Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia

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Balance of payments statistics on current, capital and financial transactions and the international investment position statement

Reference period
June 2022
Released
6/09/2022

Key statistics

  • The current account surplus, seasonally adjusted, rose $15,550m to $18,324m. 
  • The capital and financial account deficit rose $11,316m to $18,883m.
  • Australia’s net international investment liability position was $834,393m at 30 June 2022.

Main features

Key figures (a)
 Mar 22 ($m)Jun 22 ($m)
Balance on current account (b)2,77418,324
Balance on goods and services (b)26,74643,085
Net primary income (b)-23,241-23,950
Capital and financial account-7,567-18,883
International investment position (c)853,488834,393

(a) Trend series is not published from June Quarter 2019.
(b) Seasonally adjusted.
(c) Levels at end of period.

The Current account surplus increased by $18.3 billion in the June 2022 quarter, recording the 13th consecutive surplus. The increase was driven by an increase in the balance on goods and services which rose by $16.3 billion to $43.1 billion, the highest level on record.

Higher prices for Australian commodity exports resulted in a 4.6 per cent rise in the terms of trade, with the index reaching 130.7, the highest level on record. 

Annual exports of Coal, coke and briquettes exceeded $100 billion for the first time over the 2021-22 financial year. The recovery of Travel services, following the reopening of Australia’s international border earlier in the year, also contributed to the rise in exports.

The net primary income deficit widened to $24.0 billion driven by high dividend payments to non-residents as profits remained strong on the back of higher commodity prices.

The capital and financial account recorded a deficit of $18.9b during the June 2022 quarter driven by a financial account deficit of $18.7b. The deficit was driven by a net outflow in both Currency and deposits and Loans following increased foreign demand for Australian currency. 

Australia's net IIP liability decreased $19.1b to $834.4b at 30 June 2022 driven by a net foreign equity asset position increase of $34.3b and partly offset by a net foreign debt liability position increase of $15.2b. 

 

(a) Seasonally adjusted estimates at current prices.

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Changes in this issue

Current Account

Balance on current account in current prices, seasonally adjusted (a) - June quarter 2022
   Mar 22 ($m)Jun 22 ($m)Mar 22 to Jun 22 ($m)
Balance on current account2,77418,32415,550
Balance on goods and services26,74643,08516,339
Net goods31,71848,50116,783
Net Services-4,972-5,415-443
Net primary income-23,241-23,950-709
Net secondary income-731-811-80

(a) For sign conventions, see the Concepts section in the Explanatory notes in the Methodology.

Terms of trade

Relationship between IPD, EPI and IPI

Balance on goods and services

In seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, the balance on goods and services was a surplus of $2,202m, a rise of $5,069m on the revised March quarter 2022 deficit of $2,867m. 

The rise in the balance on goods and services surplus of $5.1 billion (seasonally adjusted chain volume measure) is expected to contribute 1.0 percentage points to the June 2022 GDP quarterly movement. 

(a) Seasonally adjusted, reference year 2019-20.

Exports of goods (credits)

In seasonally adjusted terms at current prices, goods credits rose $19,794m (14.6%) to $154,992m, with volumes up 4.2% and prices up 10.0%. 

 

Goods credits, price and volume change - seasonally adjusted - June quarter 2022
  Current prices ($m)Current prices (%)Chain volume measures (a) (%)Implicit price deflators (a)(b)(%)
Exports of goods19,79414.64.210.0
 Rural goods1,1987.35.91.4
 Non-rural goods17,58815.63.112.2
 Net exports of goods under merchanting---1.71.9
 Non-monetary gold1,00916.514.61.6

- nil (including null cells).
(a) Reference year 2019-20 = 100.
(b) Movements in indexes are based on data to four decimal places.

Rural goods

Non-rural goods

Imports of goods (debits)

In seasonally adjusted terms at current prices, goods debits rose $3,012m (2.9%) to $106,422m, with volumes down 1.6% and prices up 4.5%. 

Goods debits, price and volume change - seasonally adjusted - June quarter 2022
  Current prices ($m)Current prices (%)Chain volume measures (a) (%)Implicit price deflators (a)(b)(%)
Total Goods Imports3,0122.9-1.64.5
 Consumption goods-761-2.3-1.0-1.3
 Capital goods4411.90.81.2
 Intermediate and other merchandise goods3,0446.6-4.211.3
 Non-monetary gold28716.915.71.0

(a) Reference year 2019-20 = 100.
(b) Movements in indexes are based on data to four decimal places.

Consumption goods

Capital goods

Intermediate and other merchandise goods

Services

Services exports, price and volume change - seasonally adjusted - June quarter 2022
  Current prices ($m)Current prices (%)Chain volume measures (a) (%)Implicit price deflators (a)(b)(%)
Exports of services2,27615.113.71.2
 Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others----
 Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.-1-10.0-10.00.7
 Transport42939.035.72.4
 Travel2,10539.238.30.7
 Other services-256-3.0-3.80.9

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells).
(a) Reference year 2019-20 = 100.
(b) Movements in indexes are based on data to four decimal places.

