SYDNEY, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Australia's balance of payments

data for the third quarter, released by the Australian Bureau of

Statistics on Tuesday.

(in A$ billion, current prices)

Seasonally adjusted Q3 Q2 Q3 '11

Current account balance -14.900 -12.369 -6.947

Goods, services balance -4.645 -2.114 +5.827

Credits (exports) +73.851 +77.899 +81.064

Debits (imports) -78.497 -80.013 -75.237

The bureau said net exports could add 0.1 percentage points

to the third-quarter gross domestic product report due on

Wednesday.

Forecasts centred on a deficit of A$14.8 billion, and net

exports to make no contribution to third-quarter growth, a

Reuters poll showed.

Australia's net foreign debt stood at A$748.65 billion.

For details, see the Australian Bureau of Statistics Web

site at www.abs.gov.au.

(Reporting by Ian Chua; Editing by John Mair)

Keywords: ECONOMY AUSTRALIA/CURRENTACCOUNT

(ian.chua@thomsonreuters.com)(+61 2 9373 1871)(RM: ian.chua.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)

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