Strategic Lens

Trade in goods: Australia and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, Australia sold USD 25.3 billion of goods to Japan and bought USD 16.5 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in goods is 41 percent below its 2022 peak of USD 70.3 billion.
  • BothThe two countries' customs reports differ on goods sold by Australia to Japan in 2025: Australia reports USD 25.3 billion and Japan reports USD 45.3 billion.

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: goods

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

2019: 24.45Low 22.65 / High 52.522025: 25.25

201924.45
202022.65
202130.32
202252.52
202336.19
202430.62
202525.25

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: goods

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

2019: 15.38Low 12.55 / High 18.112025: 16.48

201915.38
202012.55
202115.78
202217.8
202318.11
202417.38
202516.48

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026