International trade

International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia

The seasonally adjusted balance on goods and services surplus decreased $2,021m to $5,574m in March.
Goods and services credits (exports) fell $681m (2%) to $38,274m.
Goods and services debits (imports) rose $1,340m (4%) to $32,700m.

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International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics

Australia’s net IIP liability position was $947.2b at 31 December 2020, an increase from last year's figure of $934.4b.
Foreign investment in Australia rose $97.1b to $3,990.9b.
Australian investment abroad rose $84.3b to $3,043.7b.

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International Merchandise Trade, Preliminary, Australia

Exports of goods in March 2021 increased $4,599m (15%) to $36,246m
Imports of goods in March 2021 increased $3,643m (15%) to $27,749m
For March 2021 there is a goods trade surplus of $8,496m (original, current price, merchandise trade basis)

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International Merchandise Trade: Confidential Commodities List

This publication details all import and export commodities, which have been subjected to confidentiality restrictions since 1 January 1988

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Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia

The current account surplus, seasonally adjusted, rose $3,817m to $14,523m.
The capital and financial account deficit rose $4,270m to $9,999m.
Australia’s net IIP liability position was $947.2b at 31 December 2020.

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14 December 2020

International Trade: Supplementary Information, Financial Year

This publication is supplementary to the monthly publication, International Trade in Goods and Services and contains detailed financial year data.

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2019-20 financial year

21 October 2020

Characteristics of Australian Exporters

The number of exporters continues to increase, up 7% to 56,772.
Small exporters (up 11%) drove the overall increase in the exporter population.
Small businesses make up 61% of all exporters.
The mining industry make up 1% of exporters but 61% of the export value.

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2018-19 financial year

10 September 2020

Australian Outward Foreign Affiliates Trade

Australian enterprises own 5,176 foreign affiliates.
Australian owned foreign affiliates total number of employees were 412,000.
Australian owned foreign affiliates total sales of goods and services were $213,044m.
Total assets of all Australian owned foreign affiliates were $1,956,303m.

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International Trade: Supplementary Information, Calendar Year

Detailed calendar year statistics on international trade in goods and services, by country and state

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