Australia's goods imports experienced a 1.1% increase from the previous month, reaching AUD 38.66 billion in April 2025. This growth marks a recovery from a revised 2.4% decrease in March and can be partially attributed to U.S. President Trump's 90-day suspension of reciprocal tariffs.
Among the categories, purchases of consumer goods rose by 2.8% to AUD 12.51 billion, fueled by significant upticks in non-industrial transportation (6.6%), textiles, clothing, and footwear (6.3%), and other consumption goods (0.1%). Capital goods imports saw a robust increase of 7.5% to AUD 9.35 billion, driven by jumps in ADP equipment (25.0%), industrial transport equipment (11.8%), telecommunications equipment (9.7%), various capital goods (2.8%), and machinery and industrial equipment (0.9%). Additionally, the import of non-monetary gold soared by 22.6% to AUD 1.49 billion.
Conversely, imports of intermediate and other merchandise goods fell by 5.3% to AUD 16.18 billion. This decline was primarily due to decreased purchases of fuels and lubricants (-17.2%), processed industrial supplies (-5.8%), and parts for transport equipment (-2.2%).
