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Australia Q1 Export Price Index -2.1%; Import Price Index -1.8%

AUSTRALIA DATA
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  • Export price index fell 2.1% this quarter and 8.3% through the year.
  • Import price index fell 1.8% this quarter and fell 0.7% through the year.
  • The main contributors to export price index fall were: crude fertilisers and minerals (-58.1%), metalliferous ores and metal scrap (-1.6%), gas, natural and manufactured (-1.0%), and coal, coke and briquettes (-0.8%).
  • The main offsetting contributors were: gold, non-monetary (+3.5%), meat and meat preparations (+1.8%).
  • The main contributors to import price index fall were: petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (-6.4%), electrical machinery and apparatus (-4.9%), medicinal and pharmaceutical products (-3.5%).
  • The main offsetting contributors were: telecommunications equipment (+1.8%), and gold, non-monetary (+3.8%).
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  • Export price index fell 2.1% this quarter and 8.3% through the year.
  • Import price index fell 1.8% this quarter and fell 0.7% through the year.
  • The main contributors to export price index fall were: crude fertilisers and minerals (-58.1%), metalliferous ores and metal scrap (-1.6%), gas, natural and manufactured (-1.0%), and coal, coke and briquettes (-0.8%).
  • The main offsetting contributors were: gold, non-monetary (+3.5%), meat and meat preparations (+1.8%).
  • The main contributors to import price index fall were: petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (-6.4%), electrical machinery and apparatus (-4.9%), medicinal and pharmaceutical products (-3.5%).
  • The main offsetting contributors were: telecommunications equipment (+1.8%), and gold, non-monetary (+3.8%).