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Where does Australia get its aircraft and helicopters? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Australia imported $3 billion of aircraft and helicopters (940 tonnes), 2% of the world total. The United States sold 53% of the total, followed by Germany (16%) and France (16%). Australia was the world’s 13th-largest importer of aircraft and helicopters.

Summary

Value
$3billion
Tonnes
940tonnes
Share of world total
2%
World rank
13th
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
United States1.6Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $824,076,17053.2%Sea
Germany0.49Tonnes: 353USD per tonne: $1,402,59916.4%Air
France0.49Tonnes: 240USD per tonne: $2,063,65316.3%Air
Italy0.1Tonnes: 35USD per tonne: $2,919,7993.4%Air
Switzerland0.07Tonnes: 23USD per tonne: $3,093,4352.4%Air
Canada0.06Tonnes: 60USD per tonne: $931,6621.8%Air
Ireland0.05Tonnes: 42USD per tonne: $1,141,0821.6%Air
New Zealand0.04Tonnes: 36USD per tonne: $1,100,5031.3%Air
Brazil0.02Tonnes: 24USD per tonne: $808,0290.63%Air
Poland0.01Tonnes: 38USD per tonne: $381,8440.48%Air
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 8USD per tonne: $1,375,5550.38%Air
Papua New Guinea0.01Tonnes: 8USD per tonne: $961,0090.27%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.01Tonnes: 4USD per tonne: $1,770,9510.23%Air
Norway0.01Tonnes: 4USD per tonne: $1,485,4390.2%Air
Austria0.01Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $967,8760.18%Air
Finland< 0.01Tonnes: 5USD per tonne: $1,023,4750.16%Air
Czechia< 0.01Tonnes: 9USD per tonne: $542,2420.16%Air
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $1,468,7220.16%Air
Israel< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.14%Sea
South Africa< 0.01Tonnes: 4USD per tonne: $845,5860.12%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2015

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

  • United States 1.6
  • Germany 0.49
  • France 0.49
  • Italy 0.1
  • Switzerland 0.07

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.41.6
Germany< 0.010.49
France0.050.49
Italy0.010.1
Switzerland0.010.07

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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