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TABLE 35: AUSTRALIA'S MERCHANDISE TRADE WITH CHINA (a)(b)
(A$'000)
% growth
2012-13 to 5 year
Rank SITC Commodity 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2013-14 trend
Top 20 merchandise exports
1 281 Iron ores & concentrates 43,464,563 41,937,557 57,043,221 36.0 19.9
2 321 Coal 6,377,454 7,499,467 9,311,159 24.2 22.0
3 971 Gold 4,262,400 5,985,673 8,110,050 35.5 758.9
4 682 Copper 1,207,764 1,279,825 2,137,381 67.0 19.8
5 287 Other ores & concentrates (c) 1,704,458 1,733,368 2,009,346 15.9 6.2
6 283 Copper ores & concentrates 1,336,172 1,795,633 1,841,261 2.5 11.4
7 268 Wool & other animal hair (incl tops) 1,949,417 1,862,681 1,730,648 -7.1 5.2
8 263 Cotton 1,812,019 1,849,564 1,518,745 -17.9 67.3
9 211 Hides & skins, raw (excl furskins) 661,315 692,791 887,338 28.1 15.1
10 011 Beef, f.c.f. 59,143 408,200 787,438 92.9 109.1
11 043 Barley (d) 453,349 493,479 721,176 .. ..
12 284 Nickel ores & concentrates 688,510 933,458 675,310 -27.7 15.6
13 222 Oil-seeds & oleaginous fruits, soft 115,517 344,165 626,733 82.1 177.4
14 012 Meat (excl beef), f.c.f. 191,218 343,606 562,244 63.6 43.6
15 285 Aluminium ores & conc (incl alumina) 249,682 364,242 528,112 45.0 34.3
16 041 Wheat 457,279 356,683 483,699 35.6 54.7
17 288 Non-ferrous waste & scrap 391,413 445,937 437,393 -1.9 9.6
18 542 Medicaments (incl veterinary) 548,550 749,893 337,698 -55.0 20.7
19 022 Milk, cream, whey & yoghurt 99,877 144,672 324,982 124.6 17.1
20 686 Zinc 250,676 311,332 273,812 -12.1 7.1
Total merchandise exports 76,766,224 78,000,373 100,090,000 28.3 20.0
Top 20 merchandise imports
1 764 Telecom equipment & parts 4,590,556 4,676,898 4,870,979 4.1 9.9
2 752 Computers 4,500,633 4,327,223 4,830,024 11.6 10.4
3 821 Furniture, mattresses & cushions 1,766,542 1,851,875 2,194,410 18.5 6.3
4 894 Prams, toys, games & sporting goods 1,681,969 1,576,353 1,848,405 17.3 -4.2
5 845 Other textile clothing 1,376,169 1,411,049 1,652,615 17.1 2.2
6 842 Women's clothing (excl knitted) 1,052,091 1,085,994 1,255,248 15.6 4.3
7 893 Plastic articles, nes 935,227 990,720 1,227,250 23.9 8.2
8 851 Footwear 970,115 1,004,578 1,118,484 11.3 3.2
9 775 Household-type equipment, nes 831,094 921,620 1,035,846 12.4 7.2
10 691 Iron, steel, aluminium structures 604,609 1,093,460 984,508 -10.0 22.5
11 699 Manufactures of base metal, nes 835,440 856,568 972,329 13.5 7.2
12 778 Electrical machinery & parts, nes 784,428 806,282 965,399 19.7 8.9
13 751 Office machines 940,032 806,504 910,492 12.9 0.7
14 761 Monitors, projectors & TVs 928,501 789,434 868,182 10.0 -10.6
15 658 Made-up textile articles, nes 672,477 706,784 827,298 17.1 6.8
16 791 Railway vehicles (incl hovertrains) 604,001 777,173 824,461 6.1 31.8
17 841 Men's clothing (excl knitted) 678,286 651,842 754,153 15.7 3.3
18 831 Travel goods, bags & like containers 569,573 654,678 734,264 12.2 6.1
19 813 Lighting fixtures & fittings 428,907 545,538 707,684 29.7 18.0
20 625 Rubber tyres, treads & tubes 685,858 682,118 660,562 -3.2 14.7
Total merchandise imports 43,260,071 44,435,940 50,085,289 12.7 6.4
(a) Rank based on 2013-14. (b) The ranking of commodities excludes some confidential items of trade. (c) Mainly Manganese ores &
concentrates and Zinc ores & concentrates . (d) Only includes data up to March 2014.
Actual export/import totals based on unpublished ABS data.
Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database (ABS catalogue 5368.0).