Strategic Lens

Fertiliser: Australia and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2022, Russia sold USD 189 million of fertilisers to Australia.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in fertilisers grew about 3.6 times, from USD 51.9 million in 2019 to USD 189 million in 2022.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2022, Russia sold USD 189 million of fertilisers, and Australia sold almost none.

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 imports from Russia: fertilisers

USD million · 2019 to 2022, calendar years, as reported by Australia

2019: 51.9Low 50.1 / High 188.52022: 188.5

201951.9
202050.1
2021112.6
2022188.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026