Overseas Trade Indexes (Prices): December 2008 quarter (provisional)

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  11 March 2009

Highlights

  • The merchandise terms of trade fell 0.9 percent.
  • Merchandise export prices rose 2.5 percent and imports rose 3.4 percent.
  • The services terms of trade fell 6.5 percent.
  • Services export prices rose 3.1 percent and import prices rose 10.2 percent.
   Graph, Services Price and Terms of Trade Indexes.

 

Graph, Merchandise Price and Terms of Trade Indexes.

 Cathryn Ashley-Jones 11 March 2009  
 Acting Government Statistician ISSN 1178-0339