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International Merchandise Trade, Preliminary, Australia, Apr 2020
The value of exports and imports of goods both decreased in April 2020 although demand for resource commodities remained strong, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) preliminary international trade in goods figures. The preliminary figures show that exports fell $4 billion or 12 per cent from the record high figure in March 2020 of $35,797m. Driving the decrease was a $1.7 billion decrease in exports of non-monetary gold following significant trade last month (trade in non-monetary gold is volatile and large month-to-month movements are not uncommon). Smaller decreases were also observed in ... (full story)