Chapter 7: Exports

7.1 International merchandise exports

7.1 International merchandise exports

  2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Merchandise exports (a) – $ million        
New South Wales  31 205  36 369  40 540  37 044  36 599
Victoria  18 427  19 648  21 597  21 710  23 964
Queensland  43 265  49 353  52 868  44 433  44 813
South Australia  8 133  11 193  11 410  10 711  12 354
Western Australia  83 307  112 171  120 534  115 588  130 426
Tasmania  3 003  3 186  3 170  3 026  2 753
Northern Territory  4 979  5 295  5 277  5 958  6 804
Australian Capital Territory   5   2   12   7   1
Australia (b)  200 720  245 725  264 018  246 978  272 922
           
Merchandise exports – percentage of gross state product      
New South Wales   7.5   8.2   8.7   7.8   7.4
Victoria   6.2   6.3   6.6   6.4   6.8
Queensland   17.2   18.4   18.5   15.4   15.1
South Australia   9.7   12.5   12.4   11.4   12.7
Western Australia   45.7   50.6   49.6   47.6   49.3
Tasmania   12.8   13.1   12.9   12.3   11.0
Northern Territory   30.5   30.3   27.8   29.9   31.1
Australian Capital Territory   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
Australia (b)   15.5   17.5   17.7   16.2   17.2
           
(a) State in which the final stage of manufacture or production occurs.
(b) Includes re-exports and state figures not available for publication. Australian total, therefore, may not equal sum of states and territories.
Sources: ABS, International trade in goods and services, cat. no. 5368.0, Jul 2015; ABS, Australian national accounts: state accounts, cat. no. 5220.0, ABS, Canberra, 2013-14.

 

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