Spotlight on Australia: Life and Health Sciences
Australian imports vs exports
Australia's Top 20 Manufactures Exports 2019-20
$
%
%
Rank Commodity (a)(b)
million
share
change
1
Aluminium
3,761
7.2
-11.5
Australia's Top 20 Imports 2019-20
2
Pharmaceutical products (excl medicaments)
3,631
6.9
22.9
Rank Commodity (a)(b)
$ million % share % change
3
Copper
3,433
6.6
-12.8
1
Personal travel (excl education) services
33,288
8.4
-28.1
4
Medicaments (incl veterinary)
2,912
5.6
10.8
2
Refined petroleum
21,721
5.5
-13.4
5
Telecom equipment & parts
2,499
4.8
13.8
3
Passenger motor vehicles
19,093
4.8
-11.5
6
Aircraft, spacecraft & parts
2,354
4.5
-7.6
4
Telecom equipment & parts
15,230
3.8
4.4
7
Measuring & analysing instruments
2,043
3.9
35.0
5
Computers
10,398
2.6
6.5
8
Medical instruments (incl veterinary)
1,709
3.3
3.4
6
Freight services
10,363
2.6
2.5
9
Zinc
1,302
2.5
-19.0
7
Crude petroleum
9,474
2.4
-29.4
10
Nickel
1,142
2.2
-31.7
8
Gold
8,812
2.2
59.7
11
Perfumery & cosmetics (excl soap)
1,071
2.0
12.6
9
Professional services
8,291
21
7.4
12
10
Medicaments (incl veterinary)
Pigments, paints & varnishes
987
1.9
0.3
8,124
2.0
8.6
13
11
Goods vehicles
2.0
-23.6
Computers
975
1.9
7.0
12
Pharmaceuticals products
14
Vehicle parts & accessories
920
1.8
4.4
(excl medicaments)
6,075
1.5
25.5
15
13
Telecom, computer & information-
Paper & paperboard
884
1.7
-13.8
5,952
1.5
24.1
services
16
Civil engineering equipment & parts
813
1.6
11.8
14
Technical & other business services
5,792
1.5
4.3
17
Lead
801
1.5
-13.8
15
Passenger transport services (c)
5,242
1.3
-30.4
18
Specialised machinery & parts
799
1.5
-0.5
16
Charges for intellectual property
4,914
1.2
-2.1
19
17
Furniture, mattresses & cushions
Jewellery
680
1.3
19.4
4,828
1.2
-3.3
20
18
Civil engineering equipment & parts
4,453
1.1
-12.4
Starches, inulin & wheat gluten
665
1.3
1.1
19
Plastic articles
4,099
1.0
6.1
Total manufactures exports(c)
52,329
100.0
-3.1
20
Electrical machinery & parts
3,954
1.0
-0.2
Total imports(d)
397,905 100.0
-5.7
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