5368.0 - International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia, Apr 2003  
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Feature Article - International Trade in Services by State, 2002


This article is associated with International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia (ABS cat. no. 5368.0) April 2003

Introduction

This article provides calendar year 2002 data for Australia's international trade in services by state.

Tables F1 and F2 show, for credits (exports) and debits (imports) respectively, Australia's international trade in services for 2002, classified by state, for 11 broad service types, with more detailed components also shown.

Interpretation of data

Service credits are classified by the state of provision, while services debits are classified by the state of consumption. Confidentiality constraints severely restrict the detail that can be provided for some states and territories. Care should be exercised in interpreting the data.

While the state allocation methods for transportation, travel and communication services are considered reasonable, especially for the analysis of movements in the services, the allocation for other services (about 25% of all trade in services) is primarily based on the location of the business reporting the information, which serves as a proxy for the state of provision/consumption of that service.

Transportation services are allocated by state using a combination of indicators including merchandise trade statistics by state and short-term overseas passenger arrivals and departures by state of clearance.

Overseas passenger departures data by the state where most time was spent are used to allocate the business and personal travel components of travel credits. Education-related travel credits are split using state data provided by the Department of Education, Science and Training. Travel debits are split using overseas departures data for resident departures by state.

For communication services, a domestic indicator for allocating the consumption of telecommunications and postal services by state in the national accounts is used to approximate the state allocation of the international trade in these services. It is assumed that each state's share of outgoing international calls and terminating connections for incoming international calls will be reasonably well aligned with total service consumption by state or territory.

Further information

Further information and longer time series for both calendar and financial year data by state can be obtained by contacting Kevin Yeadon on Canberra 02 6252 6255, or fax 02 6252 8003, or email at k.yeadon@abs.gov.au.





TABLE F1: INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES CREDITS (EXPORTS) BY STATE, 2002

NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Australia Total
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m

Transportation
3,210
2,096
1,444
131
708
14
69
0
7,672
Travel
5,918
2,923
3,657
449
1,464
118
159
183
14,871
Business
452
178
308
26
105
7
15
10
1,101
Personal
5,466
2,745
3,349
423
1,359
111
144
173
13,767
Education related
1,531
1,188
684
200
440
39
11
86
4,179
Other
3,935
1,557
2,665
223
919
72
133
87
9,591
Communication (a)
401
223
164
96
79
19
10
47
1,038
Construction services
12
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
0
0
n.p.
106
Insurance services
440
233
0
0
0
0
0
0
673
Financial services
460
321
3
0
0
0
0
0
784
Computer & information services
836
n.p.
n.p.
24
7
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
1,073
Royalties and licence fees
341
122
28
n.p.
15
n.p.
n.p.
9
527
Other business services
2,229
808
83
111
165
n.p.
n.p.
21
3,471
Merchanting
118
64
8
n.p.
4
n.p.
n.p.
2
207
Other trade related services
242
32
n.p.
n.p.
7
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
310
Operational leasing services
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
27
Professional services
652
134
10
9
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
811
Research and Development
101
136
10
5
9
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
273
Architectural, engineering and other technical services
187
223
28
9
87
n.p.
n.p.
6
579
Agriculture, mining and on-site processing
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
58
Services between affiliated enterprises n.i.e
718
161
8
n.p.
24
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
924
Other
165
53
7
46
9
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
281
Confidential items - other business services (b)
46
5
12
42
25
n.p.
n.p.
13
..
Personal, cultural, and recreational services
232
126
108
100
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
18
630
Audiovisual and related services
82
16
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
104
Other personal, cultural and recreational services
150
110
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
526
Government services n.i.e.
41
12
4
49
16
0
211
445
775
Confidential items (b)
0
212
72
16
51
15
40
1
..
Total
14,120
7,076
5,563
976
2,505
166
489
724
31,619

(a) Communication services includes other services n.i.e.
(b) For cells annotated 'n.p.' the data are included in Confidential items


TABLE F2: INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES DEBITS (IMPORTS) BY STATE, 2002

NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Australia Total
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m

Transportation
-4,769
-3,043
-1,644
-326
-1,078
-38
-105
0
-11,003
Travel
-4,472
-2,857
-1,656
-523
-1,272
-135
-90
-242
-11,247
Business
-1,177
-746
-351
-108
-284
-31
-18
-64
-2,779
Personal
-3,295
-2,111
-1,305
-415
-988
-104
-72
-178
-8,468
Education related
-220
-212
-96
-39
-66
-7
-3
-17
-660
Other
-3,075
-1,899
-1,209
-376
-922
-97
-69
-161
-7,808
Communication (a)
-469
-404
-256
-121
-134
-30
-14
-24
-1,452
Construction services
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Insurance services
-688
-168
0
0
0
0
0
0
-856
Financial services
-360
-196
0
0
0
0
0
0
-556
Computer & information services
-309
-139
-10
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
0
0
-504
Royalties and licence fees
-1,270
-457
-23
-82
n.p.
0
n.p.
n.p.
-1,865
Other business services
-1,667
-1,104
-201
-109
-662
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
-3,785
Merchanting and other trade related services
-62
-61
n.p.
-66
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
-379
Operational leasing services
n.p.
-418
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
-883
Professional services
-351
-118
-13
-6
-30
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
-523
Research and Development
-59
-49
-1
0
0
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
-117
Architectural, engineering and other technical services
-116
-133
n.p.
-12
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
-560
Agriculture, mining and on-site processing
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
-160
Services between affiliated enterprises n.i.e
-526
-210
-48
n.p.
-76
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
-868
Other
-157
n.p.
-12
n.p.
-18
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
-295
Confidential items - other business services (b)
-396
-115
-127
-25
-538
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
..
Personal, cultural, and recreational services
-688
-109
-10
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
-861
Audiovisual and related services
-652
-53
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
-733
Other personal, cultural and recreational services
-36
-56
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
-128
Government services n.i.e.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-671
-671
Confidential items (b)
0
0
0
-67
-61
-15
-13
-19
..
Total
-14,692
-8,477
-3,800
-1,228
-3,207
-218
-222
-956
-32,800

(a) Communication services includes other services n.i.e.
(b) For cells annotated 'n.p.' the data are included in Confidential items


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