 37f. Merchandise imports, state of destination Tasmania, by country, customs value

Table 37g. Merchandise imports, state of destination Northern Territory, by country, customs value

Table 37h. Merchandise imports, state of destination Australian Capital Territory, by country, customs value

Table 37i. Merchandise imports, state of destination not available, by country, customs value

Table 91. Monthly combined seasonal adjustment factors

Table 92. Confidential commodities list

Data Cubes

Table 18. Balance of payments broad economic categories (detailed level), by country, latest 7 months, customs value, ($million)

Table 19. Balance of payments broad economic categories (1 and 2 digit), by country, latest 7 months, customs value, ($million)

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Revisions

Previous catalogue number

Footnotes

Export commodity codes used in 'selected commodities'

Import commodity codes used in 'selected commodities'

Methodology

Scope

Geography

Source

Collection method

Concepts, sources and methods