AUSTRALIA

Australia officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is an Oceania country comprising the mainland of the Australian
continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. Neighbouring
countries include Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east;
and New Zealand to the south-east.
Australia is a developed country and one of the wealthiest in the world, with the world's 12th-largest economy. In 2014
Australia had the world's fifth-highest per capita income. Australia's military expenditure is the world's 13th-largest. With the secondhighest human development index globally, Australia ranks highly in many international comparisons of national performance, such
as quality of life, health, education, economic freedom, and the protection of civil liberties and political rights.

Balance of Payments
JUNE KEY FIGURES
Mar Qtr 2015

Jun Qtr 2015

Mar Qtr 2015 to Jun Qtr 2015

$m

$m

% change

Trend estimates

-14 392

-17 103

-19

Seasonally adjusted

-13 501

-19 033

-41

Trend estimates

-5 505

-8 046

-46

Seasonally adjusted

-4 781

-9 641

-102

Trend estimates

-8 413

-8 614

-2

Seasonally adjusted

-8 251

-8 966

-9
-1

BALANCE ON CURRENT ACCOUNT

BALANCE ON GOODS AND SERVICES

NET PRIMARY INCOME

LEVELS AT END OF PERIOD

International Investment Position

910 724

905 996

Net foreign equity

-73 381

-70 060

Net foreign debt

984 105

976 056

-1

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has identified and corrected an error in primary income debits. In original terms,
this has increased primary income debits by more than $1.0b in the September quarter 2013, March quarter 2014,
September quarter 2014 and March quarter 2015.

The current account deficit, seasonally adjusted, rose $5,532m (41%) to $19,033m in the June quarter 2015. The deficit
on the balance of goods and services rose $4,860m (102%) to $9,641m in the June quarter 2015. The primary income
deficit rose $715m (9%) to $8,966m.

In seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, the surplus on goods and services fell $2,334m (28%) from $8,321m in the
March quarter 2015 to $5,987m in the June quarter 2015. This is expected to detract 0.6 percentage points from growth in
the June quarter 2015 volume measure of GDP.

Australia's top export markets (b) (A$ million)

Rank

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

% share of total

2012-13 to 2013-14
(% growth)

5 year trend
(% growth)

China

82,971

84,727

107,508

32.5

26.9

18.9

Japan

53,348

48,685

51,031

15.4

4.8

1.0

Republic of Korea

23,818

20,832

22,532

6.8

8.2

1.9

United States

15,293

14,835

17,025

5.1

14.8

-0.1

New Zealand

11,077

10,846

11,539

3.5

6.4

-0.5

Singapore

9,820

9,938

10,948

3.3

10.2

5.5

India

15,369

13,366

10,452

3.2

-21.8

-11.3

Taiwan

9,281

8,247

8,155

2.5

-1.1

0.0

United Kingdom

11,971

9,701

7,854

2.4

-19.0

-10.1

10

Malaysia (f)

6,666

6,808

7,238

2.2

6.3

8.5

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

% share of total

2012-13 to 2013-14
(% growth)

5 year trend
(% growth)

Australia's top import sources (c) (A$ million)

Rank
1

China

45,235

46,389

52,136

15.4

12.4

6.3

United States

42,285

39,998

41,171

12.2

2.9

3.5

Japan

22,559

20,705

21,150

6.2

2.2

1.3

Singapore

19,124

19,106

18,562

5.5

-2.8

3.9

Germany

12,606

12,450

13,904

4.1

11.7

2.4

Thailand

11,130

13,667

13,230

3.9

-3.2

-0.1

Malaysia

10,495

10,242

12,649

3.7

23.5

5.1

United Kingdom

12,440

12,177

12,435

3.7

2.1

-0.4

Republic of Korea

9,480

9,640

12,057

3.6

25.1

11.2

Australia's top import sources (c) (A$ million)

Rank
10

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

% share of total

2012-13 to 2013-14
(% growth)

5 year trend
(% growth)

10,505

10,165

11,151

3.3

9.7

1.8

New Zealand

NOTES

(b) Excludes selected confidential export commodities from partner country totals from June 2013 onwards as well as
for the country groups. Therefore movements in the confidentialised country totals may not reflect the true pattern of
trade.

(c) Excludes selected confidential import commodities from partner country totals from September 2008 onwards as
well as for the country groups. Therefore movements in the in the confidentialised country totals may not reflect the
true pattern of trade.

(f) DFAT estimate for Malaysia for 2013-14.

Australia's top 10 imports, goods and services (A$ million) (a) (b)
% growth
Rank

Commodity

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2012-13 to 2013-14

5 year trend

Total (c)

319,192

321,118

338,624

5.5

4.7

Personal travel (excl education) services

22,496

23,313

25,370

8.8

5.7

Crude petroleum

20,908

20,187

21,590

6.9

9.0

Refined petroleum

15,564

16,844

19,203

14.0

12.0

Passenger motor vehicles

15,980

17,330

17,834

2.9

8.0

Freight services

8,945

9,144

9,700

6.1

1.7

Telecom equipment & parts

8,725

8,921

9,069

1.7

5.6

Medicaments (incl veterinary)

8,531

8,021

7,673

-4.3

1.2

Computers

6,885

6,650

7,108

6.9

3.8

Passenger transport services (d)

6,688

7,070

6,328

-10.5

4.3

Goods vehicles

7,621

7,698

6,055

-21.3

6.1

10

Notes

(a) Goods trade are on a recorded trade basis, Services trade are on a balance of payments basis.

(b) Please note imports of aircraft were made confidential by the ABS from Sep-08 onwards. Imports of aircraft would
rank in Australia's top 25 imports. DFAT estimates that aircraft imports were valued at around $3.8 billion in 2013-14.

