Australia Balance of Trade

Last Release

Jun 30, 2025

Actual

5,365

Units In

AUD Million

2,238

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Sep 04, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 2 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
17,670 Jun 2022	-4,033 Dec 2015	539.88 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 trade surplus in goods widened to AUD 5.37 billion in June 2025, up from a downwardly revised AUD 1.60 billion in May and above market expectations of AUD 2.5 billion. This marked the largest trade surplus since March, as exports grew while imports fell. Exports rose by 6.0% month-over-month to a 16-month high of AUD 44.32 billion, following an upwardly revised 3.0% drop in May, mainly driven by stronger shipments to China and the United States, after falling in the previous month while surging to the UK. Exports to China, Australia’s top trading partner, rose 9.0%, rebounding sharply from a 0.4% decline in May. Meanwhile, imports dropped by 3.1% to AUD 38.95 billion, reversing from a downwardly revised 3.3% increase in May, mainly weighed down by capital goods.