Strategic Lens

Defence and arms: Australia and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, United Kingdom sold USD 10.3 million of arms and ammunition to Australia. Both are members of AUKUS.

Benefits

  • BothBoth are members of AUKUS.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in arms and ammunition fell 55 percent, from USD 23.1 million in 2019 to USD 10.5 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United Kingdom sold USD 10.3 million of arms and ammunition, and Australia sold almost none.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026); Wikidata, statements on membership (property P463) (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Australia's imports from United Kingdom: arms and ammunition

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

2019: 22.6Low 2.9 / High 26.72025: 10.3

201922.6
202026.7
202111.4
20222.9
20238.5
20247.4
202510.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026