International trade

International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia

The seasonally adjusted balance on goods and services surplus increased $3,012m to $5,630m in September.
Exports of goods and services rose $1,265m (4%) to $33,737m.
Imports of goods and services fell $1,747m (6%) to $28,108m.

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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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International Merchandise Trade, Preliminary, Australia

Exports of goods in October 2020 increased $1,796m (6%) to $30,532m

Imports of goods in October 2020 increased $1,978m (8%) to $25,692m
For October there is a goods trade surplus of $4,840m (original, current price, merchandise trade basis)

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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

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

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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Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia

The current account surplus, seasonally adjusted, rose $8,715m to $17,738m.
Australia's net IIP liability position was $910.6b at 30 June 2020.
The capital and financial account deficit rose $7,787m to $18,636m.
The primary income deficit fell $4,320m to $5,583m.

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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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International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics

This presents statistics on Australia’s international investment position by counterpart countries and supplements the quarterly publication

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