Australia's trade and economic statistics in 2014

Australia's major goods & services exports 2014 (a)

Rank	Commodity	$ billion
1	Iron ores & concentrates	66.0
2	Coal	38.0
3	Natural gas	17.7
4	Education-related travel services (b)	17.0
5	Personal travel (excl education) services	14.2
6	Gold	13.5
7	Crude petroleum	10.6
8	Beef	7.8
9	Aluminium ores & concentrates (incl alumina)	6.3
10	Wheat	5.9
11	Copper ores & concentrates	5.4
12	Professional services	4.8
13	Other ores & concentrates (c)	4.6
14	Business travel services	4.3
15	Aluminium	4.0
16	Copper	3.8
17	Meat (excl beef)	3.7
18	Technical & other business services	3.3
19	Financial services	3.3
20	Refined petroleum	2.8
	Total exports (d)	326.9

(a) Goods trade is on a recorded trade basis. Services trade is on a balance of payments basis.

(b) Includes student expenditure on tuition fees and living expenses.

(c) Mainly consists of Zinc ores & concentrates, Manganese ores & concentrates and Lead ores & concentrates.

(d) Total exports on a balance of payments basis.
Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database and ABS catalogue 5302.0.

Australia's major goods & services imports 2014 (a) (b)

Rank	Commodity	$ billion
1	Personal travel (excl education) services	24.6
2	Crude petroleum	20.0
3	Refined petroleum	18.6
4	Passenger motor vehicles	17.6
5	Telecom equipment & parts	9.8
6	Freight transport services	9.7
7	Medicaments (incl veterinary)	7.5
8	Computers	7.3
9	Passenger transport services (c)	6.1
10	Goods vehicles	6.0
11	Technical & other business services	5.7
12	Professional services	4.7
13	Charges for intellectual property	4.5
14	Heating & cooling equipment & parts	4.2
15	Gold	4.0
16	Pumps (excl liquid pumps) & parts	3.9
17	Furniture, mattresses & cushions	3.6
18	Business travel services	3.4
19	Measuring & analysing instruments	3.2
20	Electrical machinery & parts	3.0
	Total imports (d)	337.0

(a) Goods trade is on a recorded trade basis. Services trade is on a balance of payments basis.

(b) Please note–imports of aircraft were made confidential by the ABS from Sept 2008 onwards. Imports of aircraft would rank in Australia's top 20 imports. DFAT estimates that aircraft imports were valued at around $3.8 billion in 2014.

(c) Includes Related agency fees & commissions.

(d) Total imports on a balance of payments basis.

Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database and ABS catalogue 5302.0.

Australia's major goods exports 2014 (a) (b)

Rank	Commodity	$ million	% share
1	Iron ores & concentrates	66,008	24.7
2	Coal	37,999	14.2
3	Natural gas	17,743	6.7
4	Gold	13,460	5.0
5	Crude petroleum	10,564	4.0
6	Beef	7,751	2.9
7	Aluminium ores & concentrates (incl alumina)	6,336	2.4
8	Wheat	5,920	2.2
9	Copper ores & concentrates	5,359	2.0
10	Other ores & concentrates (c)	4,594	1.7
11	Aluminium	3,968	1.5
12	Copper	3,849	1.4
13	Meat (excl beef)	3,733	1.4
14	Refined petroleum	2,807	1.1
15	Wool & other animal hair (incl tops)	2,417	0.9
16	Medicaments (incl veterinary)	2,415	0.9
17	Alcoholic beverages (mainly wine)	2,034	0.8
18	Cotton	2,008	0.8
19	Passenger motor vehicles	1,779	0.7
20	Barley	1,760	0.7
	Total goods exports (d)	266,799	100

(a) Recorded trade basis.

(b) Excludes confidential items of trade.

(c) Mainly includes Zinc ores & concentrates, Manganese ores & concentrates and Lead ores & concentrates.

(d) Total goods exports on a balance of payments basis.
Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database and ABS catalogue 5302.0.

