International Trade: Supplementary Information, Calendar Year

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Detailed calendar year statistics on international trade in goods and services, by country and state

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Reference period
2025
Release date and time
30/04/2026 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

  • Australia's balance on goods and services was a surplus of $6.9b in 2025.
  • Total goods and services exports (credits) rose $20.3b (3.1%) to $665.2b.
  • Total goods and services imports (debits) rose $42.6b (6.9%) to $658.3b.

Trade in Goods data included in the Key statistics section is on a Balance of Payments basis (original, current prices).

Trade in Goods data in the Total merchandise and services trade by country section and the Data downloads is on a merchandise trade basis (original, current prices).

For information about the differences in compilation, refer to International Merchandise Trade, Australia: Concepts, Sources and Methods.

Total merchandise and services trade by country

Total exports

In 2025, Australia’s top 5 partner countries for merchandise trade and services exports were:

  1. China, which fell $0.6b (0.3%) to $195.6b
  2. Japan, which fell $10.6b (13.9%) to $65.1b
  3. United States of America, which rose $18.9b (46.1%) to $59.9b
  4. South Korea, which rose $2.4b (5.9%) to $44.2b
  5. India, which fell $3.5b (9.8%) to $32.2b.

These 5 countries made up 59.8% of Australia’s exports.

Total imports

In 2025, Australia’s top 5 partner countries for merchandise trade and services imports were:

  1. China, which rose $14.5b (12.5%) to $130.2b
  2. United States of America, which rose $5.7b (6.1%) to $98.6b
  3. Japan, which rose $0.1b (0.3%) to $32.4b
  4. Singapore, which rose $4.9b (21.3%) to $28.2b
  5. Thailand, which fell $0.7b (3.0%) to $23.6b. 

These 5 countries made up 48.9% of Australia’s imports.

  1. Imports data for Japan for 2021 has been excluded due to confidentiality restrictions. Data with confidentiality restrictions 'No commodity details' are excluded from individual country totals and included in 'No country details'. For further information about confidentiality restrictions, see the Methodology.  

Trade in services

In 2025:

  • The balance on services was a deficit of $37.5b.
  • Services exports (credits) rose $14.1b (11.0%) to $142.1b.
  • Services imports (debits) rose $13.7b (8.2%) to $179.5b.
  1. Trade in services balance is exports (credits) less imports (debits). A negative balance indicates imports exceeds exports.

Exports of services

In 2025:

  • Total exports of services rose $14,131m (11.0%) to $142,052m.
  • Transport services rose $540m (6.6%) to $8,700m.
  • Travel services rose $7,252m (9.2%) to $86,018m.
  • All other services rose $6,339m (15.5%) to $47,334m.
  1. Includes Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others; Maintenance and repair services n.i.e; Construction; Insurance and pension services; Financial services; Charges for the use of intellectual property n.i.e; Telecommunications, computer and information services; Other Business services; Personal, cultural, and recreational services; and Government goods and services n.i.e.

Services exports by state

In 2025:

  • Education related and Other personal travel drove the rise in state services exports.
  • Western Australia and New South Wales recorded the strongest rise in services exports.
  • New South Wales and Victoria represented 45.7% and 25.9% of all services exports, respectively.

Services exports by country

In 2025:

  • China remained Australia’s largest services exports partner, accounting for 13.9% of total services exports.
  • Total services exports to China rose $2,769m (16.3%) to $19,742m.
  • United States of America was Australia’s second largest services exports partner, accounting for 13.6% of total services exports.
Services exports by country (a)
Country (b)2025
($m)		2025
(% contribution)		Change from 2024
($m)
China19,74213.92,769
United States of America19,38513.62,704
Asia, nes14,28610.1987
India11,4578.1793
United Kingdom9,6656.81,645
New Zealand7,3865.2580
Singapore5,4493.8436
Japan3,3142.3254
Vietnam3,2982.3182
Hong Kong3,2142.3357
All other countries44,85631.63,424
Total142,052100.014,131

nes - not elsewhere specified

  1. For sign conventions, refer to the Methodology.
  2. Refer to the Methodology for an explanation of partner countries and groups.

Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.

Imports of services

In 2025:

  • Total imports of services rose $13,652m (8.2%) to $179,523m.
  • Transport services rose $787m (2.8%) to $29,030m.
  • Travel services rose $4,638m (6.7%) to $74,176m.
  • All other services rose $8,227m (12.1%) to $76,317m.
  1. Negative sign not presented in this table but included in data tables. For sign conventions, refer to the Methodology.
  2. Includes Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others; Maintenance and repair services n.i.e; Construction; Insurance and pension services; Financial services; Charges for the use of intellectual property n.i.e; Telecommunications, computer and information services; Other Business services; Personal, cultural, and recreational services; and Government goods and services n.i.e.

Services imports by state

In 2025:

  • All states recorded a rise in services imports.
  • New South Wales and Victoria represented 41.6% and 24.5% of all services imports, respectively.
  1. Negative sign not presented in this table but included in data tables. For sign conventions, refer to the Methodology.

Services imports by country

In 2025:

  • United States of America remained Australia’s largest services imports partner, accounting for 25.6% of the total services imports.
  • Total service imports from the United States of America rose $4,871m (11.8%) to $45,995m.
  • United Kingdom was Australia’s second largest services imports partner, accounting for 6.7% of total services imports.
Services imports by country (a)
Country (b)2025
($m)		2025
(% contribution)		Change from 2024
($m)
United States of America45,99525.64,871
United Kingdom12,1146.7700
New Zealand11,8656.6751
Indonesia10,8506.0268
Asia, nes9,2995.2834
Singapore8,2794.633
Japan7,8994.4832
China6,3213.51,000
India6,3183.563
Germany4,7982.7-92
All other countries55,78531.14,392
Total179,523100.013,652

nes - not elsewhere specified

  1. Negative signage not presented in this table but included in data tables. For sign conventions, refer to the Methodology.
  2. Refer to the Methodology for an explanation of partner countries and groups.

Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.

Travel services exports

In 2025:

  • All travel services export categories rose.
  • Travel services exports rose $7,252m (9.2%) to $86,018m, representing 60.6% of total services exports.
  • Education related travel services accounted for 63.9% of Travel services exports.

Travel services exports by state

In 2025:

  • New South Wales rose $2,471m (8.6%) to $31,120m.
  • Victoria rose $2,204m (9.5%) to $25,462m.
  • Western Australia rose $1,562m (22.1%) to $8,624m.

Travel services exports by country

In 2025:

  • China rose $2,649m (16.9%) to $18,291m.
  • India rose $480m (4.7%) to $10,646m.
  • Nepal rose $189m (4.5%) to $4,401m.
  • United Kingdom rose $724m (25.1%) to $3,603m.
Travel services exports by country (a)
Country (b)2025
($m)		2025
(% contribution)		Change from 2024
($m)
China18,29121.32,649
India10,64612.4480
Nepal4,4015.1189
United Kingdom3,6034.2724
Vietnam3,1173.6175
All other countries45,96053.43,035
Total86,018100.07,252
  1. For sign conventions, refer to the Methodology.
  2. Refer to the Methodology for an explanation of partner countries and groups.

Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.

Education related travel services

In 2025:

  • Education related travel services rose $3,103m (6.0%) to $54,998m.
  • Education related travel services rose in all states except for South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.
  • China rose $1,746m (13.7%) to $14,534m, and was the largest exports partner for Education related travel services, accounting for 26.4% of the total.
  • India rose $311m (3.4%) to $9,384m, and Nepal rose $211m (5.2%) to $4,235.

