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About

Australia-Japan Trade: In 2023, Australia exported $59B to Japan. The main products that Australia exported to Japan were Coal Briquettes ($22.4B), Petroleum Gas ($20.6B), and Iron Ore ($4.74B). Over the past 5 years the exports of Australia to Japan have increased at an annualized rate of 6.58%, from $42.9B in 2018 to $59B in 2023.

In 2009, Australia exported services to Japan worth $1.74B, with Travel ($972M), Transportation ($544M), and Other business services ($116M) being the largest in terms of value.

Japan-Australia Trade: In 2023, Japan exported $17.7B to Australia. The main products that Japan exported to Australia were Cars ($8.53B), Refined Petroleum ($1.77B), and Delivery Trucks ($1.76B). Over the past 5 years the exports of Japan to Australia have increased at an annualized rate of 0.55%,  from $17.3B in 2018 to $17.7B in 2023.

In 2009, Japan exported services to Australia worth $5.7B, with Services not allocated ($2.84B), Other business services ($966M), and Construction services ($674M) being the largest in terms of value.

Comparison: In 2023,  Australia ranked 75 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.28), and 20 in total exports ($374B). That same year, Japan ranked 1 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 2.07), and 4 in total exports ($766B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2023, Australia exported $59B to Japan. The main products exported from Australia to Japan were Coal Briquettes ($22.4B), Petroleum Gas ($20.6B), and Iron Ore ($4.74B). During the last 5 years the exports of Australia to Japan have increased at an annualized rate of 6.58%, from $42.9B in 2018 to $59B in 2023.

In 2018, Japan exported $17.7B to Australia. The main products exported from Japan to Australia were Cars ($8.53B), Refined Petroleum ($1.77B), and Delivery Trucks ($1.76B). During the last 5 years the exports of Japan to Australia have increased at an annualized rate of 0.55%, from $17.3B in 2023 to $17.7B in 2018.

Exports from Australia (Flag) to Japan (Flag) (2023)

Exports from Japan (Flag) to Australia (Flag) (2023)

Latest Data

Trade between Australia (Flag) and Japan (Flag)

Australia Exports

Japan Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Australia
Top Destination
China$137B
Japan
Top Destination
United States$143B

This map shows whether countries import more from Australia or Japan. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Australia and Japan or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2023, countries that imported more from Australia than Japan included New Zealand ($5.46B), India ($19.9B), and Papua New Guinea ($1.44B).

In 2023, countries that imported more from Japan than Australia included United States ($143B), Chinese Taipei ($43B), and Hong Kong ($30.8B).

Difference in imports from Japan (Flag) and Australia (Flag) (2023)

Comparative Advantage Australia - Japan

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Australia and Japan by product, considering products traded by both, Australia and Japan.

During 2023, Australia had a large net trade with Japan in the exports of Mineral Products ($51.2B), Animal Products ($1.99B), and Vegetable Products ($1.98B).

During 2018, Japan had a large net trade with Australia in the exports of Transportation ($10.9B), Machines ($2.35B), and Mineral Products ($1.9B).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Australia Japan+$250MCrude Petroleum
Top Product Potential Japan Australia+N/AN/A

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Australia and Japan. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Australia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Japan. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Japan indicates it has a comparative advantage over Australia.

Product Space of Australia (Flag) and Japan (Flag) (2023)

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