Australia Yearbook - 2001

1026 Year Book Australia 2001
Total merchandise exports and
imports
In 1999–2000, Australian merchandise exports
rose by 13.1% to $97,255m and Australian
merchandise imports rose by 12.8% to
$110,083m. Imports exceeded exports
by $12,828m, an increase of $1,209m on the
$11,619m deficit recorded in 1998–99
(table 30.22 and graph 30.23).
30.22 TOTAL MERCHANDISE EXPORTS AND
IMPORTS
Excess of
exports or
Exports Imports imports(a)
Financial year
$m $m
$m
1994–95 67 052 74 619 –7 567
1995–96 76 005 77 792 –1 787
1996–97 78 932 78 998 –66
1997–98 87 769 90 684 –2 915
1998–99 85 991 97 611 –11 620
1999–00 97 255 110 083 –12 828
(a) A negative sign indicates that imports exceed exports.
Source: International Merchandise Trade (5422.0).
Exports
Imports
30.23 TOTAL MERCHANDISE EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
$b
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
Source: International Merchandise Trade (5422.0).
Merchandise exports and imports
by country
In Australian merchandise trade statistics,
external territories under Australian
administration are treated as separate countries,
as are some self-governing territories and
dependent territories under the administration of
other countries.
Country has a different meaning for exports and
imports. For exports, country refers to the
country to which the goods were consigned at
the time of export. For imports, country refers to
the country of origin of the goods, that is, where
the majority of processing of the goods takes
place. Where the country of consignment/origin
is not known at the time of export/import, goods
are recorded as Destination Unknown (exports)
or Origin Unknown (imports).
Graphs 30.24 and 30.25 show, respectively,
Australia’s merchandise exports to selected
countries and Australia’s merchandise imports
from selected countries in 1999–2000. Table
30.26 shows merchandise trade for the last three
financial years, classified by country and the two
country groups APEC and the European Union.
Map 30.27 shows Australia’s net balance of trade
with the rest of the world in 1999–2000.
The main contributors to the $1,208m increase in
the merchandise trade deficit for 1999–2000
were:
a $1,127m rise in the deficit with the United
Kingdom as a result of a rise in imports of
$811m (mainly Telecommunications and
sound recording and reproducing apparatus
and equipment; and Transport equipment,
excluding road vehicles);