Australia's Trade and Economic Statistics

Australia's major goods & services exports 2012^(a)

Rank	Commodity	$ billion
1	Iron ores & concentrates	54.4
2	Coal	41.3
3	Gold	15.5
4	Education-related travel services	14.5
5	Natural gas	13.4
6	Personal travel (excl education) services	12.2
7	Crude petroleum	11.0
8	Wheat	6.5
9	Aluminium ores & concentrates (incl alumina)	5.3
10	Copper ores & concentrates	5.3
11	Beef	4.8
12	Business travel services	4.1
13	Medicaments (incl veterinary)	3.8
14	Professional services	3.8
15	Aluminium	3.8
16	Technical & other business services	3.5
17	Copper	3.3
18	Refined petroleum	3.3
19	Cotton	2.6
20	Wool & other animal hair (incl tops)	2.5
	Total exports^(b)	300.4

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

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

Australia's major goods & services imports 2012^(a)

Rank	Commodity	$ billion
1	Personal travel (excl education) services	22.1
2	Crude petroleum	21.6
3	Passenger motor vehicles	16.9
4	Refined petroleum	15.9
5	Freight transport services	9.2
6	Telecom equipment & parts	8.7
7	Goods vehicles	8.6
8	Medicaments (incl veterinary)	8.2
9	Passenger transport services^(b)	6.9
10	Civil engineering equipment & parts	6.8
11	Computers	6.8
12	Gold	5.8
13	Technical & other business services	5.0
14	Charges for intellectual property	4.0
15	Professional services	3.5
16	Business travel services	3.4
17	Rubber tyres, treads & tubes	3.1
18	Measuring & analysing instruments	3.0
19	Vehicle parts & accessories	2.9
20	Furniture, mattresses & cushions	2.9
	Total imports^(c)	323.4

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

(b) Includes related agency fees & commissions.

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

Australia's major goods exports 2012^(a)

Rank	Commodity	$ million	% share
1	Iron ores & concentrates	54,447	21.8
2	Coal	41,273	16.6
3	Gold	15,526	6.2
4	Natural gas	13,416	5.4
5	Crude petroleum	10,988	4.4
6	Wheat	6,531	2.6
7	Aluminium ores & concentrates (incl alumina)	5,273	2.1
8	Copper ores & concentrates	5,255	2.1
9	Beef	4,754	1.9
10	Medicaments (incl veterinary)	3,849	1.5
11	Aluminium	3,774	1.5
12	Copper	3,349	1.3
13	Refined petroleum	3,271	1.3
14	Cotton	2,626	1.1
15	Wool & other animal hair (incl tops)	2,524	1.0
16	Meat (excl beef)	2,370	1.0
17	Alcoholic beverages (mainly wine)	2,009	0.8
18	Oil-seeds & oleaginous fruits, soft	1,780	0.7
19	Passenger motor vehicles	1,697	0.7
20	Nickel ores & concentrates	1,478	0.6
	Total goods exports^(b)	249,233	100.0

(a) Recorded trade basis.

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

Australia's major goods imports 2012^(a)

Rank	Commodity	$ million	% share
1	Crude petroleum	21,567	8.3
2	Passenger motor vehicles	16,919	6.5
3	Refined petroleum	15,871	6.1
4	Telecom equipment & parts	8,746	3.4
5	Goods vehicles	8,562	3.3
6	Medicaments (incl veterinary)	8,201	3.1
7	Civil engineering equipment & parts	6,822	2.6
8	Computers	6,777	2.6
9	Gold	5,841	2.2
10	Rubber tyres, treads & tubes	3,053	1.2
11	Measuring & analysing instruments	2,950	1.1
12	Vehicle parts & accessories	2,932	1.1
13	Furniture, mattresses & cushions	2,905	1.1
14	Electrical machinery & parts	2,608	1.0
15	Mechanical handling equipment & parts	2,541	1.0
16	Specialised machinery & parts	2,458	0.9
17	Pumps (excl liquid pumps) & parts	2,418	0.9
18	Prams, toys, games & sporting goods	2,316	0.9
19	Pharmaceutical products (excl medicaments)	2,305	0.9
20	Household-type equipment	2,273	0.9
	Total goods imports^(b)	260,997	100.0

(a) Recorded trade basis.

