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Who buys Australia’s coal? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Australia exported $59.3 billion of coal (388.6 million tonnes), 33.5% of the world total. Its main destinations were Japan (27%), India (18%) and China (15%). Australia was the world’s largest exporter of coal.

Summary

Value
$59.3billion
Tonnes
388.6million tonnes
Share of world total
33.5%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Japan16.3Tonnes: 108,971,639USD per tonne: $15027.5%Sea
India10.5Tonnes: 58,242,992USD per tonne: $18017.7%Sea
China9.1Tonnes: 83,823,125USD per tonne: $10815.3%Sea
Taiwan5.3Tonnes: 27,264,561USD per tonne: $1938.9%Sea
South Korea5.1Tonnes: 33,719,194USD per tonne: $1518.6%Sea
Vietnam2.5Tonnes: 17,752,330USD per tonne: $1414.2%Sea
Germany1.9Tonnes: 7,441,706USD per tonne: $2533.2%Sea
Indonesia1.8Tonnes: 7,155,537USD per tonne: $2523%Sea
Brazil1.2Tonnes: 5,467,328USD per tonne: $2142%Sea
Malaysia1.1Tonnes: 12,575,053USD per tonne: $841.8%Sea
Turkey0.75Tonnes: 2,719,319USD per tonne: $2771.3%Sea
France0.7Tonnes: 2,766,434USD per tonne: $2531.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.68Tonnes: 6,331,375USD per tonne: $1071.1%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.48Tonnes: 1,774,068USD per tonne: $2700.81%Sea
Sweden0.3Tonnes: 1,135,346USD per tonne: $2620.5%Sea
Thailand0.3Tonnes: 3,937,292USD per tonne: $750.5%Sea
Spain0.27Tonnes: 1,199,905USD per tonne: $2230.45%Sea
South Africa0.23Tonnes: 985,140USD per tonne: $2320.39%Sea
Austria0.16Tonnes: 556,802USD per tonne: $2800.26%Sea
Slovakia0.13Tonnes: 398,432USD per tonne: $3310.22%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Japan was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • Japan 16.3
  • India 10.5
  • China 9.1
  • Taiwan 5.3
  • South Korea 5.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Japan3.216.3
India110.5
China0.049.1
Taiwan0.335.3
South Korea0.855.1

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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