Services imports, price and volume change - seasonally adjusted - June quarter 2022
  Current prices ($m)Current prices (%)Chain volume measures (a) (%)Implicit price deflators (a)(b)(%)
Imports of services2,72013.614.3-0.6
 Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others----
 Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.6057.756.30.5
 Transport82210.913.2-2.0
 Travel1,96362.762.30.3
 Other services-125-1.3-1.70.3

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells).
(a) Reference year 2019-20 = 100.
(b) Movements in indexes are based on data to four decimal places.

Income

The primary income deficit rose by $709m to $23,950m in the June quarter 2022.

(a) Trend series is not published from June Quarter 2019.

(b) Seasonally adjusted.

Primary income credits

In seasonally adjusted terms at current prices, income to residents (credits) rose $1,942m (9.9%) to $21,614m. The main components contributing to this rise were:

  • Direct investment assets - income on equity and investment fund shares; up $641m (6.8%)
  • Portfolio investment assets - investment income on equity and investment fund shares; up $1,074m (14.0%)
  • Other investment assets; up $161m (24.9%)

Primary income debits

In seasonally adjusted terms at current prices income to non-residents (debits) rose $2,652m (6.2%) to $45,565m. The main components contributing to this rise were:

  • Direct investment liabilities - income on equity and investment fund shares; up $6,277m (25.0%)
  • Portfolio investment liabilities - investment income on equity and investment fund shares; down $4,449m (44.3%)
  • Direct investment liabilities - interest; up $221m (45.6%)
  • Other investment income; up $162m (10.6%)

Secondary income

In seasonally adjusted terms at current prices, the net secondary income deficit rose $80m to $811m in the June quarter 2022. 

Capital and Financial Account

The capital and financial account recorded a deficit of $18.9b during the June 2022 quarter, mainly driven by the financial account deficit of $18.7b.

The financial account deficit rose due to a $17.1b net outflow of debt and a $1.6b net outflow of equity.

Capital and financial account
   Sep-21Dec-21Mar-22Jun-22Qtr on Qtr
   ($m)($m)($m)($m)($m)
Capital account-163-42-186-211-25
 Acquisitions/disposals of non-produced non-financial assets213825654
  Acquisitions/disposals of non-produced non-financial assets credits514266862
  Acquisitions/disposals of non-produced non-financial assets debits-3-4-4-12-8
 Capital transfers-165-180-188-267-79
  Capital transfers credits00000
  Capital transfers debits-165-180-188-267-79
Financial account-13,139-9,212-7,381-18,672-11,291
 Direct investment-6,59614,805-65,018-6,95658,062
  Direct investment assets-14,500-8,530-123,850-11,673112,177
  Direct investment liabilities7,90423,33658,8334,717-54,116
 Portfolio investment-1,829-13,71261,93142,449-19,482
  Portfolio investment assets-38,105-60,039-32,09815,79747,895
  Portfolio investment liabilities36,27646,32894,02926,652-67,377
 Financial derivatives569-7,533-2,729-1,7261,003
  Financial derivatives assets45,90435,12843,34275,63532,293
  Financial derivatives liabilities-45,335-42,661-46,071-77,362-31,291
 Other investment12,095-1,056-966-51,977-51,011
  Other investment assets-22,894-6,229-19,051-32,519-13,468
  Other investment liabilities34,9895,17318,085-19,458-37,543
 Reserve assets-17,378-1,717-599-462137
 Net errors and omissions-3,7752,4224,933-4,281-9,214

International Investment Position

Australia's net IIP liability position was $834.4b at 30 June 2022, a decrease of $19.1b on the revised 31 March 2022 figure of $853.5b. Australia's net foreign equity asset position increased $34.3b to $323.3b at 30 June 2022. Australia's net foreign debt liability position increased $15.2b to $1,157.7b.

International investment position, by net foreign equity and net foreign debt
  Position at beginning of periodTransactionsPrice changesExchange rate changesOther adjustmentsPosition at end of period
  ($m)($m)($m)($m)($m)($m)
Net International Investment PositionDec-21847,729-9,212-67,3589,224-2,628777,754
Net International Investment PositionMar-22777,754-7,381-14,23944,69252,661853,488
Net International Investment PositionJun-22853,488-18,67222,470-34,74911,855834,393
        
Net Foreign EquityDec-21-364,885-31,024-44,46512,407-2,888-430,855
Net Foreign EquityMar-22-430,855-10,99139,61160,87652,361-288,997
Net Foreign EquityJun-22-288,997-1,59341,145-70,756-3,136-323,337
        
Net Foreign DebtDec-211,212,61521,812-22,893-3,1842591,208,609
Net Foreign DebtMar-221,208,6093,611-53,850-16,1842991,142,485
Net Foreign DebtJun-221,142,485-17,079-18,67536,00814,9911,157,730
        

Supplementary Information

Value adjustments

Revisions

Economic conditions

Data downloads

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Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 5302.0.

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