(b) 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 2012^(a)

Services	$ million	% share
Manufactured services on physical inputs owned by others	10	0.0
Maintenance & repair	50	0.1
Transport
Passenger^(b)	2,490	4.9
Freight	348	0.7
Other	2,286	4.5
Postal & courier services	1,040	2.0
Total transport	6,164	12.0
Travel
Business	4,102	8.0
Personal	26,640	52.0
> Education-related	14,467	28.3
> Other personal^(c)	12,173	23.8
Total travel	30,742	60.1
Other
Construction	50	0.1
Insurance & pension	457	0.9
Financial	1,596	3.1
Intellectual property charges	831	1.6
Telecommunications, computer & information	1,668	3.3
Other business services	7,824	15.3
Personal, cultural and recreational	878	1.7
Government services	912	1.8
Total other	14,216	27.8
Total services exports	51,182	100.0

(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 5368.0.

Australia's services imports 2012^(a)

Services	$ million	% share
Manufactured services on physical inputs owned by others	0	0.0
Maintenance & repair	493	0.8
Transport
Passenger^(b)	6,901	11.1
Freight	9,228	14.8
Other	480	0.8
Postal & courier services	79	0.1
Total transport	16,688	26.7
Travel
Business	3,386	5.4
Personal	23,152	37.1
> Education-related	1,020	1.6
> Other personal^(c)	22,132	35.5
Total travel	26,538	42.5
Other
Construction	0	0.0
Insurance & pension	714	1.1
Financial	777	1.2
Intellectual property charges	4,044	6.5
Telecommunications, computer & information	1,790	2.9
Other business services	8,782	14.1
Personal, cultural and recreational	1,623	2.6
Government services	968	1.6
Total other	18,698	30.0
Total services imports	62,417	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 5368.0.

Australia's global export position

How we compare to the rest of the world 2012 (US$ billion)

Rank	Country	Goods^(a)	Services^(b)	Total exports	% share
1	China	2,049	191	2,240	9.8
2	United States	1,546	640	2,186	9.6
3	Germany	1,407	262	1,669	7.3
4	Japan	799	146	944	4.1
5	Netherlands	656	134	789	3.5
6	France	569	212	780	3.4
7	United Kingdom	474	284	758	3.3
8	Republic of Korea	548	111	659	2.9
9	Hong Kong^(c)	493	123	616	2.7
10	Italy	501	104	605	2.7
11	Russian Federation	529	59	588	2.6
12	Belgium	447	97	543	2.4
13	Canada	455	79	534	2.3
14	Singapore	408	112	521	2.3
15	India	294	141	435	1.9
16	Spain	294	137	431	1.9
17	Saudi Arabia	388	11	399	1.7
18	Mexico	371	16	387	1.7
19	United Arab Emirates	350	15	365	1.6
20	Taiwan	301	49	350	1.5
21	Switzerland	226	93	319	1.4
22	Australia	258	53	311	1.4
23	Brazil	243	40	282	1.2
24	Thailand	230	50	279	1.2
25	Malaysia	227	38	265	1.2
26	Sweden	172	76	249	1.1
27	Ireland	117	116	233	1.0
28	Austria	166	61	228	1.0
29	Poland	183	38	221	1.0
30	Indonesia	188	23	212	0.9
Total exports		18,401	4,426	22,827

(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 2012^(a)

($ billion)

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(a) All data is on a balance of payments basis, except for goods by country which are on a recorded trade basis.
Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database and ABS catalogue 5368.0.55.004.

