International Trade in Goods

Latest release

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

Reference period

August 2026

Released

1/10/2026

Release date and time

01/10/2026 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

The seasonally adjusted balance on goods decreased $856m in August.
Goods credits (exports) increased $1,707m (3.7%) driven by Non-monetary gold and Coal, coke and briquettes.
Goods debits (imports) increased $2,563m (5.8%) driven by ADP equipment and Non-monetary gold.

Trade overview

Key Figures, seasonally adjusted
		Jun 26 ($m)	Jul 26 ($m)	Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 (%)
Balance on goods		1,962	1,351	495	-856	na
	Credits (Exports of goods)	47,411	45,726	47,433	1,707	3.7
	Debits (Imports of goods)	-45,449	-44,375	-46,938	2,563	5.8

na not applicable

Balance on goods
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Aug-22	12,711	13,439
Sep-22	15,823	13,272
Oct-22	15,099	13,189
Nov-22	13,751	13,284
Dec-22	12,345	13,482
Jan-23	11,411	13,602
Feb-23	15,080	13,373
Mar-23	14,459	12,840
Apr-23	10,149	12,029
May-23	10,598	11,035
Jun-23	9,925	10,072
Jul-23	8,109	9,329
Aug-23	10,835	8,954
Sep-23	6,636	8,881
Oct-23	8,459	8,980
Nov-23	11,066	9,042
Dec-23	9,179	8,932
Jan-24	9,531	8,522
Feb-24	8,248	7,849
Mar-24	4,483	7,067
Apr-24	5,941	6,291
May-24	5,353	5,687
Jun-24	5,565	5,318
Jul-24	5,270	5,134
Aug-24	5,730	5,077
Sep-24	3,884	4,961
Oct-24	4,816	4,806
Nov-24	6,012	4,704
Dec-24	3,979	4,636
Jan-25	4,391	4,525
Feb-25	3,337	4,454
Mar-25	6,907	4,397
Apr-25	4,536	4,303
May-25	2,067	4,211
Jun-25	4,458	4,065
Jul-25	6,320	3,835
Aug-25	872	3,582
Sep-25	3,499	3,468
Oct-25	4,280	3,485
Nov-25	2,329	3,570
Dec-25	3,198	3,588
Jan-26	2,546	3,356
Feb-26	5,184	2,751
Mar-26	-2,117	1,967
Apr-26	1,306	1,363
May-26	-2,819	1,032
Jun-26	1,962	1,047
Jul-26	1,351	1,293
Aug-26	495	1,663

Balance on goods

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Goods credits

Goods credits (exports), seasonally adjusted
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Aug-22	50,816	50,841
Sep-22	53,932	50,699
Oct-22	52,489	50,369
Nov-22	50,137	50,030
Dec-22	48,974	49,723
Jan-23	49,590	49,373
Feb-23	48,596	48,827
Mar-23	49,949	48,142
Apr-23	45,906	47,334
May-23	47,179	46,534
Jun-23	44,955	45,936
Jul-23	44,341	45,612
Aug-23	46,790	45,557
Sep-23	45,408	45,637
Oct-23	46,197	45,697
Nov-23	45,693	45,571
Dec-23	44,675	45,247
Jan-24	45,506	44,740
Feb-24	45,641	44,176
Mar-24	43,578	43,700
Apr-24	42,634	43,301
May-24	43,052	42,946
Jun-24	42,949	42,591
Jul-24	42,804	42,250
Aug-24	42,751	42,018
Sep-24	40,392	41,868
Oct-24	41,299	41,890
Nov-24	42,756	42,139
Dec-24	42,684	42,508
Jan-25	43,566	42,815
Feb-25	42,019	43,051
Mar-25	44,893	43,165
Apr-25	43,047	43,152
May-25	41,921	43,169
Jun-25	43,999	43,277
Jul-25	45,207	43,472
Aug-25	41,120	43,720
Sep-25	44,128	44,014
Oct-25	45,828	44,251
Nov-25	44,106	44,413
Dec-25	44,230	44,508
Jan-26	43,659	44,579
Feb-26	45,299	44,620
Mar-26	43,358	44,746
Apr-26	47,037	45,081
May-26	43,206	45,477
Jun-26	47,411	45,890
Jul-26	45,726	46,297
Aug-26	47,433	46,651

Goods credits (exports), seasonally adjusted

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Goods credits, seasonally adjusted
			Jun 26 ($m)	Jul 26 ($m)	Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 (%)
Total goods credits			47,411	45,726	47,433	1,707	3.7
	General merchandise		40,113	40,312	40,939	627	1.6
		Rural goods	6,250	6,439	6,377	-62	-1.0
		Non-rural goods	33,863	33,873	34,562	689	2.0
	Net exports of goods under merchanting(a)		61	63	63	-	-
	Non-monetary gold(a)		7,237	5,351	6,431	1,080	20.2

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

This component is not seasonally adjusted.