Australia's major goods imports 2014 (a) (b)

Rank	Commodity	$ million	% share
1	Crude petroleum	20,050	7.5
2	Refined petroleum	18,579	7.0
3	Passenger motor vehicles	17,566	6.6
4	Telecom equipment & parts	9,845	3.7
5	Medicaments (incl veterinary)	7,497	2.8
6	Computers	7,316	2.7
7	Goods vehicles	6,008	2.3
8	Heating & cooling equipment & parts	4,210	1.6
9	Gold	4,005	1.5
10	Pumps (excl liquid pumps) & parts	3,870	1.5
11	Furniture, mattresses & cushions	3,624	1.4
12	Measuring & analysing instruments	3,208	1.2
13	Electrical machinery & parts	2,959	1.1
14	Prams, toys, games & sporting goods	2,844	1.1
15	Vehicle parts & accessories	2,740	1.0
16	Plastic articles	2,721	1.0
17	Household-type equipment	2,669	1.0
18	Mechanical handling equip & parts	2,642	1.0
19	Civil engineering equipment & parts	2,605	1.0
20	Rubber tyres, treads & tubes	2,525	0.9
	Total goods imports (d)	266,451	100

(a) Recorded trade basis.

(b) Excludes confidential items of trade.

(c) Please note - imports of aircraft were made confidential by the ABS from Sept 2008 onwards. Imports of aircraft would rank in Australia's top 20 imports. DFAT estimates that aircraft imports were valued at around $3.8 billion in 2014.

(d) Total goods imports on a balance of payments basis.
Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database and ABS catalogue 5368.0.

Australia's services exports 2014 (a)

Services	$ million	% share
Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others	18	0.0
Maintenance & repair	59	0.1
Transport	6,599	11
Passenger (b)	2,410	4.0
Freight	281	0.5
Other	2,543	4.0
Postal & courier services	1,365	2.3
Travel	35,427	59.0
Business	4,203	7.0
Personal	31,224	52.0
Education-related	17,037	28.0
Other personal (c)	14,187	23.6
Other	17,960	29.9
Construction	181	0.3
Insurance & pension	539	0.9
Financial	3,183	5.3
Intellectual property charges	975	1.6
Telecommunications, computer & information	2,166	3.6
Other business services	8,962	14.9
Personal, cultural and recreational	980	1.6
Government services	974	1.6
Total services exports	60,063	100

(a) Balance of payments basis.

(b) Passenger services include air transport-related agency fees & commissions.

(c) Inbound tourism for mainly recreational purposes.
Based on ABS catalogue 5302.0.

Australia's services imports 2013 (a)

Services	$ million	% share
Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others	0	0.0
Maintenance & repair	542	0.8
Transport	16,755	23.8
Passenger (b)	6,141	8.7
Freight	9,684	13.7
Other	814	1.2
Postal & courier services	116	0.2
Travel	29,146	41.3
Business	3,378	4.8
Personal	25,768	36.6
Education-related	1,171	1.7
Other personal (c)	24,597	34.9
Other	24,049	34.1
Construction	0	0.0
Insurance & pension	854	1.2
Financial	2,117	3.0
Intellectual property charges	4,479	6.4
Telecommunications, computer & information	2,955	4.2
Other business services	10,709	15.2
Personal, cultural and recreational	1,734	2.5
Government services	1,201	1.7
Total services exports	70,492	100.0

(a) Balance of payments basis.

(b) Passenger services include air transport-related agency fees & commissions.

(c) Outbound tourism for mainly recreational purposes.
Based on ABS catalogue 5302.0.

Australia's global export position

How we compare to the rest of the world 2014 (US$ billion)

Rank	Country	Goods (a)	Services (b)	Total exports	% share
1	China	2,342	234	2,576	10.7
2	United States	1,621	709	2,330	9.7
3	Germany	1,508	271	1,779	7.4
4	Netherlands	672	189	861	3.6
5	France	583	268	851	3.5
6	United Kingdom	506	342	847	3.5
7	Japan	684	163	846	3.5
8	Republic of Korea	573	107	680	2.8
9	Italy	529	117	646	2.7
10	Hong Kong (c)	524	106	630	2.6
11	Belgium	471	124	595	2.5
12	Russian Federation	498	66	564	2.3
13	Canada	475	86	561	2.3
14	Singapore	410	140	550	2.3
15	India	322	156	478	2.0
16	Spain	325	134	459	1.9
17	Switzerland	311	115	426	1.8
18	Mexico	398	21	419	1.7
19	United Arab Emirates	360	21	381	1.6
20	Taiwan	314	57	371	1.5
21	Saudi Arabia	354	12	366	1.5
22	Australia	241	54	295	1.2
23	Thailand	228	55	283	1.2
24	Malaysia	234	39	274	1.1
25	Brazil	225	40	265	1.1
26	Poland	217	48	265	1.1
27	Ireland	118	134	251	1.0
28	Austria	178	67	245	1.0
29	Sweden	164	77	241	1.0
30	Turkey	158	51	208	0.9
	Total exports	19,002	5,017	24,019	100.0

(a) Goods on recorded trade basis.

