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TABLE 4: AUSTRALIA'S TOP 25 GOODS & SERVICES EXPORTS (a)
(A$ million)
% growth
% share 2014 to 5 year
Rank Commodity 2013 2014 2015 2015 2015 trend
Total (b) 318,868 326,943 316,590 -3.2 2.1
1 Iron ores & concentrates 69,492 66,008 49,060 15.5 -25.7 0.9
2 Coal 39,805 37,999 37,031 11.7 -2.5 -3.9
3 Education-related travel services (c) 15,010 17,037 18,801 5.9 10.4 3.3
4 Natural gas 14,602 17,743 16,456 5.2 -7.3 13.0
5 Personal travel (excl education) services 13,171 14,187 15,943 5.0 12.4 6.2
6 Gold 13,898 13,460 14,500 4.6 7.7 -1.2
7 Beef, f.c.f. 5,695 7,751 9,296 2.9 19.9 16.9
8 Aluminium ores & conc (incl alumina) 5,904 6,336 7,493 2.4 18.3 6.8
9 Crude petroleum 9,016 10,564 6,036 1.9 -42.9 -8.8
10 Wheat 6,085 5,920 5,814 1.8 -1.8 4.4
11 Professional services 4,600 4,840 5,190 1.6 7.2 10.8
12 Copper ores & concentrates 5,192 5,359 4,825 1.5 -10.0 -0.8
13 Other ores & concentrates (d) 4,486 4,594 4,436 1.4 -3.4 0.1
14 Business travel services 4,200 4,203 4,407 1.4 4.9 5.6
15 Aluminium 3,675 3,968 3,934 1.2 -0.9 -3.0
16 Financial services 2,708 3,168 3,765 1.2 18.8 30.3
17 Meat (excl beef), f.c.f. 2,884 3,733 3,738 1.2 0.1 12.3
18 Technical & other business services 3,603 3,424 3,530 1.1 3.1 -0.5
19 Copper 3,373 3,849 3,397 1.1 -11.7 1.0
20 Telecom, computer & information services 1,944 2,256 3,034 1.0 34.5 11.5
21 Wool & other animal hair (incl tops) 2,608 2,417 2,913 0.9 20.5 2.6
22 Passenger transport services (e) 2,334 2,407 2,634 0.8 9.4 -1.9
23 Other transport services (f) 2,363 2,543 2,619 0.8 3.0 3.6
24 Alcoholic beverages 1,997 2,034 2,388 0.8 17.4 0.9
25 Passenger motor vehicles 1,975 1,779 2,110 0.7 18.6 5.2
Memorandum items
Education (g) 15,458 17,622 19,356 6.1 9.8 3.2
2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Tourism Satellite Account (h) 27,185 28,174 30,714 9.6 9.0 4.1
(a) Goods trade is on a recorded trade basis, Services trade is on a balance of payments basis. (b) Balance of payments basis.
(c) Includes student expenditure on tuition fees and living expenses. (d) Other ores & concentrates consists mainly of Lead, Zinc
and Manganese ores & concentrates . (e) Includes Related agency fees & commissions . (f) Other transport services exports covers a
range of services provided in Australian airports and ports, including Cargo & baggage handling services , Agents fees associated with
freight transportation and Airport & port charges . (g) Education includes Education-related travel services , Royalties on education
services and Other education services. (h) The ABS Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) provides the official measure of the tourism
sector and is only available on a financial year basis.
Refer to technical Appendix E for ranking methodology.
Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database and ABS catalogues 5368.0 and 5429.0.