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About

Italy-Australia Trade: In 2022, Italy exported $5.74B to Australia. The main products that Italy exported to Australia were Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($305M), Packaged Medicaments ($269M), and Cars ($156M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Italy to Australia have increased at an annualized rate of 5.15%, from $4.47B in 2017 to $5.74B in 2022.

In 2020, Italy exported services to Australia worth $426M, with Travel ($177M), Other business services ($83.5M), and Royalties and license fees ($73.3M) being the largest in terms of value.

Australia-Italy Trade: In 2022, Australia exported $1.21B to Italy. The main products that Australia exported to Italy were Coal Briquettes ($424M), Wool ($150M), and Hot-Rolled Iron ($102M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Australia to Italy have increased at an annualized rate of 12.7%,  from $669M in 2017 to $1.21B in 2022.

In 2009, Australia exported services to Italy worth $250M, with Travel ($203M), Transportation ($18.2M), and Other business services ($16.6M) being the largest in terms of value.

Comparison: In 2022,  Italy ranked 17 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.29), and 7 in total exports ($634B). That same year, Australia ranked 78 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.24), and 16 in total exports ($424B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Italy exported $5.74B to Australia. The main products exported from Italy to Australia were Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($305M), Packaged Medicaments ($269M), and Cars ($156M). During the last 5 years the exports of Italy to Australia have increased at an annualized rate of 5.15%, from $4.47B in 2017 to $5.74B in 2022.

In 2017, Australia exported $1.21B to Italy. The main products exported from Australia to Italy were Coal Briquettes ($424M), Wool ($150M), and Hot-Rolled Iron ($102M). During the last 5 years the exports of Australia to Italy have increased at an annualized rate of 12.7%, from $669M in 2022 to $1.21B in 2017.

Exports from Italy (Flag) to Australia (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Australia (Flag) to Italy (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Italy
Top Destination
Germany$78.5B
Australia
Top Destination
China$123B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Italy than Australia included Germany ($78.5B), France ($63.8B), and United States ($68.2B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Australia than Italy included China ($123B), Japan ($80.1B), and South Korea ($41B).

Difference in imports from Australia (Flag) and Italy (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Italy - Australia

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Italy had a large net trade with Australia in the exports of Machines ($1.85B), Chemical Products ($838M), and Transportation ($643M).

During 2017, Australia had a large net trade with Italy in the exports of Mineral Products ($439M), Metals ($248M), and Textiles ($170M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Top Product Potential Italy Australia+$117MCars
Top Product Potential Australia Italy+$137MCoal Briquettes

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 Italy and Australia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Italy indicates it has a comparative advantage over Australia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Australia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Italy.

Product Space of Italy (Flag) and Australia (Flag) (2022)

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