SYDNEY, April 26 (Reuters) - Australian export and
import indices for the first quarter, released by the Australian
Bureau of Statistics on Friday.

 (All Groups)                 qtr/qtr pct
 Export price index           -2.1
 Import price index           -1.8
 
    Export prices were driven down by a 58.1% plunge in crude
fertilisers and minerals, which includes lithium. Import prices
for petrol, machineries and pharma products fell in the quarter,
not helped by an appreciating Australian dollar.
    For details, see the Australian Bureau of Statistics Web
site at http://www.abs.gov.au.

 (Reporting by Stella Qiu; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)