List of the largest trading partners of Australia

This is a list of the largest trading partners of Australia. According to data obtained in the 2018 calendar year, China was the largest partner followed by the United States and Japan.

The largest trading partners

The ten largest trading partners of Australia with their total trade (sum of imports and exports) in millions of Australian dollars and the total trade for all countries for the 2018 calendar year were as follows:[1]

RankCountry/DistrictExportsImportsTotal TradeTrade Balance
1 China136,28778,321214,67257,966
2 Japan58,79626,967812,76431,829
3 United States23,09850,77973,877−27,681
4 South Korea26,64614,30240,94812,344
5 Singapore14,96817,27532,243−2,307
6 India22,3168,09330,40914,223
7 New Zealand15,03914,22429,263815
8 United Kingdom10,52116,42626,947−5,905
9 Thailand7,82717,90025,727−10,073
10 Malaysia10,12714,05424,181−3,927
Total all countries [2]325,625258,341583,96667,284

Top export markets

The 15 largest export markets of Australia in millions of Australian dollars for the 2018–19 financial year were as follows:[3]

Rank Country/Region Value (A$ million) Share of overall exports
1 China153,17732.6%
2 Japan61,72813.1%
3 South Korea27,7715.9%
4 United States24,7485.3%
5 India22,8364.9%
6 New Zealand16,0033.4%
7 Singapore15,9513.4%
8 Taiwan13,8602.9%
9 United Kingdom13,5042.9%
10 Malaysia11,5452.5%
11 Hong Kong10,9362.3%
12 Indonesia8,3661.8%
13 Vietnam7,6091.6%
14 Thailand7,3751.6%
15 United Arab Emirates4,8391.0%

Top import sources

The 15 largest import sources to Australia in millions of Australian dollars for the 2018–19 financial year were as follows:[3]

Rank Country Value (A$ million) Share of overall imports
1 China81,77719.4%
2 United States51,63812.3%
3 Japan26,8026.4%
4 Germany18,8704.5%
5 Thailand17,3364.1%
6 United Kingdom16,8604.0%
7 Singapore16,7354.0%
8 New Zealand14,5983.5%
9 South Korea13,6233.2%
10 Malaysia13,5743.2%
11 Italy9,7702.3%
12 Indonesia9,4702.2%
13 France8,2222.0%
14 Vietnam7,8581.9%
15 India7,5051.8%

See also

References
  1. "Australia's Trade at a Glance: Australia's Top 10 Two-way trading partners". Australian Government: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  2. "Australia's trade in goods and services 2016". Australian Government: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  3. "Composition of Trade Australia 2018–19" (PDF). Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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