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Where does Australia get its air conditioners? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Australia imported $1.8 billion of air conditioners (142 thousand tonnes), 2.7% of the world total. Thailand sold 60% of the total, followed by China (22%) and Malaysia (5%). Australia was the world’s 9th-largest importer of air conditioners.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
142thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.7%
World rank
9th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Thailand1.1Tonnes: 92,305USD per tonne: $11,98460.4%Sea
China0.4Tonnes: 32,929USD per tonne: $12,20121.9%Sea
Malaysia0.09Tonnes: 7,429USD per tonne: $11,8134.8%Sea
United States0.05Tonnes: 2,492USD per tonne: $20,0192.7%Sea
Ireland0.05Tonnes: 68USD per tonne: $688,1272.6%Air
New Zealand0.04Tonnes: 1,777USD per tonne: $19,9781.9%Sea
Italy0.03Tonnes: 1,255USD per tonne: $20,1711.4%Sea
Japan0.02Tonnes: 1,240USD per tonne: $18,1841.2%Sea
South Korea0.02Tonnes: 1,338USD per tonne: $14,8091.1%Sea
Germany0.01Tonnes: 167USD per tonne: $47,6520.43%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.01Tonnes: 127USD per tonne: $43,4580.3%Air
France< 0.01Tonnes: 128USD per tonne: $36,9600.26%Air
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 96USD per tonne: $21,0480.11%Sea
India< 0.01Tonnes: 72USD per tonne: $20,9480.08%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 57USD per tonne: $20,7910.07%Sea
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 71USD per tonne: $17,9620.07%Sea
Poland< 0.01Tonnes: 52USD per tonne: $24,7220.07%Sea
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 98USD per tonne: $12,6110.07%Sea
Taiwan< 0.01Tonnes: 82USD per tonne: $13,9910.06%Sea
Israel< 0.01Tonnes: 88USD per tonne: $11,5940.06%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Thailand was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Thailand 1.1
  • China 0.4
  • Malaysia 0.09
  • United States 0.05
  • Ireland 0.05

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Thailand0.031.1
China< 0.010.4
Malaysia0.020.09
United States0.010.05
Ireland< 0.010.05

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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