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Australia Trade Summary

2008

Australia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR AUSTRALIA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Australia 2008

Exports and imports of Australia in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 186,853 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 200,617 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,279 products were exported to 218 countries and 4,408 products were imported from 208 countries.

Australia top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Australia exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Australia exports to Japan worth US$ 42,732 million, with a partner share of 22.87 percent.
  2. Australia exports to China worth US$ 27,225 million, with a partner share of 14.57 percent.
  3. Australia exports to Korea, Rep. worth US$ 15,486 million, with a partner share of 8.29 percent.
  4. Australia exports to India worth US$ 11,380 million, with a partner share of 6.09 percent.
  5. Australia exports to United States worth US$ 10,184 million, with a partner share of 5.45 percent.

Top five countries from which Australia imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Australia imports from China worth US$ 31,588 million, with a partner share of 15.75 percent.
  2. Australia imports from United States worth US$ 24,256 million, with a partner share of 12.09 percent.
  3. Australia imports from Japan worth US$ 18,049 million, with a partner share of 9.00 percent.
  4. Australia imports from Singapore worth US$ 14,231 million, with a partner share of 7.09 percent.
  5. Australia imports from Germany worth US$ 10,004 million, with a partner share of 4.99 percent.

Australia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Australia along with trade value are:

  1. Australia exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 39,252,642.30 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Australia exported Non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 25,303,921.29 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Australia exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 12,027,431.66 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Australia exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 8,708,862.50 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Australia exported Natural gas, liquefied , worth 7,782,492.43 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Australia along with trade value are

  1. Australia imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 15,673,103.78 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Australia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 13,298,795.65 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Australia imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 7,022,239.20 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Australia imported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 6,742,974.78 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Australia imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 5,085,952.01 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Australia in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 4.06 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.15 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 112,286,519.72 and duty free tariff line items share was 45.77 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Australia in 2008 are below

  • Australia GDP in current US dollar was 1,055,686 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 42,380.00 .
  • Australia Trade balance: as % of GDP was -2.55.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -26,921.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 42.86 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.85 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Australia in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.10.
  • Index of export market penetration was 14.31.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Australia Country Growth was -6.60 .