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Australia's trade surplus on goods increased to AUD 11.03 billion in January 2024 from a downwardly revised AUD 10.74 billion in the previous month, compared to market forecasts of AUD 11.5 billion, with exports rising faster than imports. Shipments grew by 1.6% from a month earlier to AUD a 10-month high of 47.51 billion, mainly boosted by non-monetary gold. On the original basis, outbound shipments soared to the US (11.3%) and Indonesia (6.6%), while those to the country's largest trading partner, China, plunged 9.2% after a downwardly revised 4.6% rise in December. Meanwhile, imports climbed 1.3% to a three-month high of AUD 36.43 billion, mainly driven by non-industrial transport equipment.