Australia Balance of Trade

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

3,938

Units In

AUD Million

1,825

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Dec 04, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 5 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
17,670 Jun 2022	-4,033 Dec 2015	557.5 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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Australia’s goods trade surplus widened to AUD 3.94 billion in September 2025, up sharply from a downwardly revised AUD 1.11 billion in August and surpassing market expectations of AUD 3.85 billion. Exports rose 7.9% month-over-month to AUD 44.58 billion in September, rebounding strongly from an upwardly revised 8.7% plunge in August. The recovery was largely driven by a 62.2% surge in non-monetary gold shipments to AUD 5.34 billion, amid soaring prices, recovering from a 47.2% plunge in the previous month. Among trading partners, exports to China—Australia’s top trading partner—rose 9.7%. Shipments also increased to Hong Kong (72.8%), India (40.0%), and Indonesia (29.4%), while exports to the United States surged 24.4% despite the imposition of new tariffs. On the imports side, inbound shipments increased 1.1% to a record AUD 40.64 billion, ahead of the holiday season, following a marginally revised 3.3% gain in August.