Summary
- Share of its imports
- 29.1%
- Value imported
- $1.6billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 110
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 41
- Dominated value
- $1billion
- Share of total imports
- 18.8%
Trend
Trend in shares
Australia went from 45.8% to 29.1% of what Papua New Guinea buys
Share (%)
- Australia 29.1%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 511 | 45.8% | 1 |
| 1996 | 765 | 51.2% | 1 |
| 1997 | 683 | 45.6% | 1 |
| 1998 | 624 | 41.3% | 1 |
| 1999 | 462 | 48.4% | 1 |
| 2000 | 646 | 52.1% | 1 |
| 2001 | 814 | 57.1% | 1 |
| 2002 | 729 | 55.2% | 1 |
| 2003 | 747 | 50.3% | 1 |
| 2004 | 970 | 54.3% | 1 |
| 2005 | 899 | 53.3% | 1 |
| 2006 | 995 | 50.9% | 1 |
| 2007 | 1,254 | 50.4% | 1 |
| 2008 | 1,159 | 39.4% | 1 |
| 2009 | 1,309 | 40.1% | 1 |
| 2010 | 1,710 | 39.9% | 1 |
| 2011 | 2,241 | 32.4% | 1 |
| 2012 | 2,686 | 29.9% | 1 |
| 2013 | 2,117 | 36% | 1 |
| 2014 | 1,715 | 32.4% | 1 |
| 2015 | 1,140 | 24.1% | 1 |
| 2016 | 1,187 | 30.2% | 1 |
| 2017 | 1,194 | 28% | 1 |
| 2018 | 1,381 | 31.7% | 1 |
| 2019 | 1,663 | 32.2% | 1 |
| 2020 | 1,398 | 31.7% | 1 |
| 2021 | 1,529 | 31.5% | 1 |
| 2022 | 1,717 | 26.9% | 1 |
| 2023 | 1,677 | 25.6% | 1 |
| 2024 | 1,594 | 29.1% | 1 |
Products where Australia sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parts for cranes and excavators | Australia | 69% | Singapore · 9.7% | $86 million |
| Lamb and goat meat | Australia | 97.6%over 75% | New Zealand · 2.4% | $83 million |
| Wheat | Australia | 96.8%over 75% | United States · 3.2% | $79 million |
| Auto parts | Australia | 67.9% | China · 15.3% | $78 million |
| Sorting and crushing machines | Australia | 73.2% | China · 18.4% | $60 million |
| Liquid pumps | Australia | 77%over 75% | China · 12.2% | $45 million |
| Valves and taps | Australia | 72.7% | China · 9.4% | $33 million |
| Poultry meat | Australia | 72.3% | New Zealand · 24.1% | $32 million |
| Computer and office machine parts | Australia | 81.7%over 75% | Malaysia · 6.9% | $27 million |
| Diesel engines | Australia | 96.1%over 75% | China · 2.8% | $26 million |
| Other iron or steel articles | Australia | 59.3% | China · 33.6% | $21 million |
| Other industrial machines | Australia | 56.4% | Malaysia · 13.7% | $19 million |
| Frozen beef | Australia | 82.4%over 75% | New Zealand · 17.6% | $16 million |
| Centrifuges and filters | Australia | 59.7% | China · 11.9% | $15 million |
| Forklifts and works trucks | Australia | 66.3% | China · 30.7% | $14 million |
| Replacement tool heads | Australia | 84.3%over 75% | China · 11.6% | $14 million |
| Earthmoving and drilling machines | Australia | 66.1% | Finland · 21.4% | $13 million |
| Iron or steel pipe fittings | Australia | 85.3%over 75% | China · 7% | $13 million |
| Screws, bolts and nuts | Australia | 64.1% | China · 20.8% | $13 million |
| Parts of optical and measuring instruments | Australia | 97.2%over 75% | Indonesia · 1.4% | $12 million |
| Airplanes and helicopters | Australia | 64.2% | Canada · 16.1% | $11 million |
| Pork | Australia | 98.6%over 75% | New Zealand · 1.2% | $11 million |
| Plastic pipes and hoses | Australia | 50.8% | China · 44.6% | $11 million |
| Other rubber articles | Australia | 73.4% | China · 12.4% | $10 million |
| Sauces and condiments | Australia | 65.5% | China · 16.9% | $10 million |
| Other engines and motors | Australia | 69.4% | China · 12.2% | $10 million |
| Other hand tools | Australia | 73.3% | China · 18.5% | $10 million |
| Malt extract and food mixes | Australia | 54% | Singapore · 19.5% | $10 million |
| Printers and printing machines | Australia | 71.5% | Hong Kong · 13.9% | $10 million |
| Coins | Australia | 100%over 75% | — | $10 million |
and 80 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- Australia sells 0.54% of what the world exports of parts for cranes and excavators; next come China (22.1%), Germany (9.6%) and United States (9.4%). The rest of the world exported 796 times what Papua New Guinea buys from Australia.
- Australia sells 42.2% of what the world exports of lamb and goat meat; next come New Zealand (24.4%), United Kingdom (8.7%) and Ireland (4.6%). The rest of the world exported 62.9 times what Papua New Guinea buys from Australia.
- Australia sells 9.6% of what the world exports of wheat; next come Russia (16.1%), Canada (13.7%) and United States (11.5%). The rest of the world exported 655.4 times what Papua New Guinea buys from Australia.
- Australia sells 0.15% of what the world exports of auto parts; next come Germany (14.5%), China (12.1%) and Mexico (9.5%). The rest of the world exported 5,662.4 times what Papua New Guinea buys from Australia.
- Australia sells 1.6% of what the world exports of sorting and crushing machines; next come China (31.7%), Germany (10%) and United Kingdom (6.5%). The rest of the world exported 344.1 times what Papua New Guinea buys from Australia.
- Australia sells 0.39% of what the world exports of liquid pumps; next come China (18.6%), Germany (14.7%) and United States (11.5%). The rest of the world exported 1,698 times what Papua New Guinea buys from Australia.
- Australia sells 0.2% of what the world exports of valves and taps; next come China (20.1%), United States (13.1%) and Germany (12.9%). The rest of the world exported 3,438.9 times what Papua New Guinea buys from Australia.
- Australia sells 0.22% of what the world exports of poultry meat; next come Brazil (26.3%), United States (12.9%) and Poland (12.7%). The rest of the world exported 1,104.8 times what Papua New Guinea buys from Australia.
- Australia sells 0.06% of what the world exports of computer and office machine parts; next come China (30.3%), Taiwan (15%) and Vietnam (10.6%). The rest of the world exported 12,037.1 times what Papua New Guinea buys from Australia.
- Australia sells 0.13% of what the world exports of diesel engines; next come United States (20.5%), Germany (11.9%) and United Kingdom (8.6%). The rest of the world exported 1,848.9 times what Papua New Guinea buys from Australia.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from Australia
Papua New Guinea is Australia’s 22nd-largest customer, with 0.44% of its exports.
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.