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Australia Trade Balance

Latest Release

May 01, 2025

Actual

6.900B

Forecast

3.230B

2.852B

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 higher than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the AUD, while a lower than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the AUD.

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Currency: AUD

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistic...

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Apr 30, 2025 (Mar)	21:30	6.900B	3.230B	2.852B
Apr 02, 2025 (Feb)	20:30	2.968B	5.380B	5.156B
Mar 05, 2025 (Jan)	20:30	5.620B	5.850B	4.920B
Feb 05, 2025 (Dec)	20:30	5.085B	6.520B	6.792B
Jan 08, 2025 (Nov)	20:30	7.079B	5.620B	5.670B
Dec 04, 2024 (Oct)	20:30	5.953B	4.530B	4.532B

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