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18%CURRENT US$
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About

Portugal-Australia Trade: In 2022, Portugal exported $310M to Australia. The main products that Portugal exported to Australia were Cars ($92.1M), Packaged Medicaments ($29.4M), and Leather Footwear ($10.3M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Portugal to Australia have increased at an annualized rate of 12%, from $176M in 2017 to $310M in 2022.

In 2020, Portugal exported services to Australia worth $17.1M, with Travel ($17.1M) being the largest in terms of value.

Australia-Portugal Trade: In 2022, Australia exported $44.3M to Portugal. The main products that Australia exported to Portugal were Rapeseed ($17.2M), Spark-Ignition Engines ($2.54M), and Sheep Hides ($2.36M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Australia to Portugal have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.83%,  from $46.1M in 2017 to $44.3M in 2022.

In 2022, Australia did not export any services to Portugal.

Comparison: In 2022,  Portugal ranked 42 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.57), and 48 in total exports ($81.7B). 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, Portugal exported $310M to Australia. The main products exported from Portugal to Australia were Cars ($92.1M), Packaged Medicaments ($29.4M), and Leather Footwear ($10.3M). During the last 5 years the exports of Portugal to Australia have increased at an annualized rate of 12%, from $176M in 2017 to $310M in 2022.

In 2017, Australia exported $44.3M to Portugal. The main products exported from Australia to Portugal were Rapeseed ($17.2M), Spark-Ignition Engines ($2.54M), and Sheep Hides ($2.36M). During the last 5 years the exports of Australia to Portugal have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.83%, from $46.1M in 2022 to $44.3M in 2017.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

Color
Portugal
Top Destination
Spain$20.5B
Australia
Top Destination
China$123B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Portugal than Australia included Spain ($20.5B), France ($9.49B), and Germany ($8.76B).

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

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

Comparative Advantage Portugal - Australia

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Portugal had a large net trade with Australia in the exports of Transportation ($97.5M), Chemical Products ($49M), and Machines ($27.2M).

During 2017, Australia had a large net trade with Portugal in the exports of Vegetable Products ($19.3M), Machines ($13.2M), and Animal Hides ($2.43M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential Portugal Australia+$44.6MCars
Top Product Potential Australia Portugal+$1.12MRefined Petroleum

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

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

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