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TABLE 67: AUSTRALIA'S MERCHANDISE TRADE WITH ALL COUNTRIES (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 62,695,088 57,074,529 74,684,121 30.9 16.8
2 321 Coal 47,911,746 38,639,824 39,964,731 3.4 -3.7
3 343 Natural gas 11,949,476 14,270,782 16,304,793 14.3 13.3
4 971 Gold 15,814,334 15,299,829 13,260,372 -13.3 -2.1
5 333 Crude petroleum 11,175,096 9,711,583 10,429,663 7.4 4.1
6 011 Beef, f.c.f. 4,684,877 5,051,753 6,422,001 27.1 5.4
7 041 Wheat 6,350,944 6,749,999 6,084,145 -9.9 9.1
8 285 Aluminium ores & conc (incl alumina) 5,276,985 5,565,401 6,078,162 9.2 0.8
9 283 Copper ores & concentrates 5,387,313 5,336,933 5,197,169 -2.6 6.9
10 287 Other ores & concentrates (c) 4,273,312 4,290,668 4,438,288 3.4 5.1
11 684 Aluminium 4,141,448 3,593,197 3,841,462 6.9 -5.8
12 682 Copper 3,685,927 3,100,655 3,712,247 19.7 5.7
13 012 Meat (excl beef), f.c.f. 2,359,076 2,519,897 3,355,609 33.2 6.9
14 542 Medicaments (incl veterinary) 3,621,665 3,416,440 2,860,904 -16.3 -3.8
15 334 Refined petroleum 3,186,335 2,932,149 2,815,925 -4.0 2.5
16 268 Wool & other animal hair (incl tops) 2,693,045 2,472,521 2,454,909 -0.7 4.8
17 263 Cotton 2,736,876 2,696,262 2,353,470 -12.7 41.9
18 222 Oil-seeds & oleaginous fruits, soft 1,543,839 2,320,498 2,110,047 -9.1 34.2
19 112 Alcoholic beverages 2,028,406 1,999,551 2,016,180 0.8 -4.9
20 781 Passenger motor vehicles 1,495,955 1,706,045 1,936,523 13.5 -5.1
Total merchandise exports 264,020,183 246,979,477 272,912,766 10.5 4.5
Top 20 merchandise imports
1 333 Crude petroleum 20,908,315 20,187,143 21,588,449 6.9 9.0
2 334 Refined petroleum 15,564,270 16,843,677 19,202,441 14.0 12.0
3 781 Passenger motor vehicles 15,980,073 17,329,818 17,833,889 2.9 8.0
4 764 Telecom equipment & parts 8,725,379 8,920,731 9,068,974 1.7 5.6
5 542 Medicaments (incl veterinary) 8,531,316 8,020,733 7,672,133 -4.3 1.2
6 752 Computers 6,885,469 6,650,157 7,107,801 6.9 3.8
7 782 Goods vehicles 7,620,942 7,698,498 6,055,489 -21.3 6.1
8 971 Gold 6,874,678 5,168,607 4,767,300 -7.8 -14.0
9 741 Heating & cooling equipment & parts 2,345,211 2,595,963 3,772,093 45.3 9.8
10 743 Pumps (excl liquid pumps) & parts 1,908,771 2,952,277 3,523,409 19.3 2.6
11 821 Furniture, mattresses & cushions 2,885,333 2,929,033 3,436,098 17.3 4.2
12 874 Measuring & analysing instruments 2,871,131 2,741,357 3,012,302 9.9 1.4
13 778 Electrical machinery & parts, nes 2,603,573 2,567,305 2,882,004 12.3 3.2
14 723 Civil engineering equipment & parts 6,615,874 4,638,902 2,876,972 -38.0 4.3
15 784 Vehicle parts & accessories 2,843,858 2,842,059 2,835,304 -0.2 3.9
16 744 Mechanical handling equip & parts 2,375,594 2,514,311 2,724,364 8.4 9.3
17 894 Prams, toys, games & sporting goods 2,369,898 2,300,985 2,649,443 15.1 -2.6
18 625 Rubber tyres, treads & tubes 2,916,674 2,973,598 2,626,411 -11.7 8.7
19 775 Household-type equipment, nes 2,149,686 2,317,844 2,619,725 13.0 4.5
20 893 Plastic articles, nes 2,110,465 2,189,004 2,603,416 18.9 5.0
Total merchandise imports 239,735,724 236,243,484 251,681,051 6.5 3.6
(a) Rank based on 2013-14. (b) The ranking of commodities excludes some confidential items of trade. (c) Mainly Manganese ores &
concentrates, Zinc ores & concentrates and Lead ores & concentrates .
Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database (ABS catalogue 5368.0) and unpublished ABS data.