Rural goods

Rural goods, seasonally adjusted
	Jun 26 ($m)	Jul 26 ($m)	Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 (%)
Rural goods	6,250	6,439	6,377	-62	-1.0
	Meat and meat preparations	2,441	2,297	2,248	-49	-2.1
	Cereal grains and cereal preparations	1,129	1,338	1,281	-57	-4.3
	Wool and sheepskins	309	279	284	5	1.8
	Other rural(a)	2,371	2,526	2,564	38	1.5

Non-rural goods

Non-rural goods, seasonally adjusted
	Jun 26 ($m)	Jul 26 ($m)	Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 (%)
Non-rural goods	33,863	33,873	34,562	689	2.0
	Metal ores and minerals	14,045	13,723	13,511	-212	-1.5
	Coal, coke and briquettes	6,544	6,328	6,623	295	4.7
	Other mineral fuels	6,403	7,059	7,259	200	2.8
	Metals (excl. non-monetary gold)	1,657	1,532	1,701	169	11.0
	Machinery	1,384	1,427	1,434	7	0.5
	Transport equipment	535	592	530	-62	-10.5
	Other manufactures	2,311	2,198	2,215	17	0.8
	Other non-rural (incl. sugar and beverages)(a)	639	694	952	258	37.2
	Goods procured in ports by carriers(b)	345	320	337	17	5.3

Goods debits

Goods debits (imports), seasonally adjusted
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Aug-22	38,105	37,402
Sep-22	38,109	37,427
Oct-22	37,391	37,180
Nov-22	36,386	36,745
Dec-22	36,629	36,241
Jan-23	38,179	35,771
Feb-23	33,516	35,454
Mar-23	35,490	35,302
Apr-23	35,756	35,305
May-23	36,580	35,499
Jun-23	35,030	35,864
Jul-23	36,232	36,283
Aug-23	35,954	36,604
Sep-23	38,772	36,756
Oct-23	37,738	36,717
Nov-23	34,627	36,528
Dec-23	35,496	36,314
Jan-24	35,975	36,218
Feb-24	37,393	36,327
Mar-24	39,095	36,634
Apr-24	36,693	37,010
May-24	37,698	37,259
Jun-24	37,384	37,272
Jul-24	37,534	37,116
Aug-24	37,021	36,941
Sep-24	36,509	36,907
Oct-24	36,483	37,084
Nov-24	36,744	37,435
Dec-24	38,705	37,872
Jan-25	39,175	38,290
Feb-25	38,681	38,597
Mar-25	37,986	38,768
Apr-25	38,511	38,850
May-25	39,854	38,958
Jun-25	39,541	39,212
Jul-25	38,888	39,638
Aug-25	40,248	40,137
Sep-25	40,629	40,546
Oct-25	41,548	40,767
Nov-25	41,777	40,842
Dec-25	41,032	40,921
Jan-26	41,114	41,223
Feb-26	40,115	41,868
Mar-26	45,475	42,779
Apr-26	45,731	43,719
May-26	46,025	44,445
Jun-26	45,449	44,843
Jul-26	44,375	45,004
Aug-26	46,938	44,988

Goods debits (imports), seasonally adjusted

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Goods debits(a), seasonally adjusted
			Jun 26 ($m)	Jul 26 ($m)	Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 (%)
Total goods debits			-45,449	-44,375	-46,938	2,563	5.8
	General merchandise debits		-43,052	-42,724	-43,783	1,059	2.5
		Consumption goods	-13,140	-13,716	-12,762	-954	-7.0
		Capital goods	-10,473	-10,798	-13,208	2,410	22.3
		Intermediate and other merchandise goods	-19,439	-18,210	-17,813	-397	-2.2
	Non-monetary gold(b)		-2,397	-1,651	-3,155	1,504	91.1

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

Consumption goods

Consumption goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Jun 26 ($m)	Jul 26 ($m)	Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 (%)
Consumption goods	-13,140	-13,716	-12,762	-954	-7.0
	Food and beverages, mainly for consumption	-1,793	-1,854	-1,908	54	2.9
	Household electrical items	-688	-708	-696	-12	-1.7
	Non-industrial transport equipment	-3,976	-4,382	-3,455	-927	-21.2
	Textiles, clothing and footwear	-1,998	-1,960	-2,001	41	2.1
	Toys, books and leisure goods	-790	-766	-796	30	3.9
	Consumption goods n.e.s.	-3,895	-4,047	-3,905	-142	-3.5

