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Where does Australia get its excavators and construction machinery? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Australia imported $2.3 billion of excavators and construction machinery (266 thousand tonnes), 3.8% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (21%), Japan (21%) and China (14%). Australia was the world’s 4th-largest importer of excavators and construction machinery.

Summary

Value
$2.3billion
Tonnes
266thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.8%
World rank
4th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States480Tonnes: 51,167USD per tonne: $9,38921.1%Sea
Japan472Tonnes: 82,208USD per tonne: $5,73820.7%Sea
China317Tonnes: 52,316USD per tonne: $6,05013.9%Sea
France243Tonnes: 3,539USD per tonne: $68,61210.7%Air
Brazil147Tonnes: 10,785USD per tonne: $13,5976.4%Sea
Thailand92.5Tonnes: 9,513USD per tonne: $9,7234.1%Sea
Finland83.2Tonnes: 4,801USD per tonne: $17,3283.7%Sea
Germany79.1Tonnes: 6,071USD per tonne: $13,0243.5%Sea
South Korea75.9Tonnes: 12,468USD per tonne: $6,0913.3%Sea
Indonesia65.6Tonnes: 5,951USD per tonne: $10,8582.9%Sea
Sweden58Tonnes: 6,115USD per tonne: $9,4822.5%Sea
United Kingdom33.9Tonnes: 3,988USD per tonne: $8,5051.5%Sea
Czechia24.5Tonnes: 3,100USD per tonne: $7,9141.1%Sea
India24Tonnes: 2,234USD per tonne: $10,7551.1%Sea
Italy13.7Tonnes: 1,850USD per tonne: $7,3780.6%Sea
Austria11.1Tonnes: 779USD per tonne: $14,1990.49%Sea
Netherlands re-exports8.1Tonnes: 1,414USD per tonne: $5,7050.35%Sea
Malaysia7.4Tonnes: 1,208USD per tonne: $6,1390.33%Sea
New Zealand7.3Tonnes: 1,289USD per tonne: $5,6790.32%Sea
United Arab Emirates7.1Tonnes: 906USD per tonne: $7,5060.31%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2024

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

  • United States 0.48
  • Japan 0.47
  • China 0.32
  • France 0.24
  • Brazil 0.15

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.190.48
Japan0.170.47
China< 0.010.32
France0.030.24
Brazil< 0.010.15

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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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