- 38 - TABLE 5: AUSTRALIA'S TOP 25 GOODS & SERVICES IMPORTS (a) (b) (A$ million) % growth 2012-13 to 5 year Rank Commodity 2011-12 2012-13 <strong>2013</strong>-<strong>14</strong> <strong>2013</strong>-<strong>14</strong> trend Total (c) 319,192 321,118 338,035 5.3 4.7 1 Personal travel (excl education) services 22,496 23,313 25,370 8.8 5.7 2 Crude petroleum 20,908 20,187 21,588 6.9 9.0 3 Refined petroleum 15,564 16,844 19,202 <strong>14</strong>.0 12.0 4 Passenger motor vehicles 15,980 17,330 17,834 2.9 8.0 5 Freight services 8,945 9,<strong>14</strong>4 9,700 6.1 1.7 6 Telecom equipment & parts 8,725 8,921 9,069 1.7 5.6 7 Medicaments (incl veterinary) 8,531 8,021 7,672 -4.4 1.2 8 Computers 6,885 6,650 7,108 6.9 3.8 9 Passenger transport services (d) 6,688 7,070 6,328 -10.5 4.3 10 Goods vehicles 7,621 7,698 6,055 -21.3 6.1 11 Technical & other business services 5,176 6,249 5,897 -5.6 6.4 12 Professional services 3,357 4,893 4,998 2.1 12.0 13 Gold 6,875 5,169 4,767 -7.8 -<strong>14</strong>.0 <strong>14</strong> Charges for intellectual property 3,962 4,111 4,077 -0.8 3.4 15 Heating & cooling equipment & parts 2,345 2,596 3,772 45.3 9.8 16 Business travel services 3,229 3,609 3,529 -2.2 2.2 17 Pumps (excl liquid pumps) & parts 1,909 2,952 3,523 19.3 2.6 18 Furniture, mattresses & cushions 2,885 2,929 3,436 17.3 4.2 19 Measuring & analysing instruments 2,871 2,741 3,012 9.9 1.4 20 Electrical machinery & parts, nes 2,602 2,566 2,882 12.3 3.2 21 Civil engineering equipment & parts 6,616 4,639 2,877 -38.0 4.3 22 Vehicle parts & accessories 2,844 2,842 2,835 -0.2 3.9 23 Mechanical handling equip & parts 2,376 2,5<strong>14</strong> 2,724 8.4 9.3 24 Telecom, computer & information services 1,911 2,068 2,715 31.3 2.9 25 Prams, toys, games & sporting goods 2,370 2,301 2,649 15.1 -2.6 Analytical industry series Education (e) 1,159 1,225 1,205 -1.6 6.8 Tourism (f) 32,091 33,671 34,871 3.6 5.4 (a) Goods trade are on a recorded trade basis, Services trade are on a balance of payments basis. (b) Please note – imports of aircraft were made confidential by the ABS from Sep-08 onwards. Imports of aircraft would rank in Australia's top 25 imports. DFAT estimates that aircraft imports were valued at around $3.8 billion in <strong>2013</strong>. (c) Balance of payments basis. (d) Includes Related agency fees & commissions . (e) Education includes Education-related travel services , Royalties on education services and Other education services. (f) Tourism is based on the ABS Tourism Satellite Account (TSA). Refer to technical Appendix E for ranking methodology. Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database and ABS catalogues 5368.0 & 5429.0.
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