Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

The ABS official statistics do not provide an explicit industry sector breakdown of the Terms of Trade. A breakdown would require price level data for both the imports and exports by industry. While the source of exports can be attributed to broad industry classifications, the industry destination of imports is not able to be readily determined with accuracy.

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