Australia Imports 1971-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast | News

Imports to Australia were virtually unchanged at an all-time high of AUD 34.96 billion in August 2018. Purchases of consumption goods were flat at AUD 8.64 billion, as an increase in food & beverages, non-industrial transport equipment and textiles, clothing & footwear offset a decline in toys, books & leisure goods and household electrical items. Meanwhile, imports of capital goods grew 9 percent to AUD 6.77 billion, led by civil aircraft & confidentialised items (169 percent), telecommunications equipment (12 percent), ADP equipment (6 percent), and machinery & industrial equipment (3 percent). Arrivals of intermediate & other merchandise goods fell 2 percent to AUD 11.04 billion, due to a drop in fuels & lubricants (-11 percent), iron & steel (-24 percent) and parts for transport equipment (-2 percent). Imports of services increased 1 percent to AUD 8.09 billion, led by travel (2 percent), transport (1 percent) and other services (1 percent). Imports in Australia averaged 11476.97 AUD Million from 1971 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 34958 AUD Million in August of 2018 and a record low of 393 AUD Million in May of 1972.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous
2018-08-02	01:30 AM	Imports MoM	-1%	3.4%
2018-09-06	01:30 AM	Imports MoM	0%	-0.8%
2018-10-04	01:30 AM	Imports MoM	0%	0.7%
2018-11-02	12:30 AM	Imports MoM		0%
2018-12-07	12:30 AM	Imports MoM

Australia Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	1604.00	1548.00	4510.00	-4214.00	AUD Million	[+]
Exports	36562.00	36377.00	36701.00	435.00	AUD Million	[+]
Imports	34958.00	34828.00	34958.00	393.00	AUD Million	[+]
Current Account	-13472.00	-11678.00	277.00	-22497.00	AUD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	-3.10	-1.40	2.30	-7.30	percent	[+]
External Debt	2045588.00	2005834.00	2045588.00	147312.00	AUD Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	87.70	89.10	106.40	47.50	Index Points	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	60499.00	64825.00	64825.00	-37050.00	AUD Million	[+]
Capital Flows	12538.00	7111.00	25377.00	-375.00	AUD Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	774400.00	646700.00	1015000.00	30100.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	68.70	72.80	79.85	68.70	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	279.00	272.00	781.00	243.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	3.09	2.74	3.11	0.01		[+]
Weapons Sales	97.00	134.00	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 October of 2018.