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Trade between Australia and Germany

In 2024, Australia exported $3.8 billion to Germany and imported $12.6 billion. Australia ran a deficit of $8.9 billion with Germany, compared with a deficit of $7.6 billion in 2019. Germany was Australia’s 10th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Australia was Germany’s 32nd (0.6%).

Summary

Australia → Germany
$3.8billion
Germany → Australia
$12.6billion
Australia’s balance
-$8.9billion

Balance

Australia’s trade balance with Germany

Trade between Australia and Germany grew 3.3-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 3.8
  • Imports 12.6
  • Balance -8.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.2 billion$3.8 billion-$2.6 billion
1996$1 billion$3.6 billion-$2.6 billion
1997$1.1 billion$3.4 billion-$2.4 billion
1998$1.2 billion$3.5 billion-$2.4 billion
1999$1 billion$3.7 billion-$2.6 billion
2000$1.1 billion$3.5 billion-$2.4 billion
2001$1.1 billion$3.6 billion-$2.5 billion
2002$1.2 billion$4.2 billion-$2.9 billion
2003$1.1 billion$5.3 billion-$4.2 billion
2004$1.4 billion$6.1 billion-$4.7 billion
2005$1.4 billion$6.7 billion-$5.3 billion
2006$2 billion$7 billion-$5 billion
2007$2.2 billion$8.3 billion-$6.1 billion
2008$2.6 billion$9.8 billion-$7.2 billion
2009$2.5 billion$9 billion-$6.5 billion
2010$2.1 billion$10.1 billion-$8 billion
2011$3 billion$11.1 billion-$8 billion
2012$3.4 billion$11.8 billion-$8.4 billion
2013$2.7 billion$11.3 billion-$8.7 billion
2014$2.5 billion$10.6 billion-$8.2 billion
2015$2.1 billion$9.3 billion-$7.2 billion
2016$2.2 billion$10.1 billion-$7.9 billion
2017$2.8 billion$10.8 billion-$8.1 billion
2018$2.5 billion$11.5 billion-$9 billion
2019$2.8 billion$10.4 billion-$7.6 billion
2020$2.7 billion$9.6 billion-$6.9 billion
2021$3 billion$11.1 billion-$8.1 billion
2022$3.9 billion$12 billion-$8 billion
2023$4.9 billion$13 billion-$8.1 billion
2024$3.8 billion$12.6 billion-$8.9 billion

What they sell each other

What Australia sells to Germany

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

  1. Coal$1.9 billion · 50%
    7.4 million tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  2. Rapeseed (canola)$325 million · 8.6%
    812 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  3. Copper ore$269 million · 7.1%
    53 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  4. Precious metal ore$231 million · 6.1%
    41 thousand tonnes
  5. Vaccines, blood and antisera$118 million · 3.1%
    175 tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  6. Unwrought nickel$87 million · 2.3%
    5 thousand tonnes
  7. Massage and respiratory therapy devices$40 million · 1.1%
    207 tonnes
  8. Wine$35 million · 0.94%
    20 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  9. Slag and ash with metals$34 million · 0.91%
    435 tonnes
  10. Gold$33 million · 0.89%
    Australia’s destinations

What Germany sells to Australia

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

  1. Cars$2.1 billion · 16.4%
    106 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$736 million · 5.8%
    8 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$644 million · 5.1%
    240 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Airplanes and helicopters$495 million · 3.9%
    353 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Tractors$291 million · 2.3%
    11 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  6. Trucks$238 million · 1.9%
    16 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  7. Medical and dental instruments$214 million · 1.7%
    1 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  8. Auto parts$205 million · 1.6%
    17 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  9. Special-purpose vehicles$202 million · 1.6%
    42 thousand tonnes
  10. Other industrial machines$190 million · 1.5%
    5 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Sydney to Hamburg.

The estimated sea route between Sydney and Hamburg is 13,545 nautical miles (25,086 km) long: ≈ 31.5–40.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (13,545 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (12,975 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$10.2 billion · 62.4%
  2. Air$6.2 billion · 37.6%

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

How much each matters to the other

Germany was Australia’s 10th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Australia was Germany’s 32nd (0.6%).

Germany in Australia’s trade
2.5%
Germany’s rank among Australia’s partners
10th
Australia in Germany’s trade
0.6%
Australia’s rank among Germany’s partners
32nd

Compare with

Other partners of Australia

Other partners of Germany

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.