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Where does Australia get its batteries? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Australia imported $4 billion of batteries (175 thousand tonnes), 2.6% of the world total. Its main sources were China (46%), the United States (26%) and Vietnam (15%). Australia was the world’s 9th-largest importer of batteries.

Summary

Value
$4billion
Tonnes
175thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.6%
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
China1.8Tonnes: 44,068USD per tonne: $40,94945.5%Air
United States1Tonnes: 21,541USD per tonne: $48,22026.2%Air
Vietnam0.58Tonnes: 698USD per tonne: $796,65514.6%Air
South Korea0.23Tonnes: 65,956USD per tonne: $3,4885.8%Sea
Germany0.05Tonnes: 5,886USD per tonne: $9,2321.4%Air
Philippines0.04Tonnes: 15,776USD per tonne: $2,4520.98%Sea
Mexico0.02Tonnes: 12USD per tonne: $1,214,5120.58%Air
Japan0.02Tonnes: 926USD per tonne: $24,6410.58%Air
Malaysia0.02Tonnes: 1,934USD per tonne: $11,5500.56%Air
United Kingdom0.02Tonnes: 2,136USD per tonne: $8,9990.48%Air
Poland0.01Tonnes: 1,963USD per tonne: $7,1210.35%Air
Taiwan0.01Tonnes: 1,133USD per tonne: $11,5790.33%Air
India0.01Tonnes: 2,196USD per tonne: $5,7510.32%Sea
Switzerland0.01Tonnes: 145USD per tonne: $76,0950.28%Air
Spain0.01Tonnes: 2,085USD per tonne: $4,9990.26%Sea
France0.01Tonnes: 1,065USD per tonne: $8,4760.23%Sea
Thailand0.01Tonnes: 1,535USD per tonne: $5,2270.2%Sea
Italy0.01Tonnes: 1,372USD per tonne: $5,2370.18%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.01Tonnes: 943USD per tonne: $7,3250.17%Sea
Hungary0.01Tonnes: 195USD per tonne: $27,2400.13%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2002

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

  • China 1.8
  • United States 1
  • Vietnam 0.58
  • South Korea 0.23
  • Germany 0.05

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.011.8
United States0.021
Vietnam00.58
South Korea0.010.23
Germany< 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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