General information: Fact sheets are updated biannually; June and December

Headquarters: Jakarta Secretary-General:

Surface area: 4,481 thousand sq kms HE Le Luong Minh
Population: 615.6 million (2012)
Members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.
Recent economic indicators: 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012(a) 2013(b)
GDP (US$bn) (current prices): 1,530.4 1,517.3 1,886.0 2,181.9 2,305.5 2,526.5
GDP PPP (Int'l $bn) (c): 2,813.0 2,880.0 3,139.7 3,353.3 3,605.6 3,867.6
GDP per capita (US$): 2,623 2,570 3,149 3,594 3,745 4,047
GDP per capita PPP (Int'l $) (c): 4,822 4,877 5,243 5,523 5,857 6,195
Real GDP growth (% change yoy): 4.7 3.0 8.3 5.0 6.2 6.1
Current account balance (US$m): 68,014 102,341 112,511 113,138 69,243 61,365
Current account balance (% GDP): 4.4 6.7 6.0 5.2 3.0 2.4
Inflation (% change yoy): 9.6 2.1 5.2 6.2 4.4 5.4
Australia's trade and investment relationship with ASEAN (d):
Australian merchandise trade with ASEAN, 2012: Total share: Growth (yoy):
Exports to ASEAN (A$m): 25,666 10.3% -4.2%
Imports from ASEAN (A$m): 45,438 18.8% 9.1%
Total trade (exports + imports) (A$m): 71,104 14.5% 3.9%
Major Australian exports, 2012 (A$m): Major Australian imports, 2012 (A$m):
Crude petroleum 4,019 Refined petroleum 10,038
Wheat 2,985 Crude petroleum 9,377
Gold 2,198 Goods vehicles 2,723
Copper 1,785 Gold 1,832
Australia's trade in services with ASEAN, 2012: Total share:
Exports of services to ASEAN (A$m): 8,561 16.8%
Imports of services from ASEAN (A$m): 11,961 18.9%
Major Australian service exports, 2012 (A$m): Major Australian service imports, 2012 (A$m):
Education-related travel 3,218 Personal travel excl education 5,243
Personal travel excl education 1,554 Transport 4,508
Australia's investment relationship with ASEAN, 2012 (e): Total: FDI:
Australia's investment in ASEAN (A$m): 53,463 24,041
ASEAN's investment in Australia (A$m): 80,209 32,539
ASEAN's global merchandise trade relationships(f):
ASEAN's principal export destinations, 2011: ASEAN's principal import sources, 2011:
1 China 15.1% 1 China 17.1%
2 Japan 13.1% 2 Japan 14.4%
3 United States 11.2% 3 United States 10.6%
4 Hong Kong (SAR of China) 8.7% 4 Republic of Korea 7.9%
5 Republic of Korea 5.6% 5 Saudi Arabia 4.2%
7 Australia 4.4% 9 Australia 2.8%
Compiled by the Trade Advocacy and Statistics Section, DFAT, using the latest data from the ABS, the IMF and various international sources.
(a) All recent data subject to revision; (b) IMF forecast; (c) PPP is purchasing power parity; (d) Total may not add due to rounding; (e) Stock, as at 31 December. Released annually
by the ABS; (f) ASEAN Extra-trade, and refers to ASEAN 6, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
na Data not available. np Data not published. .. Data not meaningful.
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