Exports and imports statistics on a balance of payments and international merchandise trade basis
| Jul 25 ($m) | Aug 25 ($m) | Sep 25 ($m) | Aug 25 to Sep 25 ($m) | Aug 25 to Sep 25 (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance on goods | 6,354 | 1,111 | 3,938 | 2,827 | na | |
| Credits (Exports of goods) | 45,266 | 41,322 | 44,578 | 3,256 | 7.9 | |
| Debits (Imports of goods) | -38,913 | -40,211 | -40,640 | 429 | 1.1 | |
na not applicable
The annual seasonal review (ASR) for monthly International Trade in Goods series has been undertaken to quality assure seasonal adjustment treatments for seasonally adjusted estimates. From the review, it has been determined that the Fuels and lubricants series is no longer seasonal and will not be seasonally adjusted from October 2011 reference month onwards, removing the previous seasonal sub-span.
| Jul 25 ($m) | Aug 25 ($m) | Sep 25 ($m) | Aug 25 to Sep 25 ($m) | Aug 25 to Sep 25 (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total goods credits | 45,266 | 41,322 | 44,578 | 3,256 | 7.9 | |||
| General merchandise | 38,940 | 37,946 | 39,152 | 1,206 | 3.2 | |||
| Rural goods | 6,435 | 6,384 | 6,430 | 46 | 0.7 | |||
| Non-rural goods | 32,505 | 31,562 | 32,723 | 1,161 | 3.7 | |||
| Net exports of goods under merchanting(a) | 82 | 82 | 82 | - | - | |||
| Non-monetary gold(a) | 6,244 | 3,294 | 5,344 | 2,050 | 62.2 | |||
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
| Jul 25 ($m) | Aug 25 ($m) | Sep 25 ($m) | Aug 25 to Sep 25 ($m) | Aug 25 to Sep 25 (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total goods debits | -38,913 | -40,211 | -40,640 | 429 | 1.1 | ||
| General merchandise debits | -37,554 | -38,812 | -39,254 | 442 | 1.1 | ||
| Consumption goods | -11,928 | -12,712 | -12,557 | -155 | -1.2 | ||
| Capital goods | -9,714 | -9,909 | -10,573 | 664 | 6.7 | ||
| Intermediate and other merchandise goods | -15,911 | -16,191 | -16,124 | -67 | -0.4 | ||
| Non-monetary gold(b) | -1,359 | -1,399 | -1,386 | -13 | -0.9 | ||
Percentage movements in exports of selected commodities by quantities and unit value. Unit values in this publication are presented in Australian dollar terms. Movements in the unit values for some commodities incorporate movements in the United States dollar prices reported to Home Affairs and movements in the Australian dollar to United States dollar exchange rate.
| Apr-25 (%) | May-25 (%) | Jun-25 (%) | Jul-25 (%) | Aug-25 (%) | Sep-25 (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron ore - Lump | -16.4 | 10.9 | 4.0 | -7.9 | -3.2 | 11.1 |
| Iron ore - Fines | -7.9 | 11.5 | 6.0 | -13.1 | 1.1 | 9.3 |
| Coal - Hard coking | -26.0 | 28.8 | 8.8 | -20.7 | 9.7 | -0.5 |
| Coal - Semi-soft | -14.6 | 0.5 | 47.9 | -12.8 | -4.7 | -1.3 |
| Coal - Thermal | -11.1 | -14.4 | 43.2 | 7.3 | -16.0 | 17.2 |
| Gas - LNG | 1.4 | -6.1 | -5.0 | 9.0 | -2.5 | -8.3 |
| Apr-25 (%) | May-25 (%) | Jun-25 (%) | Jul-25 (%) | Aug-25 (%) | Sep-25 (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron ore - Lump | -1.1 | -2.0 | -4.6 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 1.0 |
| Iron ore - Fines | -4.5 | -3.1 | -4.5 | -1.2 | 5.7 | 0.9 |
| Coal - Hard coking | -4.6 | 2.8 | -0.7 | -5.3 | 7.6 | 1.9 |
| Coal - Semi-soft | -5.4 | -1.3 | 1.5 | -3.6 | 1.9 | 4.5 |
| Coal - Thermal | -4.2 | -5.2 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 2.9 | -0.2 |
| Gas - LNG | -2.1 | -0.4 | -1.4 | 0.1 | -4.1 | -5.2 |
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:
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.
The September quarter 2025 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position will be published on 2 December. Due to data quality concerns, residual maturity series in Table 18 of this publication will no longer be published. Users are advised to exercise caution when using previously released residual maturity data.
For queries, please contact: balance.of.payments.queries@abs.gov.au
Data Explorer is a free online tool that presents data in a searchable, flexible, and dynamic way. It is an interactive web browser interface where you can view, query and download data.
More detailed data by commodity, country, and state on an International Merchandise Trade Basis is available in Data Explorer.
For user assistance on how to use Data Explorer, see the Data Explorer user guide.
Revisions have been made to incorporate the latest data since the last issue of this publication.
On an international merchandise trade basis, goods exports and imports have been revised back to March 2025.
On a balance of payments basis, revisions have been applied to:
Table 17 summarises revisions to goods on a balance of payments basis since the last issue of this publication.
This release previously used catalogue number 5368.0.
This publication includes:
Data is available for:
Partner country trade data is attributed based on the country of origin for imports and country of final destination for exports.
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).
Descriptions of the underlying concepts and methods used on a merchandise trade basis are available in International Merchandise Trade, Australia: Concepts, Sources and Methods.
From the September 2023 reference month release, international trade in services data is no longer produced on a monthly basis.