A | B |
Exports | Selling goods to other countries |
Imports | Buying goods from other countries |
Exports represents ... in $ terms | Money moving into the country |
Imports represents .. in $ terms | Money moving out of the country |
China | One of Australia's largest trading partners |
Iron Ore | Export we sell to China |
Tourism and Education | Examples of export services |
Skills | With exports services we are selling our ? to other countries |
Imports we buy | Petroleum and cars |
Reasons why we trade | Lack of our natural resources |
Reasons for trading - C.... products | Cheaper |
Reasons for trading - better Q... products | Quality |
Examples of commodities AU export | Metals, energy, livestock and meat, and agricultural. |
Human capital flow | Human skills demanded from other countries |
Foreign Debt | Term used when Australia borrows money from other countries |
Equity | Another term for stocks and shares |
Investment | Australia borrows money from other countries to finance this for example |
Savings | Australia need to borrow from other countries due to lack of this in Au banks |
Examples of financial capital flows | Net foreign debt and Net foreign equities |
Net Foreign Equity | Total value of equity owned by foreign investors MINUS total value of foreign equity owned by AU |