Australia Balance of Trade
Exports minus imports of goods each month.
A$804m
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Jan 1970 to Aug 2026
Source: FRED series XTNTVA01AUM667S · OECD merchandise trade, monthly, converted from US dollars to Australian dollars at each period's own rate.
Australia Balance of Trade in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Australia, the balance of trade fell by A$403m over the year to Aug 2026, from A$1.21bn in Aug 2025.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −A$1.7bn in May 2026 to A$19.7bn in Sep 2022.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- OECD via FRED
- Series
- XTNTVA01AUM667S
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- $m
- Seasonal adjustment
- Seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Aug 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Australia typically runs a surplus, driven by resource exports.
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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