澳大利亚进口价格在2024年第四季度环比下降1.8%，与上一季度1.1%的涨幅相反，这是三个季度以来的首次下降。下降的主要原因是：石油、石油产品（-6.4%），由于欧佩克+国家延长减产，全球需求疲软抵消了供应压力；电机和电器（-4.9%），因为一些原材料价格的下跌加上澳元的升值；以及医药产品（-3.5%），这是由于一些报道称制造业效率提高，同时澳元升值。相比之下，与以高得多的价格进口的新型移动电话相关的电信设备的成本增长（1.8%）；以及黄金，非货币性（3.8%），受中东冲突持续以及各国央行保持利率不变导致黄金需求增加的驱动。截至第一季度，进口价格在第四季度下降3.1%后，下降了0.7%。
Australia's import prices fell by 1.8% qoq in Q4 of 2024, reversing from a 1.1% rise in the previous quarter and marking the first drop in three quarters. Main contributors to the decline were: petroleum, petroleum products (-6.4%), dented by weak global demand offsetting supply pressures, as OPEC+ nations extend production cuts; electrical machinery and apparatus (-4.9%), as falls in some raw material prices were compounded by the appreciating Australian dollar; and medicinal and pharmaceutical products (-3.5%), due to some reports of efficiency gains in manufacturing, alongside the appreciating Australian dollar. In contrast, cost grew for telecommunications equipment (1.8%) linked to new model mobile phones being imported at significantly higher prices; and gold, non-monetary (3.8%), driven by higher demand for gold as conflicts in the Middle East lingered and central banks keep interest rates on hold. Through the year to Q1, the import prices shrank 0.7%, after a 3.1% fall in Q4.