Capital goods

Capital goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Jun 26 ($m)	Jul 26 ($m)	Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 (%)
Capital goods	-10,473	-10,798	-13,208	2,410	22.3
	Machinery and industrial equipment	-3,389	-3,145	-3,222	77	2.4
	ADP equipment	-1,551	-2,404	-4,311	1,907	79.3
	Telecommunications equipment	-1,633	-1,652	-1,850	198	12.0
	Civil aircraft and confidentialised items(b)(c)	-684	-799	-1,037	238	29.8
	Industrial transport equipment n.e.s.	-1,422	-1,538	-1,452	-86	-5.6
	Capital goods n.e.s.(d)	-1,794	-1,259	-1,337	78	6.2

Intermediate and other merchandise goods

Intermediate and other merchandise goods(a), seasonally adjusted
	Jun 26 ($m)	Jul 26 ($m)	Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 ($m)	Jul 26 to Aug 26 (%)
Intermediate and other merchandise goods	-19,439	-18,210	-17,813	-397	-2.2
	Food and beverages, mainly for industry	-296	-302	-300	-2	-0.7
	Primary industrial supplies n.e.s.(b)	-455	-217	-500	283	130.4
	Fuels and lubricants(c)	-6,463	-6,071	-5,768	-303	-5.0
	Parts for transport equipment	-1,927	-1,984	-1,733	-251	-12.7
	Parts for ADP equipment	-103	-123	-108	-15	-12.2
	Other parts for capital goods	-2,241	-2,204	-2,237	33	1.5
	Organic and inorganic chemicals	-472	-437	-488	51	11.7
	Paper and paperboard	-229	-225	-227	2	0.9
	Textile yarn and fabrics	-145	-144	-144	-	-
	Iron and steel	-423	-453	-466	13	2.9
	Plastics	-594	-586	-586	-	-
	Processed industrial supplies n.e.s.	-5,496	-5,104	-4,915	-189	-3.7
	Other merchandise goods(d)	-319	-70	-52	-18	-25.7
	Goods procured in ports by carriers(e)	-277	-289	-289	-	-

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)
	Jun 26	Jul 26	Aug 26	Aug 25 to Aug 26
Iron ore - Lump	7.6	-21.4	17.2	11.0
Iron ore - Fines	-2.2	-11.1	6.0	4.5
Coal - Hard coking	7.3	-19.6	16.3	13.0
Coal - Semi-soft	12.6	-21.4	10.5	-4.0
Coal - Thermal	16.6	-15.7	9.9	11.0
Gas - LNG	11.1	8.4	-0.2	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.

Selected import commodities, quantities(a)
	Month on month (% change)			Through the year (% change)(b)
	Jun 26	Jul 26	Aug 26	Aug 25 to Aug 26
Crude Petroleum	-2.4	-21.7	-15.1	-18.3
Gasoline	-6.7	2.3	18.4	5.5
Diesel	-16.5	-0.3	-8.4	-11.7
Kerosene (Aviation Fuel)	10.5	-2.3	-22.0	-31.6

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.

Selected export commodities, unit values(a)
	Month on month (% change)			Through the year (% change)(b)
	Jun 26	Jul 26	Aug 26	Aug 25 to Aug 26
Iron ore - Lump	-2.0	-0.5	-4.4	-15.2
Iron ore - Fines	-0.1	-4.0	-3.0	-14.3
Coal - Hard coking	3.5	4.1	-4.2	14.9
Coal - Semi-soft	2.4	0.9	2.5	12.2
Coal - Thermal	4.9	2.0	-6.4	14.7
Gas - LNG	12.6	15.4	1.8	13.0

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)
	Jun 26	Jul 26	Aug 26	Aug 25 to Aug 26
Crude Petroleum	-8.7	0.0	-10.2	21.7
Gasoline	-12.2	-1.3	-0.7	31.6
Diesel	-15.1	0.2	8.3	57.0
Kerosene (Aviation Fuel)	-15.7	-3.8	14.1	61.5

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.

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, Jul 26 to Aug 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Iron ore (lump) - Total movement	278	12.0	17.2	-4.4
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	314	17.6	22.1	-3.7
Korea, Republic of (South)	71	69.1	97.7	-14.5
Taiwan	-23	-26.0	-22.6	-4.4
Japan	-28	-10.7	-10.1	-0.6
Vietnam	-35	-73.7	-73.3	-1.3

Exports of iron ore (fines), movement by country, Jul 26 to Aug 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Iron ore (fines) - Total movement	171	2.9	6.0	-3.0
Korea, Republic of (South)	83	28.8	42.3	-9.5
Indonesia	66	-	-	-
Japan	57	28.5	37.5	-6.5
Vietnam	37	64.2	64.2	-
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	-131	-2.4	0.1	-2.6

