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AUSTRALIA DATA
The deterioration in the merchandise trade surplus appears to have stabilised. A small narrowing was expected in October but it actually widened to $5.95bn from $4.53bn as exports outpaced imports. But some of the details were soft with capital goods imports declining for the third straight month, exports weak to China and commodity export volumes generally lower.
Australia merchandise exports vs imports y/y% 3-mth ma
Source: MNI - Market News/ABS
- Goods exports rose 3.6% m/m in October but are still down 9.2% y/y after -10.2% y/y. The strength was driven by other mineral fuels and non-monetary gold. Rural goods fell 0.5% m/m and 3.7% y/y after -5.9% y/y.
- October commodity prices were higher on the month across the board, especially for iron ore. But higher prices weighed on export volumes with only semi-soft coal and LNG rising.
- Exports to Australia’s two largest destinations remain weak with shipments to China down 21% y/y in October and to Japan -15.1% y/y, while they’re robust to less important markets such as the US, UK, Indonesia and NZ.
Australia merchandise exports to China y/y%
Source: MNI - Market News/ABS
- Merchandise imports rose 0.1% m/m to be down 3.1% y/y after -2.8% m/m & -7.5% y/y in September. Both consumer and intermediate goods saw solid monthly rises of 0.8% and 1.7% respectively, while capex fell 2.1% m/m.
- The increase in consumer imports was due to non-industrial transport equipment. In terms of investment, machinery & telecoms equipment were weak.
Why MNI
MNI is the leading provider
of intelligence and analysis on the Global Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange and Energy markets. We use an innovative combination of real-time analysis, deep fundamental research and journalism to provide unique and actionable insights for traders and investors. Our "All signal, no noise" approach drives an intelligence service that is succinct and timely, which is highly regarded by our time constrained client base.Our Head Office is in London with offices in Chicago, Washington and Beijing, as well as an on the ground presence in other major financial centres across the world.
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