Ngokwedatha yokuqala evela kwi-Australian Bureau of Statistics, ngoFebruwari 2021, ukuthunyelwa kwempahla e-Australia ngobuninzi kunyuke nge-17.7% unyaka nonyaka, ukwehla ukusuka kwinyanga ephelileyo. Nangona kunjalo, ngokwe-avareji yokuthunyelwa kwempahla yemihla ngemihla, uFebruwari ubephezulu kunoJanuwari. NgoFebruwari, iTshayina ibine-35.3% yempahla e-Australia iyonke ethunyelwa ngaphandle kwi-11.35 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zase-Australia, nto leyo ibingaphantsi kunomyinge wenyanga we-12.09 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zase-Australia (60.388 yeebhiliyoni zeeyuan) ngo-2020.
Ukuthunyelwa kwempahla eninzi e-Australia ikakhulu kuvela kwiintsimbi zesinyithi. Idatha ibonisa ukuba ngoFebruwari, ukuthunyelwa kwe-ore yesinyithi e-Australia iyonke, kuquka i-iron ore, amalahle, kunye negesi yendalo enyibilikisiweyo, kufikelele kwi-21.49 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zase-Australia, nto leyo eyayingaphantsi kune-21.88 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zase-Australia ngoJanuwari kodwa ingaphezulu kune-18.26 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zase-Australia kwixesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo.
Phakathi kwazo, ukuthunyelwa kwe-iron ore e-Australia kufikelele kwi-13.48 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi zase-Australia, ukunyuka kwama-60% ngonyaka. Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yokwehla kobungakanani be-iron ore ethunyelwa eTshayina, ixabiso lokuthunyelwa kwe-iron ore e-Australia lehle nge-5.8% inyanga nenyanga ngenyanga, apho ukuthunyelwa kwe-iron ore e-Australia kwehle nge-12% inyanga nenyanga ukuya kwi-A $8.53 yeebhiliyoni. Ngaloo nyanga, ukuthunyelwa kwe-iron ore e-Australia eTshayina kuqikelelwe kwi-47.91 yezigidi zeetoni, ukwehla kwe-5.2 yezigidi zeetoni ukusuka kwinyanga ephelileyo.
NgoFebruwari, ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kwamalahle kuquka amalahle acoliweyo kunye namalahle ashushu bekuyi-3.33 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zase-Australia, elona nani liphezulu ukusukela ngoJuni ka-2020 (3.63 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zase-Australia), kodwa belisehlile nge-18.6% unyaka nonyaka.
Ngokutsho kwe-Australian Bureau of Statistics, ukunyuka kwama-25% kumaxabiso amalahle aqinileyo okupheka kunciphise ukwehla kwe-12% kokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe. Ukongeza, umthamo wokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe wamalahle ashushu kunye namalahle athambileyo okupheka urekhode ukunyuka okuncinci okungaphantsi kwe-6%. Ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kwamalahle athambileyo okupheka e-Australia ngoFebruwari kuqikelelwa ukuba kungama-5.13 ezigidi zeetoni, kwaye ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kwamalahle ngomphunga kuqikelelwa ukuba kungama-16.71 ezigidi zeetoni.