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 in millions of Australian dollars and the total trade for all countries for the 2018 calendar year were as follows:

Top export markets

The 15 largest export markets of Australia in millions of Australian dollars for the 2018–19 financial year were as follows:
RankCountry/RegionValue Share of overall exports
1People's Republic of China153,17732.6%
2Japan61,72813.1%
3Republic of Korea27,7715.9%
4United States of America24,7485.3%
5India22,8364.9%
6New Zealand16,0033.4%
7Singapore15,9513.4%
8Taiwan13,8602.9%
9United Kingdom13,5042.9%
10Malaysia11,5452.5%
11Hong Kong10,9362.3%
12Indonesia8,3661.8%
13Vietnam7,6091.6%
14Thailand7,3751.6%
15United 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:
RankCountryValue Share of overall imports
1People's Republic of China81,77719.4%
2United States of America51,63812.3%
3Japan26,8026.4%
4Germany18,8704.5%
5Thailand17,3364.1%
6United Kingdom16,8604.0%
7Singapore16,7354.0%
8New Zealand14,5983.5%
9Republic of Korea13,6233.2%
10Malaysia13,5743.2%
11Italy9,7702.3%
12Indonesia9,4702.2%
13France8,2222.0%
14Vietnam7,8581.9%
15India7,5051.8%