# Australia Trade in Goods: Imports (positive magnitude; ABS debit sign stripped on ingest)

Australia Trade in Goods: Imports (positive magnitude; ABS debit sign stripped on ingest) was up 11.7% year on year in September 2026, compared with 16.9% in August 2026.
The level stood at 45,609 AUD million.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.6% (May 2020) to 34.8% (Sep 2022), averaging 7.3%.
The next update is expected on 2 December 2026.

- Source agency: Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `AU.IMPORTS.M.SA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: AUD million
- Coverage: 1974-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (633 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/australia/trade-in-goods-imports-positive-magnitude-abs-debit-sign-stripped-on

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 45,609 AUD million | 11.7 |
| August 2026 | 47,160 AUD million | 16.9 |
| July 2026 | 44,393 AUD million | 14.2 |
| June 2026 | 45,272 AUD million | 14.7 |
| May 2026 | 45,931 AUD million | 15.6 |
| April 2026 | 45,654 AUD million | 18.6 |
| March 2026 | 45,506 AUD million | 19.9 |
| February 2026 | 40,086 AUD million | 3.7 |
| January 2026 | 41,053 AUD million | 4.8 |
| December 2025 | 41,044 AUD million | 6.0 |
| November 2025 | 41,826 AUD million | 13.9 |
| October 2025 | 41,589 AUD million | 13.9 |
| September 2025 | 40,822 AUD million | 11.3 |
| August 2025 | 40,355 AUD million | 9.0 |
| July 2025 | 38,868 AUD million | 3.6 |
| June 2025 | 39,462 AUD million | 5.6 |
| May 2025 | 39,721 AUD million | 5.5 |
| April 2025 | 38,491 AUD million | 5.2 |
| March 2025 | 37,944 AUD million | −2.9 |
| February 2025 | 38,663 AUD million | 3.5 |
| January 2025 | 39,185 AUD million | 8.9 |
| December 2024 | 38,707 AUD million | 9.0 |
| November 2024 | 36,730 AUD million | 6.0 |
| October 2024 | 36,523 AUD million | −3.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.IMPORTS.M.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.IMPORTS.M.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```