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|
Goods |
Services |
Total |
% share |
Rank |
||
|
China |
57,922 |
5,831 |
63,753 |
13.2 |
1 |
|
|
Japan |
54,617 |
4,965 |
59,582 |
12.3 |
2 |
|
|
United States |
34,930 |
14,742 |
49,672 |
10.3 |
3 |
|
|
Singapore |
19,025 |
9,017 |
28,042 |
5.8 |
4 |
|
|
United Kingdom |
16,808 |
8,891 |
25,699 |
5.3 |
5 |
|
|
Republic of Korea |
20,415 |
2,416 |
22,831 |
4.7 |
6 |
|
|
New Zealand |
16,476 |
5,976 |
22,452 |
4.6 |
7 |
|
|
Thailand |
13,448 |
2,729 |
16,177 |
3.3 |
8 |
|
|
Germany |
12,026 |
2,235 |
14,261 |
2.9 |
9 |
|
|
Malaysia |
11,567 |
2,497 |
14,064 |
2.9 |
10 |
|
|
Total two-way trade |
382,981 |
101,281 |
484,262 |
100.0 |
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|
of which: |
APEC |
274,339 |
58,951 |
333,290 |
68.8 |
|
|
ASEAN |
62,787 |
18,037 |
80,824 |
16.7 |
||
|
European Union 27 |
63,698 |
19,161 |
82,859 |
17.1 |
||
|
OECD |
199,974 |
51,239 |
251,213 |
51.9 |
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| Sources: ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database & ABS catalogue 5368.0 | ||||||
|
Rank |
Commodity |
2007-08 |
% growth 2006-07 to 2007-08 |
|
Total (b) |
234,308 |
8.6 |
|
|
1 |
Coal (c) |
24,866 |
13.8 |
|
2 |
Iron ore (c) |
21,302 |
37.3 |
|
3 |
Education services (d) |
14,164 |
23.4 |
|
4 |
Gold (b) |
12,272 |
14.3 |
|
5 |
Personal travel (excl education) services |
11,994 |
4.0 |
|
6 |
Crude petroleum |
9,610 |
25.8 |
|
7 |
Professional, technical & other business services |
5,963 |
17.8 |
|
8 |
Aluminium ores & conc (incl alumina) |
5,903 |
-6.3 |
|
9 |
Natural gas |
5,854 |
12.1 |
|
10 |
Aluminium |
5,465 |
-11.2 |
|
Sources: (a) Goods trade are on a recorded trade basis, Services trade are on a balance of payments basis. (b) Balance of payments basis. (c) Includes BOP adjustment for the recent rise in Coal and Iron ore prices. (d) Includes Education-related travel and Other education services ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database & ABS catalogue 5368.0. |
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