Australia Balance of Trade

Last Release

Aug 31, 2025

Actual

1,825

Units In

AUD Million

7,310

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Nov 06, 2025

Time to Release

1 Months 0 Days 18 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
17,670 Jun 2022	-4,033 Dec 2015	552.3 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 narrowed to AUD 1.83 billion in August 2025, down sharply from a downwardly revised AUD 6.61 billion in July and well below market expectations of AUD 6.2 billion. This marked the smallest surplus since June 2018, driven by a sharp decline in exports. Exports plunged 7.8% month-over-month to a three-month low of AUD 41.86 billion in August, following a downwardly revised 2.5% increase in July. The decline was primarily driven by a 47.2% plunge in shipments of non-monetary gold to AUD 2.95 billion, while non-rural goods fell 2.5%. Among trading partners, shipments to the US slumped 44.3% due to the impact of newly imposed US tariffs, while those to the UK plunged 45.3%. In contrast, exports to China — Australia’s top trading partner — grew by 4.3%. On the imports side, inbound shipments rose 3.2% to a record AUD 40.03 billion, recovering from a revised 2.4% decline in July.