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Where does Australia get its urea? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Australia imported $1.4 billion of urea (3.9 million tonnes), 7% of the world total. Its main sources were the United Arab Emirates (20%), Qatar (15%) and Saudi Arabia (15%). Australia was the world’s 4th-largest importer of urea.

Summary

Value
$1.4billion
Tonnes
3.9million tonnes
Share of world total
7%
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 Arab Emirates286Tonnes: 780,049USD per tonne: $36719.9%Sea
Qatar222Tonnes: 595,318USD per tonne: $37215.4%Sea
Saudi Arabia221Tonnes: 598,136USD per tonne: $36915.3%Sea
Indonesia220Tonnes: 583,245USD per tonne: $37615.3%Sea
Oman196Tonnes: 493,460USD per tonne: $39813.6%Sea
Malaysia126Tonnes: 342,674USD per tonne: $3688.8%Sea
Brunei68.8Tonnes: 218,491USD per tonne: $3154.8%Sea
Bahrain59.3Tonnes: 160,594USD per tonne: $3694.1%Sea
China10.1Tonnes: 22,574USD per tonne: $4470.7%Sea
United States9.1Tonnes: 23,818USD per tonne: $3820.63%Sea
Vietnam8.9Tonnes: 17,292USD per tonne: $5150.62%Sea
Japan7.2Tonnes: 13,094USD per tonne: $5520.5%Sea
Netherlands re-exports2Tonnes: 2,742USD per tonne: $7210.14%Sea
Germany1.2Tonnes: 920USD per tonne: $1,2880.08%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.49Tonnes: 867USD per tonne: $5700.03%Sea
Slovakia0.49Tonnes: 1,794USD per tonne: $2740.03%Sea
Slovenia0.4Tonnes: 504USD per tonne: $7980.03%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.23Tonnes: 459USD per tonne: $4920.02%Sea
Canada0.21Tonnes: 175USD per tonne: $1,2260.01%Sea
United Kingdom0.09Tonnes: 86USD per tonne: $1,0810.01%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United Arab Emirates has been its main source since 2023

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

  • United Arab Emirates 286
  • Qatar 222
  • Saudi Arabia 221
  • Indonesia 220
  • Oman 196

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United Arab Emirates0286
Qatar0222
Saudi Arabia26.9221
Indonesia0220
Oman0196

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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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