Australia Balance of Trade

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

6,900

Units In

AUD Million

2,968

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 03, 2025

Time to Release

24 Days 19 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
17,670 Jun 2022	-4,033 Dec 2015	529.77 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. .

Latest Updates

Australia's trade surplus in goods narrowed to AUD 5.41 billion in April 2025, down from a marginally revised AUD 6.89 billion in the previous month and below market expectations of AUD 5.90 billion, as exports fell while imports rose. Exports dropped 2.4% from the previous month to AUD 44.08 billion, reversing a downwardly revised 7.2% increase in March, as shipments to the US were dampened by Trump’s tariffs, plunging 57.6%. By contrast, shipments to Australia’s top trading partner, China, edged up by 0.5%. On the commodity side, exports declined for non-rural goods (-2.1%) and non-monetary gold (-17.6%). Meanwhile, imports grew by 1.1% to AUD 38.66 billion, rebounding from an upwardly revised 2.4% decline in the previous month, driven by increases in capital and consumption goods.