Australia's global import position

How we compare to the rest of the world 2012 (US$ billion)

Rank	Country	Goods^(a)	Services^(b)	Total imports	% share
1	United States	2,336	442	2,777	12.1
2	China	1,818	281	2,100	9.2
3	Germany	1,167	295	1,462	6.4
4	Japan	886	177	1,062	4.6
5	United Kingdom	690	180	870	3.8
6	France	674	173	846	3.7
7	Netherlands	591	120	711	3.1
8	Republic of Korea	520	108	628	2.7
9	India	490	128	618	2.7
10	Hong Kong^(c)	553	57	611	2.7
11	Italy	487	107	593	2.6
12	Canada	475	106	581	2.5
13	Belgium	437	92	530	2.3
14	Singapore	380	118	498	2.2
15	Russian Federation	335	106	442	1.9
16	Spain	335	90	424	1.9
17	Mexico	380	29	410	1.8
18	Australia	270	65	335	1.5
19	Brazil	233	81	314	1.4
20	Taiwan	270	43	313	1.4
21	Thailand	248	53	300	1.3
22	United Arab Emirates	230	64	294	1.3
23	Turkey	237	21	257	1.1
24	Switzerland	198	47	245	1.1
25	Malaysia	197	42	239	1.0
26	Saudi Arabia	156	73	229	1.0
27	Poland	196	32	228	1.0
28	Indonesia	190	34	224	1.0
29	Austria	178	43	221	1.0
30	Sweden	163	55	218	1.0
Total imports		18,601	4,274	22,875

(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 2012^(a)(b)

($ billion)

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

(b) Excludes imports of aircraft (excl the United States - see footnote (c)). This has a significant impact on import totals for France (EU28).

(c) Includes confidential aircraft imports for the US only.
Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database and ABS catalogue 5368.0.55.004.

Top 10 two-way trading partners 2012^(a)(b)

($ billion)

RANK	Country		Goods	Services	Total	% share
1	China		117.4	7.6	125.1	20.0
2	Japan		66.8	4.2	71.1	11.4
3	United States^(c)		39.9	16.3	56.2	9.0
4	Republic of Korea		29.7	2.2	31.9	5.1
5	Singapore		21.6	7.5	29.1	4.7
6	United Kingdom		13.4	8.9	22.3	3.6
7	New Zealand		14.7	6.6	21.2	3.4
8	Thailand		15.1	3.4	18.4	3.0
9	Malaysia		14.7	2.9	17.7	2.8
10	India		14.8	2.7	17.5	2.8
	Total top 10 trading partners		348.1	62.3	410.4	65.8
	Total two-way trade		510.2	113.6	623.8	100.0
	of which:	APEC^(c)	372.1	65.6	437.8	70.2
		ASEAN10	71.1	20.5	91.7	14.7
		EU28^(b)	59.7	21.9	81.6	13.1
		OECD^(c)	224.9	56.4	281.3	45.1

Total two-way trade by region 2012

China, 20.0%; Japan, 11.4%; Republic of Korea, 5.1%; ASEAN, 14.7%; Other Asia, 9.6%; Europe, 14.9%; Americas, 11.6%; Oceania and Antarctica, 5.2%; Africa, 2.0%; Other, 5.5%; Asia Total, 60.8%

Last Updated: 19 December 2013

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Australia's Trade and Economic Statistics

Australia's major goods & services exports 2012(a)

Australia's major goods & services imports 2012(a)

Australia's major goods exports 2012(a)

Australia's major goods imports 2012(a)

Australia's services exports 2012(a)

Australia's services imports 2012(a)

Australia's global export position

How we compare to the rest of the world 2012 (US$ billion)

Australia's top 10 export Markets 2012(a)

($ billion)

Australia's global import position

How we compare to the rest of the world 2012 (US$ billion)

Australia's top 10 import sources 2012(a)(b)

($ billion)

Top 10 two-way trading partners 2012(a)(b)

($ billion)

Total two-way trade by region 2012

Australia's major goods & services exports 2012^(a)

Australia's major goods & services imports 2012^(a)

Australia's major goods exports 2012^(a)

Australia's major goods imports 2012^(a)

Australia's services exports 2012^(a)

Australia's services imports 2012^(a)

Australia's top 10 export Markets 2012^(a)

Australia's top 10 import sources 2012^(a)(b)

Top 10 two-way trading partners 2012^(a)(b)