Australia Imports

Imports to Australia rose 3 percent month-over-month to AUD 35.27 billion in July 2019. Purchases of consumption goods rose by 4 percent to AUD 8.78 billion, largely due to non-industrial transport equipment (14 percent). In addition, imports of intermediate and other merchandise goods went up by 5 percent to AUD 11.16 billion, mainly boosted by fuels and lubricants (14 percent). Also, imports of non-monetary gold soared 29 percent to AUD 787 million. On the other hand, purchases of capital goods fell 1 percent to AUD 6.11 billion, largely due to civil aircraft and confidentialised items (-36 percent) and capital goods n.e.s (-15 percent). Additionally, imports of services fell by AUD 30 million to AUD 8.43 billion, led by maintenance and repair services n.i.e (-30 percent) and transport (-1 percent). Imports in Australia averaged 11928.55 AUD Million from 1971 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 35967 AUD Million in November of 2018 and a record low of 393 AUD Million in May of 1972.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2019-06-06	01:30 AM	Imports MoM Apr	3%	-1.4%	1%
2019-07-03	01:30 AM	Imports MoM May	2%	2.3%	1%
2019-08-06	01:30 AM	Imports MoM Jun	-4%	0.9%	-1%
2019-09-05	01:30 AM	Imports MoM Jul	3%	-3.5%	1%
2019-10-03	01:30 AM	Imports MoM Aug		3%	-1%
2019-12-05	12:30 AM	Imports MoM Oct

Australia Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	7268.00	7977.00	7977.00	-4286.00	AUD Million	[+]
Current Account	5853.00	-1120.00	5853.00	-22471.00	AUD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	-1.50	-3.40	2.30	-7.30	percent	[+]
Imports	35270.00	34291.00	35967.00	393.00	AUD Million	[+]
Exports	42538.00	42268.00	42538.00	435.00	AUD Million	[+]
External Debt	2139816.00	2115047.00	2139816.00	147312.00	AUD Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	100.20	97.40	106.40	47.50	Index Points	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	80891.00	55183.00	80891.00	-37051.00	AUD Million	[+]
Capital Flows	-4163.00	3430.00	24576.00	-4163.00	AUD Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	790400.00	660300.00	1057900.00	30100.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	68.74	68.70	79.85	68.70	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	329.00	353.00	781.00	238.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	2.83	3.09	3.11	0.01		[+]
Weapons Sales	38.00	98.00	158.00	2.00	USD Million	[+]

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Australia Imports

Australia imports mainly machinery and transport equipment (40 percent of total imports), of which road vehicles account for 12 percent, industrial machinery for 6 percent, electrical machinery for 5 percent and telecommunications and sound recording for 5 percent.The country also imports: petroleum (11 percent); manufactured goods (12 percent); chemicals and related products (10 percent); and food and live animals (5 percent). Main import partners are China (23 percent of total imports), the US (11 percent), Japan (7 percent), South Korea, Thailand and Germany (5 percent each) and Malaysia (4 percent). This page provides the latest reported value for - Australia Imports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Australia Imports - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2019.