AUSTRALIA 2015

A WORLD OF TRADE
DATA AT YOUR
FINGERTIPS
UP-TO-DATE TRADE STATISTICS SERVICES
TAILORED TO YOUR NEEDS FROM
AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER SOURCE
In so many industries, knowledge is the key to success. And it’s the quality of that information that’s paramount.
Now you can access Australian trade statistics gathered and held by Australia’s leading expert in the field, the
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Better still, this information can be customised and prepared to
suit your specific needs.
The Economic Diplomacy, Trade Advocacy & Statistics Section (EDS) provides statistics used in research,
including measures such as detailed classifications of exports and imports. EDS’s data holdings include a
substantial amount of economic and social information about Australia and the rest of the world.
Trade data is available in any of the following combinations:
Trade time series
DFAT has created a range of time series products to complement its statistical trade publications. These products
include:
i) Trade statistical pivot tables:
• Australia's exports and imports by all countries and selected country groups by SITC at the 3-digit
level; and
• Australia's exports and imports by all countries and selected country groups by DFAT's TRIEC at the
1-, 2-, 3- and 4-digit levels.
These two pivot tables are published on a calendar and financial year basis.
ii)
iii)
Australia’s direction of goods and services trade:
Time series spreadsheets covering Australia’s trade in goods and services (exports, imports & two-way
trade). Data on goods, services and goods and services is published for 34 of Australia’s major trading
partners, as well as data by broad geographic groups and selected country groups.
The spreadsheets are published on a calendar year basis (back to 1987) and a financial year basis (back
to 1986-87).
Historical trade and economic data:
As part of a forthcoming product, Australia’s Trade Through Time (ATTT), two spreadsheets are now
available on the DFAT website. The first spreadsheet, Australia’s trade and economic indicators,
contains time series data for a range of trade and economic indicators back to 1901 (and for total
merchandise trade back to 1826). The second time series spreadsheet, Australia’s direction of trade,
contains time series data for around 60 of Australia’s major merchandise trading partners back to 1901
(and in some cases to 1885).