Australia had a merchandise trade surplus of A$5.022 billion in November, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
That was shy of expectations for a surplus of A$6 billion and down from the downwardly revised A$6.583 billion in October (originally A$7.456 billion).
Imports were up 10 percent on month after gaining an upwardly revised 2 percent in the previous month (originally 1 percent).
Exports rose 3 percent on month, slowing from the downwardly revised 4.4 percent gain a month earlier (originally 5 percent).
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