(b) Services on balance of payments basis.

(c) Special Administrative Region of China.
Source: WTO online database.

Australia's top 10 export Markets 2014 (a)

($ billion)

1. China 30.0% comprising: services $8.2b, goods $90.0b, total $98.2b; 2. Japan 15.4%, comprising: services $2.1b, goods $48.2b, total $50.2b; 3. Republic of Korea 6.7% comprising: services $1.6b, goods $20.4b, total $22.0b; 4. United States 5.7% comprising: services $6.6b, goods $11.9b, total $18.5b; 5. New Zealand (c) 3.7%, comprising: services $4.0b, goods $8.1b, total $12.1b; 6. Singapore 3.7%, comprising: services $3.7b, goods $8.4b, total $12.1b; 7. India 3.5%, comprising: services $2.5b, goods $8.9b,

Total exports

($ billion)

APEC (d) 79.7%, comprising: services $36.8b, goods $223.6b, total $260.4b; ASEAN 12.3%, comprising: services $9.7b, goods $30.3b, total $40.1b; European Union 28 6.8%, comprising: services $9.9b, goods $12.4b, total $22.2b; OECD 40.1%, comprising: services $26.7b, goods $104.2b, total $130.9b; Total exports (c), comprising: services $60.1b, goods $266.8b, total $326.9b

(a) All data is on a balance of payments basis, except for goods by country which are on a recorded trade basis.

(b) May exclude selected confidential export commodities. Refer to the DFAT website (/about-us/publications/trade-investment/Pages/dfat-adjustments-to-abs-official-trade-data.aspx) for more information and a list of the commodities excluded.

(c) Totals may not add due to rounding.

Actual goods export total based on unpublished ABS data, except for Singapore.
Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database, ABS catalogue 5368.0.55.004 and unpublished ABS data.

Australia's global import position

How we compare to the rest of the world 2014 (US$ billion)

Rank	Country	Goods (a)	Services (b)	Total imports	% share
1	United States	2,413	476	2,888	12.0
2	China	1,959	384	2,343	9.8
3	Germany	1,216	328	1,543	6.4
4	Japan	822	192	1,014	4.2
5	France	678	248	926	3.9
6	United Kingdom	684	204	888	3.7
7	Netherlands	588	157	744	3.1
8	Hong Kong (c)	601	76	676	2.8
9	Republic of Korea	526	115	641	2.7
10	India	463	148	611	2.5
11	Italy	472	115	587	2.4
12	Canada	475	107	582	2.4
13	Belgium	452	115	568	2.4
14	Singapore	366	142	508	2.1
15	Mexico	412	35	446	1.9
16	Russian Federation	308	121	429	1.8
17	Spain	358	70	428	1.8
18	Switzerland	276	93	369	1.5
19	United Arab Emirates	262	71	333	1.4
20	Brazil	239	88	328	1.4
21	Taiwan	274	46	320	1.3
22	Australia	241	64	304	1.3
23	Thailand	228	53	281	1.2
24	Turkey	242	25	268	1.1
25	Saudi Arabia	163	97	260	1.1
26	Poland	220	36	256	1.1
27	Malaysia	209	45	254	1.1
28	Austria	182	53	235	1.0
29	Sweden	163	67	229	1.0
30	Ireland	71	142	213	0.9
	Total imports	19,091	4,904	23,995	100.0

(a) Goods on recorded trade basis.

(b) Services on balance of payments basis.

(c) Special Administrative Region of China.
Source: WTO online database.

Australia's top 10 import sources 2014 (a) (b)

($ billion)

1. China 16.1%, comprising: services $2.2b, goods $52.1b, total $54.3b; 2. United States 12.4%, comprising: services $13.2b, goods $28.7b, total $41.9b; 3. Japan 5.9%, comprising: services $2.7b, goods $17.2b, total $20.0b; 4. Singapore 5.4%, comprising: services $5.4b, goods $12.7b, total $18.1b; 5. Germany 4.1%, comprising: services $1.8b, goods $12.0b, total $13.9b; 6. Thailand 3.8%, comprising: services $1.9b, goods $10.9b, total $12.9b; 7. Malaysia 3.8%, comprising: services $1.4b, goods $11.3b, total

Total imports

($ billion)

APEC 65.9%, comprising: services $39.6b, goods $182.5b, total $222.1b; ASEAN 18.2%, comprising: services $13.0b, goods $48.4b, total $61.4b; European Union 28 18.3%, comprising: services $16.1b, goods $45.6b, total $61.8b; OECD 47.6%, comprising: services $39.1b, goods $121.2b, total $160.3b; Total imports (c), comprising: services $70.5b, goods $266.5b, total $336.9b

(a) All data is on a balance of payments basis, except for goods by country which are on a recorded trade basis.

