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Pharma and health: Australia and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, Australia sold USD 304 million of pharmaceutical products to China and bought USD 214 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in pharmaceutical products runs both ways in similar amounts: Australia sold USD 304 million and China sold USD 214 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in pharmaceutical products fell 54 percent, from USD 1.12 billion in 2019 to USD 518 million in 2025.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Australia's exports to China: pharmaceutical products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Australia

2019: 976.8Low 304.1 / High 976.82025: 304.1

2019976.8
2020678
2021328.1
2022310.5
2023372.3
2024411.3
2025304.1

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Australia's imports from China: pharmaceutical products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Australia

2019: 146Low 146 / High 415.92025: 214.2

2019146
2020205.5
2021197.6
2022415.9
2023202.4
2024198.6
2025214.2

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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