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Where does Australia get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Australia imported $1.9 billion of electric cables (148 thousand tonnes), 1.2% of the world total. China sold 59% of the total, followed by the United States (8%) and India (5%). Australia was the world’s 24th-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$1.9billion
Tonnes
148thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.2%
World rank
24th
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
China1.1Tonnes: 107,764USD per tonne: $10,62159%Sea
United States0.15Tonnes: 3,781USD per tonne: $35,1307.6%Sea
India0.09Tonnes: 7,311USD per tonne: $10,8994.6%Sea
South Korea0.08Tonnes: 7,814USD per tonne: $10,2244.1%Sea
Vietnam0.05Tonnes: 3,890USD per tonne: $11,9712.5%Sea
Mexico0.05Tonnes: 600USD per tonne: $79,0022.4%Air
Norway0.05Tonnes: 902USD per tonne: $52,4482.4%Sea
Germany0.05Tonnes: 2,553USD per tonne: $18,4032.4%Sea
Malaysia0.04Tonnes: 1,778USD per tonne: $19,9451.8%Sea
Thailand0.03Tonnes: 1,319USD per tonne: $23,2141.6%Sea
Poland0.03Tonnes: 1,517USD per tonne: $17,0571.3%Sea
Taiwan0.02Tonnes: 967USD per tonne: $25,7151.3%Sea
United Kingdom0.02Tonnes: 865USD per tonne: $28,4101.3%Air
South Africa0.01Tonnes: 1,432USD per tonne: $10,3470.76%Sea
Philippines0.01Tonnes: 366USD per tonne: $32,4580.61%Sea
Tunisia0.01Tonnes: 53USD per tonne: $203,6390.56%Air
Japan0.01Tonnes: 206USD per tonne: $48,0810.51%Air
France0.01Tonnes: 323USD per tonne: $30,0180.5%Sea
New Zealand0.01Tonnes: 635USD per tonne: $12,8300.42%Sea
Italy0.01Tonnes: 441USD per tonne: $16,0480.36%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2003

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

  • China 1.1
  • United States 0.15
  • India 0.09
  • South Korea 0.08
  • Vietnam 0.05

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.011.1
United States0.090.15
India< 0.010.09
South Korea0.010.08
Vietnam00.05

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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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