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Where does Australia get its fertilizers? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Australia imported $3.8 billion of fertilizers (8.3 million tonnes), 4% of the world total. Its main sources were Morocco (21%), China (14%) and Saudi Arabia (12%). Australia was the world’s 5th-largest importer of fertilizers.

Summary

Value
$3.8billion
Tonnes
8.3million tonnes
Share of world total
4%
World rank
5th
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
Morocco812Tonnes: 1,015,027USD per tonne: $80021.3%Sea
China524Tonnes: 1,341,103USD per tonne: $39113.8%Sea
Saudi Arabia460Tonnes: 1,015,529USD per tonne: $45312.1%Sea
United Arab Emirates286Tonnes: 780,436USD per tonne: $3677.5%Sea
United States266Tonnes: 656,758USD per tonne: $4057%Sea
Indonesia237Tonnes: 612,910USD per tonne: $3876.2%Sea
Qatar222Tonnes: 595,318USD per tonne: $3725.8%Sea
Oman196Tonnes: 493,460USD per tonne: $3985.2%Sea
Malaysia132Tonnes: 352,132USD per tonne: $3743.5%Sea
Canada125Tonnes: 332,470USD per tonne: $3773.3%Sea
Brunei68.8Tonnes: 218,491USD per tonne: $3151.8%Sea
Bahrain59.3Tonnes: 160,594USD per tonne: $3691.6%Sea
Jordan57.5Tonnes: 120,071USD per tonne: $4791.5%Sea
South Korea51.7Tonnes: 94,879USD per tonne: $5451.4%Sea
Germany49.3Tonnes: 92,822USD per tonne: $5311.3%Sea
Lithuania43.9Tonnes: 91,498USD per tonne: $4801.2%Sea
Vietnam42.3Tonnes: 70,305USD per tonne: $6021.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports26.9Tonnes: 32,425USD per tonne: $8300.71%Sea
Norway15.8Tonnes: 39,786USD per tonne: $3980.42%Sea
Israel15.5Tonnes: 15,904USD per tonne: $9750.41%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Morocco has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Morocco 812
  • China 524
  • Saudi Arabia 460
  • United Arab Emirates 286
  • United States 266

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Morocco0812
China2.6524
Saudi Arabia43.2460
United Arab Emirates< 0.01286
United States211266

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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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