Australian Trade Statistics
Information and infographics on Australia’s trade flows may be found in our Trade and Competitiveness Factsheet here. Collated historical data – Imports and Exports by Value and Weight 1998 to 2023 here.
Imports 2023
| Jan-Jun 2023 | Jul-Dec 2023 | Total for 2023 | ||||
| Weight | Value | Weight | Value | Weight | Value | |
| Bauxite* | 1kt | A$830,112 | 1kt | A$982,644 | 2kt | A$1,812,756 |
| Alumina*1 | 3kt | A$5,272,963 | 38kt | A$23,843,332 | 42kt | A$29,116,294 |
| Unwrought Aluminium - not alloyed | 279t | A$992,558 | 191t | A$904,685 | 471t | A$1,897,243 |
| Unwrought Aluminium - alloys | 29,382t | A$111,629,307 | 25,120t | A$93,544,790 | 54,502t | A$205,174,097 |
| Scrap | 898t | A$1,632,699 | 710t | A$1,326,753 | 1,608t | A$2,959,451 |
| Aluminium powders | 99t | A$788,876 | 99t | A$905,482 | 198t | A$1,694,358 |
| Extrusions | 41,954t | A$250,837,818 | 43,727t | A$254,858,263 | 85,681t | A$505,696,082 |
| Wire | 1,698t | A$9,306,764 | 1,461t | A$8,025,355 | 3,159t | A$17,332,119 |
| Sheet & Plate | 86,639t | A$442,734,090 | 87,840t | A$441,934,483 | 174,478t | A$884,668,572 |
| Foil** | 7,397t | A$61,637,441 | 6,991t | A$55,902,077 | 14,388t | A$117,539,518 |
| Total Semifabs | 137,787t | A$765,304,990 | 140,118t | A$761,625,660 | 277,905t | A$1,526,930,650 |
| Total Aluminium*** | 167,448t | A$877,926,855 | 165,430t | A$856,075,135 | 332,877t | A$1,734,001,990 |
* Weights in kt
** Foil weights are adjusted - 'backed foil" is assumed to contain 30% aluminium. Foil is defined as being no more than 0.2 mm in thickness.
*** This Total does not include exports of aluminium finished products.
1 Includes non-metallurgical grade specialty aluminas.
Based on ABS Data.
Exports 2023
| Jan-Jun 2023 | Jul-Dec 2023 | Total for 2023 | ||||
| Weight | Value | Weight | Value | Weight | Value | |
| Bauxite* | 17,844kt | A$692,708,526 | 23,385kt | A$996,901,749 | 41,229kt | A$1,689,610,275 |
| Alumina* | 7,843kt | A$4,046,079,768 | 8,064kt | A$4,131,796,194 | 15,906kt | A$8,177,875,962 |
| Unwrought Aluminium - not alloyed | 670,502t | A$2,381,099,329 | 640,914t | A$2,185,454,689 | 1,311,416t | A$4,566,554,018 |
| Unwrought Aluminium - alloys | 73,136t | A$278,359,690 | 90,961t | A$327,017,959 | 164,097t | A$605,377,649 |
| Scrap | 228,701t | A$541,175,490 | 238,963t | A$581,635,637 | 467,664t | A$1,122,811,127 |
| Aluminium Powders | 7,974t | A$29,404,221 | 11,283t | A$43,739,386 | 19,257t | A$73,143,607 |
| Extrusions | 854t | A$8,677,907 | 839t | A$8,196,076 | 1,693t | A$16,873,983 |
| Wire | 216t | A$786,297 | 29t | A$944,830 | 244t | A$1,731,127 |
| Sheet & Plate | 1,482t | A$7,499,369 | 170t | A$3,240,685 | 1,652t | A$10,740,054 |
| Foil** | 245t | A$2,491,190 | 1,451t | A$2,879,236 | 1,697t | A$5,370,426 |
| Total Semifabs | 10,771t | A$48,858,984 | 13,772t | A$59,000,213 | 24,543t | A$107,859,197 |
| Total Aluminium*** | 754,409t | A$2,708,318,003 | 745,648t | A$2,571,472,861 | 1,500,057t | A$5,279,790,864 |
* Weights in kt
** Foil weights are adjusted - 'backed foil" is assumed to contain 30% aluminium. Foil is defined as being no more than 0.2 mm in thickness.
*** This Total does not include exports of aluminium finished products.
Based on ABS Data.