5368.0 - International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia, Feb 2017 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 04/04/2017   
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FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES

Dec 2016
Jan 2017
Feb 2017
Jan 17 to Feb 17
$m
$m
$m
% change

BALANCE ON GOODS AND SERVICES
Trend estimates
2 098
2 775
3 320
20
Seasonally adjusted
3 701
1 503
3 574
138
CREDITS (Exports of goods & services)
Trend estimates
31 490
32 317
32 957
2
Seasonally adjusted
33 061
31 936
32 405
1
DEBITS (Imports of goods & services)
Trend estimates
29 392
29 542
29 637
-
Seasonally adjusted
29 360
30 433
28 832
-5

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Balance on Goods and Services
Graph: This graph shows the Balance on Goods and Services for the Trend and Seasonally adjusted series



FEBRUARY KEY POINTS


BALANCE ON GOODS AND SERVICES
  • In trend terms, the balance on goods and services was a surplus of $3,320m in February 2017, an increase of $545m (20%) on the surplus in January 2017.
  • In seasonally adjusted terms, the balance on goods and services was a surplus of $3,574m in February 2017, an increase of $2,071m on the surplus in January 2017.


CREDITS (EXPORTS OF GOODS AND SERVICES)
  • In seasonally adjusted terms, goods and services credits rose $469m (1%) to $32,405m. Non-monetary gold rose $352m (33%) and non-rural goods rose $236m (1%). Rural goods fell $195m (5%). Net exports of goods under merchanting remained steady at $41m. Services credits rose $76m (1%).


DEBITS (IMPORTS OF GOODS AND SERVICES)
  • In seasonally adjusted terms, goods and services debits fell $1,601m (5%) to $28,832m. Consumption goods fell $859m (10%) and intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $792m (9%). Capital goods rose $77m (1%) and non-monetary gold rose $2m. Services debits fell $28m.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
March 2017 4 May 2017
April 2017 8 June 2017
May 2017 6 July 2017
June 2017 3 August 2017
July 2017 7 September 2017
August 2017 5 October 2017



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INQUIRIES

For further information contact Balance of Payments on Canberra (02) 6252 5540 for Goods, and International Trade in Services on Hobart (03) 6222 5706 for Services.