(b) May exclude selected confidential import commodities. Refer to the DFAT website (/about-us/publications/trade-investment/Pages/dfat-adjustments-to-abs-official-trade-data.aspx) for more information and a list of the commodities excluded.

(c) Totals may not add due to rounding.

Actual goods import total based on unpublished ABS data, except for Singapore.
Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database, ABS catalogue 5368.0.05.004 and unpublished ABS data.

Top 10 two-way trading partners 2014 (a) (b)

($ billion)

Rank	Country		Goods	Services	Total	% share
1	China		142.1	10.4	152.5	23.0
2	Japan		65.4	4.8	70.2	10.6
3	United States		40.6	19.8	60.4	9.1
4	Republic of Korea		32.4	2.2	34.6	5.2
5	Singapore		21.1	9.1	30.2	4.5
6	New Zealand		16.1	7.4	23.5	3.5
7	United Kingdom		9.9	10.9	20.8	3.1
8	Malaysia		17.4	3.2	20.6	3.1
9	Thailand		16.1	2.9	19.0	2.9
10	Germany		13.7	3.0	16.7	2.5
	Total top 10 trading partners		374.9	73.6	448.5	67.6
	Total two-way trade		533.3	130.6	663.8	100.0
	of which:	APEC	406.1	76.4	482.5	72.7
		ASEAN	78.7	22.8	101.5	15.3
		EU28	58.0	26.0	84.0	12.7
		OECD	225.4	65.9	291.2	43.9

(a) All data is on a balance of payments basis, except for goods by country which are on a recorded trade basis.

(b) May exclude selected confidential export and import commodities. Refer to the DFAT website (/about-us/publications/trade-investment/Pages/dfat-adjustments-to-abs-official-trade-data.aspx) for more information and a list of the commodities excluded.

(c) Totals may not add due to rounding.
Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database, ABS catalogue 5368.0.05.004 and unpublished ABS data.

Total two-way trade by region 2014

China, $152.5b, 23.0%; Japan, $70.2b, 10.6%; Republic of Korea, $34.6b, 5.2%; ASEAN, $101.5b, 15.3%; Other Asia, $61.2b, 9.2%; Total Asia $420.0b, 63.3%; Europe $95.5b, 14.4%; Americas $76.2b, 11.5%; Oceania and Antarctica $34.1b, 5.1%; Africa $10.3b, 1.5%; Other (a)$27.8b, 4.2%;

Regional breakdowns:

Asia includes Central Asia; Middle East; North Asia; South East Asia and Southern Asia.

Europe includes Eastern Europe; Northern Europe; South Eastern Europe; Southern Europe and Western Europe.

Americas includes North America; Caribbean; Central America and South America.

Oceania & Antarctica includes Antarctica; Pacific Islands and Other Oceania.

Africa includes Central & West Africa; North Africa and Southern & East Africa.

(a) Includes confidential items of trade.
Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database, ABS catalogue 5368.0.55.004 and unpublished ABS data.

Last Updated: 26 November 2015

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Australia's trade and economic statistics in 2014

Australia's major goods & services exports 2014 (a)

Australia's major goods & services imports 2014 (a) (b)

Australia's major goods exports 2014 (a) (b)

Australia's major goods imports 2014 (a) (b)

Australia's services exports 2014 (a)

Australia's services imports 2013 (a)

Australia's global export position

How we compare to the rest of the world 2014 (US$ billion)

Australia's top 10 export Markets 2014 (a)

($ billion)

Total exports

($ billion)

Australia's global import position

How we compare to the rest of the world 2014 (US$ billion)

Australia's top 10 import sources 2014 (a) (b)

($ billion)

Total imports

($ billion)

Top 10 two-way trading partners 2014 (a) (b)

($ billion)

Total two-way trade by region 2014