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Australia Trade Balance

Latest Release

Mar 06, 2025

Actual

5.620B

Forecast

5.850B

4.920B

The Trade Balance measures the difference in value between imported and exported goods and services over the reported period. A positive number indicates that more goods and services were exported than imported (a trade surplus). A negative number indicates that fewer goods and services were exported than imported (a trade deficit).

A reading that is stronger than forecast is generally supportive (bullish) for the AUD, while a weaker than forecast reading is generally negative (bearish) for the AUD.

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Currency: AUD

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistic...

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Mar 06, 2025 (Jan)	01:30	5.620B	5.850B	4.920B
Feb 06, 2025 (Dec)	01:30	5.085B	6.520B	6.792B
Jan 09, 2025 (Nov)	01:30	7.079B	5.620B	5.670B
Dec 05, 2024 (Oct)	01:30	5.953B	4.530B	4.532B
Nov 07, 2024 (Sep)	01:30	4.609B	5.240B	5.284B
Oct 03, 2024 (Aug)	02:30	5.644B	5.510B	5.636B

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