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Supply chains and manufacturing: Australia and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, Australia sold USD 218 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Japan and bought USD 11.6 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Japan sold USD 11.6 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 218 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 Japan: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 143.2Low 94.9 / High 218.22025: 218.2

2019143.2
202094.9
2021124.6
2022120.4
2023200.4
2024167.8
2025218.2

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Australia's imports from Japan: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 8.97Low 8.97 / High 13.122025: 11.55

20198.97
20209.05
202111.9
202211.46
202313.12
202412.89
202511.55

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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