Imininingwane yakamuva ekhishwe yi-Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ikhombisa ukuthi ngoJanuwari 2021, inani eliphelele lokuthunyelwa kwempahla e-Australia lehle ngo-9% ngenyanga (A$3 billion).
Uma kuqhathaniswa nokuthunyelwa kwensimbi eqinile ngoZibandlela wonyaka odlule, inani le-iron ore yase-Australia ethunyelwa kwamanye amazwe ngoJanuwari lehle ngo-7% (A$963 million).NgoJanuwari, ukuthunyelwa kwe-iron ore e-Australia kwehle cishe ngamathani ayizigidi eziyi-10.4 kusukela ngenyanga edlule, ukwehla ngo-13%.Kubikwa ukuthi ngo-January, ehlaselwe isiphepho sasezindaweni ezishisayo iLucas (Cyclone Lucas), iTheku laseHedland eNtshonalanga Australia lasusa imikhumbi emikhulu, okwathinta ukuthunyelwa kwensimbi yensimbi kwamanye amazwe.
Kodwa-ke, i-Australian Bureau of Statistics yaveza ukuthi ukuqhubeka kwamandla entengo ye-iron anciphisa kancane umthelela wokwehla kwensimbi yensimbi ethunyelwa ngaphandle.Eqhutshwa ukufunwa okuqinile okuvela e-China kanye nokukhishwa okungaphansi kwalokho obekulindelwe kwe-iron ore enkulukazi yase-Brazil, amanani ensimbi akhuphuke ngo-7% ngethani ngalinye ngoJanuwari.
NgoJanuwari, ukuthunyelwa kwamalahle e-Australia kwehle ngo-8% inyanga nenyanga (A$277 million).I-Australian Bureau of Statistics yaveza ukuthi ngemva kokwanda okukhulu ngoZibandlela wonyaka odlule, ukuthunyelwa kwamalahle e-Australia ezindaweni ezintathu ezinkulu zokuthumela amalahle kwamanye amazwe—iJapane, i-India kanye neNingizimu Korea—konke kwehlile, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokwehla kokuthengiswa kwamalahle aqinile.
Ukwehla kokuthunyelwa kwamalahle aqinile kukhiqizwe ngokwengxenye ukwanda kokuthunyelwa kwamalahle ashisayo kanye nokuthunyelwa kwegesi yemvelo kwamanye amazwe.NgoJanuwari, ukuthunyelwa kwegesi yemvelo yase-Australia kukhuphuke ngo-9% inyanga nenyanga (AUD 249 million).