Other personal travel services

In 2025:

  • Other personal related travel services rose $3,312m (14.9%) to $25,584m.
  • Other personal related travel rose in all states except in South Australia.
  • China rose $668m (28.1%) to $3,044m, and was Australia’s largest exports partner of Other personal travel services, accounting for 11.9% of the total.
  • United Kingdom rose $646m (28.8%) to $2,888m, and was Australia’s second largest exports partner of Other personal travel services, accounting for 11.3% of the total.

Travel services imports

In 2025:

  • Travel services imports rose $4,638m (6.7%) to $74,176m.
  • Travel services imports accounted for 41.3% of total services imports.

Travel services imports by state

In 2025:

  • Imports of travel services rose for all states.
  • New South Wales rose $1,039m (4.6%) to $23,746m.
  • Victoria rose $1,202m (6.3%) to $20,351m.
  • Western Australia rose $1,017m (11.2%) to $10,119m.
  1. Negative sign not presented in this table but included in data tables. For sign conventions, refer to the Methodology.

Travel services imports by country

In 2025:

  • Indonesia remained the largest import partner of Travel services, accounting for 14.1% of total travel imports, followed by New Zealand with 11.3%.
  • Countries with the largest increases in imports of Travel services were Japan which rose $838m (23.4%) to $5,681m, China which rose $783m (23.4%) to $4,126m and Vietnam which rose $514m (19.6% to $3,132m).
Travel services imports by country (a)
Country (b)2025
($m)		2025
(% contribution)		Change from 2024 ($m)
Indonesia10,45414.1231
New Zealand8,39711.3306
Japan5,6817.7838
China4,1265.6783
United States of America4,0365.4-259
All other countries41,48255.92,739
Total74,176100.04,638
  1. Negative signage not presented in this table but included in data tables. For sign conventions, refer to the Methodology.
  2. Refer to the Methodology for an explanation of partner countries and groups.

Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.

Transport services imports

In 2025:

  • Imports of Transport services rose $787m (2.8%) to $29,030m.
  • Passenger services rose $620m (6.6%) to $10,050m.
  • Freight services fell $79m (0.4%) to $17,681m.
  1. Negative sign not presented in this table but included in data tables. For sign conventions, refer to the Methodology.

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Changes and revisions in this issue

Reference period

Trade in goods imports (debits) and exports (credits) grand totals, referred to in the Key statistics section, and all trade in services statistics, were compiled on a Balance of Payments basis (original, current prices) and are aligned with the December 2025 issue of Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia, released in March 2026.

All merchandise trade country totals, along with grand totals in Tables 1 and 2, are compiled on a merchandise trade basis (original, current prices) and are aligned with the January 2026 monthly issue of International Trade in Goods, released in March 2026. Estimates for trade in goods for July 2025 to December 2025 are preliminary, all other periods represent final data.

Country name and country group changes

All references to 'Occupied Palestinian Territories' have been updated to 'Palestine' in the data cubes.

Additional information regarding country names is available in the Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC), 2016 publication.

Timor–Leste became an ASEAN member state on 26 October 2025. For further information refer to the Methodology.

Revisions

This publication includes historical revisions which are also included in the Australian System of National Accounts, 2024-25, released in October 2025, and the September Quarter 2025 issue of Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia, released in December 2025.

Impacts from improved transport passenger services estimates

This publication includes a newly introduced data source to measure transport passenger services exports estimates. The inclusion of new estimates has led to revisions in the transport passenger services exports series from the September 2021 quarter. For more information refer to the Methodology.

Revisions to travel services debits

This publication incorporates a data source update for travel services debits. Tourism Research Australia (TRA) replaced the National Visitor Survey (NVS) with the Domestic Tourism Statistics (DoTS) in January 2025. This data source update was introduced into travel services with the 2024–25 annual benchmark in December quarter 2025.

Acknowledgement

The ABS would like to thank the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) who have provided funding and support for this publication.

Methodology

International Trade: Supplementary Information, Calendar Year methodology, 2025