Australia Balance of Trade

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

2,238

Units In

AUD Million

6,900

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Aug 07, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 19 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
17,670 Jun 2022	-4,033 Dec 2015	532.41 AUD Million	1971-2025	Australian Bureau of Statistics

In 2017 and 2018 Australia recorded trade surpluses mostly due to rise in a resource exports like natural gas, metal ores and minerals, coal, coke and briquettes and rural goods such as meat and cereals. The biggest trade surpluses are recorded with China, Hong Kong and Japan and New Zealand and the biggest trade deficits with the United States, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. .

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Tuesday that he will visit China starting this Saturday, with stops in Shanghai, Beijing, and Chengdu, as Beijing seeks to deepen cooperation on AI, green energy, and the digital economy. It will be his second visit to China since being re-elected in May, following a landmark trip in 2023 that ended a seven-year diplomatic freeze. Albanese stressed the importance of maintaining dialogue with China despite ongoing differences between the two nations. His visit comes amid Beijing’s push to review the decade-old free trade agreement to strengthen ties in agriculture, mining, and emerging technologies. Meanwhile, Chinese Ambassador Xiao Qian said that his government is willing to review the agreement with a more open attitude and higher standard.