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Trade between Australia and Finland

In 2024, Australia exported $312 million to Finland and imported $1.4 billion. Australia ran a deficit of $1.1 billion with Finland, compared with a deficit of $961 million in 2019. Finland was Australia’s 34th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and Australia was Finland’s 22nd (1%).

Summary

Australia → Finland
$312million
Finland → Australia
$1.4billion
Australia’s balance
-$1.1billion

Balance

Australia’s trade balance with Finland

Trade between Australia and Finland grew 2-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Australia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 0.3
  • Imports 1.4
  • Balance -1.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$285 million$549 million-$264 million
1996$338 million$451 million-$114 million
1997$225 million$534 million-$309 million
1998$196 million$388 million-$192 million
1999$189 million$392 million-$202 million
2000$301 million$456 million-$155 million
2001$239 million$422 million-$183 million
2002$250 million$418 million-$167 million
2003$365 million$466 million-$101 million
2004$529 million$603 million-$73 million
2005$488 million$668 million-$180 million
2006$981 million$667 million$315 million
2007$1.4 billion$814 million$629 million
2008$948 million$922 million$26 million
2009$285 million$586 million-$301 million
2010$388 million$636 million-$248 million
2011$389 million$972 million-$582 million
2012$217 million$845 million-$628 million
2013$126 million$775 million-$649 million
2014$80 million$697 million-$618 million
2015$110 million$562 million-$452 million
2016$113 million$579 million-$467 million
2017$88 million$727 million-$640 million
2018$102 million$972 million-$870 million
2019$70 million$1 billion-$961 million
2020$195 million$1.1 billion-$888 million
2021$236 million$1.2 billion-$958 million
2022$534 million$1.1 billion-$552 million
2023$272 million$1.1 billion-$846 million
2024$312 million$1.4 billion-$1.1 billion

What they sell each other

What Australia sells to Finland

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Coal$124 million · 39.7%
    624 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  2. Copper ore$99 million · 31.5%
    20 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  3. Wine$13 million · 4.2%
    6 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  4. Massage and respiratory therapy devices$10 million · 3.3%
    64 tonnes
  5. Armored vehicles$8 million · 2.5%
    114 tonnes
  6. Sulfates and alums$8 million · 2.5%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. Zinc ore$6 million · 2%
    9 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  8. Precious metal ore$4 million · 1.4%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Fresh beef$3 million · 0.8%
    139 tonnes
  10. Nickel powder$2 million · 0.76%
    126 tonnes

What Finland sells to Australia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cargo and cruise ships$334 million · 24.2%
    20 thousand tonnes
  2. Earthmoving and drilling machines$143 million · 10.4%
    2 thousand tonnes
  3. Bulldozers and excavators$83 million · 6%
    5 thousand tonnes · Australia’s sources
  4. Parts for cranes and excavators$52 million · 3.8%
    1 thousand tonnes
  5. Trucks$52 million · 3.8%
    2 thousand tonnes · Australia’s sources
  6. Transformers and power supplies$37 million · 2.7%
    798 tonnes
  7. Cars$31 million · 2.3%
    1 thousand tonnes · Finland’s destinations
  8. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$30 million · 2.2%
    25 tonnes · Finland’s destinations
  9. Medical and dental instruments$27 million · 2%
    122 tonnes · Australia’s sources
  10. Coated paper$27 million · 2%
    28 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Sydney to Helsinki.

The estimated sea route between Sydney and Helsinki is 14,462 nautical miles (26,784 km) long: ≈ 33.5–43 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Cape of Good Hope, the Strait of Dover and the Øresund (14,462 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Strait of Dover and the Øresund (13,832 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.2 billion · 70%
  2. Air$506 million · 30%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Finland was Australia’s 34th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and Australia was Finland’s 22nd (1%).

Finland in Australia’s trade
0.3%
Finland’s rank among Australia’s partners
34th
Australia in Finland’s trade
1.1%
Australia’s rank among Finland’s partners
22nd

Compare with

Other partners of Australia

Other partners of Finland

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.