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Exports of hard coking (high rank) coal, movement by country, Jul 26 to Aug 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
High rank coal - Total movement	255	11.4	16.3	-4.2
India	325	67.4	74.3	-4.0
Taiwan	119	272.6	292.9	-5.2
Turkiye	-54	-71.6	-69.9	-5.7
Japan	-60	-17.5	-15.7	-2.1
Korea, Republic of (South)	-69	-23.0	-20.5	-3.2

Exports of semi soft coal, movement by country, Jul 26 to Aug 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Semi soft coal - Total movement	132	13.3	10.5	2.5
India	128	103.6	98.2	2.7
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	89	500.1	409.6	17.8
Taiwan	38	90.5	76.6	7.9
Indonesia	37	477.1	542.5	-10.2
Japan	-115	-26.0	-24.4	-2.1

Exports of thermal coal, movement by country, Jul 26 to Aug 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Thermal coal - Total movement	78	2.8	9.9	-6.4
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	191	29.6	38.0	-6.1
Japan	125	11.0	17.5	-5.6
Vietnam	-51	-41.6	-41.7	0.2
Korea, Republic of (South)	-56	-17.8	-10.3	-8.4
Thailand	-57	-100.0	-100.0	-

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Exports of Liquid Natural Gas, total movement, Jul 26 to Aug 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) - Total movement	103	1.7	-0.2	1.8

Imports of crude petroleum, movement by country, Jul 26 to Aug 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Crude petroleum - Total movement	-176	-23.7	-15.1	-10.2
United States of America	-223	-68.2	-62.2	-15.7
Brunei Darussalam	-98	-37.9	-34.2	-5.6
United Arab Emirates	67	-	-	-
New Zealand	67	-	-	-
Vietnam	76	-	-	-

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Imports of gasoline, movement by country, Jul 26 to Aug 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Gasoline - Total movement	157	17.5	18.4	-0.7
Korea, Republic of (South)	134	51.4	51.8	-0.3
Belgium	88	-	-	-
Malaysia	45	81.0	80.8	0.1
Singapore	-110	-19.0	-19.5	0.6

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Imports of diesel, movement by country, Jul 26 to Aug 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Diesel - Total movement	-27	-0.9	-8.4	8.3
Malaysia	-173	-57.4	-63.0	14.9
India	-145	-100.0	-100.0	-
Taiwan	-85	-18.8	-25.6	9.1
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	84	161.2	110.5	24.1
Korea, Republic of (South)	255	22.3	5.4	16.0

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Imports of kerosene (aviation fuel), movement by country, Jul 26 to Aug 26
	Value ($m)	Value (%)	Quantity (%)	Unit Value (%)
Kerosene - Total movement	-88	-11.0	-22.0	14.1
Singapore	-60	-44.1	-49.6	11.0
Japan	-60	-100.0	-100.0	-
India	-55	-100.0	-100.0	-
Korea, Republic of (South)	-24	-7.2	-19.1	14.7
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	122	-	-	-

- 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 rose 1.9% between June 2026 and July 2026 and fell -3.5% between July 2026 and August 2026.

Coal, coke and briquettes adjustment, BoP Basis
	Feb 26 ($m)	Mar 26 ($m)	Apr 26 ($m)	May 26 ($m)	Jun 26 ($m)	Jul 26 ($m)	Aug 26 ($m)
Coal, coke and briquettes	-	-	25	40	25	10	10

In the balance of payments series, the unit value of coal, coke and briquettes rose 1.7% between June 2026 and July 2026 and fell -3.5% between July 2026 and August 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 3. Goods credits, original, current prices
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Table 12a. Merchandise exports, standard international trade classification (1 and 2 digit), FOB value
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Table 14a. Merchandise exports, by country, FOB value
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Table 17. Summary of revisions, goods
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Table 31. Merchandise exports, broad economic category, FOB value
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Table 32a. Merchandise exports, industry (ANZSIC 2006), FOB value
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Table 33. Merchandise imports, broad economic category, customs value
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Table 37a. Merchandise imports, state of destination New South Wales, by country, customs value
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Table 37i. Merchandise imports, state of destination not available, by country, customs value
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Table 91. Monthly combined seasonal adjustment factors
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Table 92. Confidential commodities list
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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

Historical revisions have been made to incorporate the latest data relating to International Trade in Goods since the last issue of this publication.

On an international merchandise trade basis, goods exports and imports have been revised back to February 2026.

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

Goods exports back to October 2024
Goods imports back to July 2022

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 27102000; blends of diesel and ethanol of HS 27101922; marine diesel fuel for use as ships' bunkers; light oils, crudes and waste oils)

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

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)

Data Explorer datasets

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