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Supply chains and manufacturing: Australia and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, Australia sold USD 259 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to China and bought USD 22.5 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 84 percent, from USD 12.4 billion in 2019 to USD 22.8 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 22.5 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 259 million the other way.

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 320.5Low 252.5 / High 320.52025: 259.4

2019320.5
2020274.2
2021252.5
2022259.2
2023255.2
2024268.7
2025259.4

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 12.06Low 12.06 / High 22.492025: 22.49

201912.06
202013.3
202118.29
202220.96
202319.59
202419.23
202522.49

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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