Australia's trade surplus i go daun.
Updated
Wanpela pudaun bilong coal na iron ore export igo long China na India i mekim igo daun bilong Australia's trade surplus.
Finance reporter, Rebecca Hyam i ripot olsem, kantri ibin rekodim wanpela trade surplus bilong one-point-8-9 bilian dolas long July.
Em i aninit tru long forecast bilong three-point-one billion dollar surplus, na i go daun bikpela tru long mak bilong June risalt bilong three-point-4-4 billion dollars.
Figures or namba bilong Bureau of Statistices i soim ol exports igo daun long four per cent, na long sem taim ol imports ibin igo antap lng two per cent.
Wanpela senia economist long Westpac, Anthony Thompson i tok, em i kirap nogut long dispela risalt, longwanem long ol port data i soim lower coal na iron ore export volumes long mun July.
Tasol em i tok, em i no samting bilong wari long en.
Em i tok, mak bilong imports ibin igo antap longwanem long one-off purches bilong six Super Hornet fighter jets bilong Defence Department.
