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Who buys Australia’s sugar? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Australia exported $1.6 billion of sugar (2.6 million tonnes), 4% of the world total. Its main destinations were Japan (39%), Indonesia (27%) and South Korea (24%). Australia was the world’s 5th-largest exporter of sugar.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
2.6million tonnes
Share of world total
4%
World rank
5th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Japan643Tonnes: 1,086,970USD per tonne: $59239%Sea
Indonesia443Tonnes: 628,807USD per tonne: $70426.9%Sea
South Korea395Tonnes: 694,964USD per tonne: $56824%Sea
United States83Tonnes: 92,239USD per tonne: $8995%Sea
New Zealand65.2Tonnes: 112,085USD per tonne: $5814%Sea
United Kingdom10.3Tonnes: 16,301USD per tonne: $6290.62%Sea
Samoa2Tonnes: 1,709USD per tonne: $4940.12%Sea
Bangladesh1.6Tonnes: 1,972USD per tonne: $8070.1%Sea
Papua New Guinea1Tonnes: 2,434USD per tonne: $4140.06%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.96Tonnes: 1,268USD per tonne: $7580.06%Sea
Taiwan0.71Tonnes: 805USD per tonne: $8790.04%Sea
Kiribati0.65Tonnes: 743USD per tonne: $8800.04%Sea
Fiji0.53Tonnes: 503USD per tonne: $1,0590.03%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.36Tonnes: 644USD per tonne: $5570.02%Sea
Philippines0.26Tonnes: 34USD per tonne: $7,7410.02%Sea
Malaysia0.21Tonnes: 199USD per tonne: $1,0340.01%Sea
Thailand0.2Tonnes: 229USD per tonne: $8560.01%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.18Tonnes: 215USD per tonne: $8180.01%Sea
New Caledonia0.15Tonnes: 162USD per tonne: $9530.01%Sea
Vanuatu0.11Tonnes: 108USD per tonne: $1,0050.01%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Japan has been its main destination since 2022

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

  • Japan 643
  • Indonesia 443
  • South Korea 395
  • United States 83
  • New Zealand 65.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Japan237643
Indonesia22.7443
South Korea215395
United States60.283
New Zealand66.865.2

Sources and methodology

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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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