(c) Balance of payments basis.

(d) Includes Related agency fees & commissions.

Australia's top 10 exports, goods and services, (A$ million) (a)

% growth
Rank

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2012-13 to 2013-14

5 year trend

Total (b)

317,287

302,404

331,184

9.5

4.0

Iron ores & concentrates

62,695

57,075

74,671

30.8

16.8

Coal

47,912

38,640

39,960

3.4

-3.7

Natural gas

11,949

14,271

16,305

14.3

13.3

Education-related travel services (c)

14,790

14,553

15,743

8.2

-0.7

Personal travel (excl education) services

11,820

12,551

13,874

10.5

2.7

Gold

15,814

15,300

13,261

-13.3

-2.1

Crude petroleum

11,175

9,712

10,427

7.4

4.1

Beef f.c.f

4,685

5,052

6,422

27.1

5.4

Wheat

6,351

6,750

6,084

-9.9

9.1

Aluminium ores & conc (incl alumina)

5,277

5,565

6,078

9.2

0.8

10

Commodity

Notes

(a) Goods trade are on a recorded trade basis, Services trade are on a balance of payments basis.

(b) Balance of payments basis.

(c) Includes student expenditure on tuition fees and living expenses.

Australia Gross National Income

Gross National Product in Australia decreased to 378376 AUD Million in the second quarter of 2015 from 380402 AUD
Million in the first quarter of 2015. Gross National Product in Australia averaged 174146.75 AUD Million from 1959 until
2015, reaching an all-time high of 380402 AUD Million in the first quarter of 2015 and a record low of 52620 AUD Million in
the third quarter of 1959. Gross National Product in Australia is reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central
Asia. It has a population of approximately 32 million, making it the 42nd most populous country in the world. It is bordered by
Pakistan in the south and east; Iran in the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan in the north; and China in the far
northeast. Its territory covers 652,000 km2 (252,000 sq mi), making it the 41st largest country in the world.

Afghanistan - Balance of Payments

Capital & financial account - Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
59,602,266
(BoP, current US$)
in 2013
Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an
enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term
capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows of investment from the reporting economy to
the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. doll

Date
Value
Change, %
2013
59,602,266
-36.60 %
2012
94,013,759
3.05 %
2011
91,227,567
20.59 %
2010
75,649,209
-64.60 %
2009
213,670,260
144.82 %
2008
87,276,201
-53.75 %
2007
188,690,000
-20.72 %

2006
2005
2004
2003

238,000,000
-12.18 %
271,000,000
45.00 %
186,900,000
223.36 %
57,800,000
15.60 %
2002
50,000,000

Afghanistan's chief exports are natural gas and dried fruit. Other exports include carpets, fresh fruit, wool, and
cotton. Afghanistan imports food, motor vehicles, petroleum products, and textiles. Most of the foreign trade of
Afghanistan is controlled by the government or by government-controlled monopolies. The USSR was Afghanistan's
chief trading partner even before the 1979 Soviet invasion, and this relationship intensified in the 1980s. The
leading purchasers of Afghan products, in addition to the USSR and the former Soviet republics, have been Pakistan,
Great Britain, Germany, and India. In 1991 exports amounted to about $188.2 million, while imports cost $616.4
million

MERCHANDISE TRADE

Value

Annual percentage change

2013

2005-2013

2012

2013

Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$)

515

14

20

Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$)

8 724

17

39

-4

2013 a
Share in world total exports

0.00

Breakdown in economy's total exports

2013 a
Share in world total imports

0.05

Breakdown in economy's total imports

By main commodity group (ITS)

By main commodity group (ITS)

Agricultural products

52.0

Agricultural products

13.8

Fuels and mining products

0.3

Fuels and mining products

34.4

Manufactures

14.1

Manufactures

13.5

By main destination

By main origin

1. Pakistan

47.0

1. Pakistan

14.2

2. India

16.3

2. China

11.5

3. Iran

6.2

3. Japan

9.7

4. China

1.1

4. Iran

8.0

5. Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of

0.4

5. European Union (28)

4.7

Unspecified destinations

28.7

Unspecified origins

50.0

Overall exports and imports

Exports

$514M (2014)

Exports to GDP

6.28%

Imports

$8.55B (2014)

Imports to GDP

49.12%

Since 2006, Afghanistans trade deficit has been widening as imports have surged due to the reconstruction effort. Afghanistan main
exports are: carpets and rugs; dried fruits and medical plans. Main imports are: petroleum; machinery and equipment and food
items. Afghanistans main trading partners are: Pakistan (48 percent of total exports and 14 percent of imports) and Russia (9
percent of exports and 13 percent of imports). Others include: Iran, China, India, Japan and Turkey. This page provides Afghanistan Balance of Trade - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Content for Afghanistan Balance of Trade - was last refreshed on Wednesday, October 7, 2015.

Afghanistan Trade

Last

Previous

Highest

Lowest

Unit

Balance of Trade

-8209.00

-8654.00

-1660.92

-8654.00

USD Million

Exports

514.97

414.51

544.56

69.10

USD Million

Imports

8724.00

9069.00

9069.00

1966.07

USD Million

Current Account

-9239.00

-8490.00

-1371.50

-9239.00

USD Million

Current Account to GDP

-43.00

-44.60

-40.70

-75.20

percent

Gold Reserves

21.87

21.87

21.87

21.87

Tonnes

GROUP 1:
Salina Sinubangan
Misael Leycano
Shara Faith Latorre
Jocelle Ramirez
Trisha Gabriel

Almira Barrameda
Princess Datul
Maria Leonida Currimao
Ma. Leizel San Buenaventura