How dependent is the Philippines on Australia?

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%.

• Australia sells 9.3% of what the world exports of precious metal ore; next come Peru (12.9%), Russia (11%) and South Africa (7.5%). The rest of the world exported 35.3 times what the Philippines buys from Australia.
• Australia sells 4.2% of what the world exports of stamps and banknotes; next come Malta (9.8%), Germany (9%) and United Kingdom (9%). The rest of the world exported 30 times what the Philippines buys from Australia.
• Australia sells 8.9% of what the world exports of unwrought lead; next come India (10.5%), South Korea (9%) and United Kingdom (5.7%). The rest of the world exported 128.9 times what the Philippines buys from Australia.
• Australia sells 7.7% of what the world exports of malt; next come France (13.1%), Belgium (10.9%) and Germany (9%). The rest of the world exported 146.9 times what the Philippines buys from Australia.
• Australia sells 7.1% of what the world exports of live cattle; next come Canada (14.8%), France (14.2%) and Mexico (11%). The rest of the world exported 398.8 times what the Philippines buys from Australia.
• Australia sells 12.2% of what the world exports of salt; next come India (13.2%), Germany (7.7%) and Netherlands (7.7%). The rest of the world exported 164.9 times what the Philippines buys from Australia.
• Australia sells 4.6% of what the world exports of animal guts, bladders and stomachs; next come China (16.7%), United States (15.3%) and Brazil (8%). The rest of the world exported 193.3 times what the Philippines buys from Australia.
• Australia sells 4.5% of what the world exports of rolled oats and other processed grains; next come Canada (16.8%), Germany (9.7%) and Chile (6.3%). The rest of the world exported 176.5 times what the Philippines buys from Australia.
• Australia sells 6.2% of what the world exports of lead plates, sheets, strip, foil and powder; next come Germany (22.3%), Czechia (16.9%) and United Kingdom (11.8%). The rest of the world exported 38.9 times what the Philippines buys from Australia.
• Australia sells 9.8% of what the world exports of lead scrap; next come United States (17.7%), France (13.4%) and United Kingdom (11.9%). The rest of the world exported 80 times what the Philippines buys from Australia.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

The Philippines is Australia’s 18th-largest customer, with 0.9% of its exports.

• Trade between the Philippines and Australia
• Who does the Philippines rely on?
• Who does Australia rely on?
• Dependence of the Philippines on China
• Dependence of the Philippines on Indonesia
• Dependence of the Philippines on Vietnam
• Dependence of the Philippines on Thailand
• Dependence of the Philippines on the United States
• Dependence of the Philippines on Japan
• Dependence of the Philippines on Singapore
• Dependence of the Philippines on Malaysia
• Trade profile of the Philippines
• Trade profile of Australia
• All countries

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.