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Trade between Australia and Indonesia

In 2024, Australia exported $10.1 billion to Indonesia and imported $5.4 billion. Australia ran a surplus of $4.7 billion with Indonesia, compared with a surplus of $1.8 billion in 2019. Indonesia was Australia’s 11th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Australia was Indonesia’s 10th (3%).

Summary

Australia → Indonesia
$10.1billion
Indonesia → Australia
$5.4billion
Australia’s balance
$4.7billion

Balance

Australia’s trade balance with Indonesia

Trade between Australia and Indonesia grew 5.1-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 10.1
  • Imports 5.4
  • Balance +4.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2.1 billion$944 million$1.1 billion
1996$2.6 billion$1.4 billion$1.2 billion
1997$2.5 billion$1.6 billion$911 million
1998$1.8 billion$2.2 billion-$469 million
1999$1.5 billion$1.8 billion-$330 million
2000$1.7 billion$1.7 billion$66 million
2001$1.9 billion$2.2 billion-$364 million
2002$1.6 billion$2.5 billion-$898 million
2003$1.7 billion$2.9 billion-$1.2 billion
2004$2.4 billion$2.9 billion-$567 million
2005$2.6 billion$3 billion-$368 million
2006$3 billion$3.9 billion-$931 million
2007$3 billion$4.5 billion-$1.5 billion
2008$4 billion$4.9 billion-$943 million
2009$3.4 billion$4.1 billion-$740 million
2010$4.1 billion$5.7 billion-$1.6 billion
2011$6 billion$6.9 billion-$816 million
2012$5.1 billion$6.7 billion-$1.6 billion
2013$5.1 billion$6 billion-$914 million
2014$5.7 billion$5.7 billion$3 million
2015$4.8 billion$5 billion-$172 million
2016$5.2 billion$3.7 billion$1.5 billion
2017$5.9 billion$3.3 billion$2.6 billion
2018$5.7 billion$3.9 billion$1.8 billion
2019$5.4 billion$3.6 billion$1.8 billion
2020$4.5 billion$3.3 billion$1.2 billion
2021$9.3 billion$4 billion$5.3 billion
2022$9.7 billion$4.2 billion$5.4 billion
2023$9 billion$3.8 billion$5.2 billion
2024$10.1 billion$5.4 billion$4.7 billion

What they sell each other

What Australia sells to Indonesia

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

  1. Coal$1.8 billion · 17.8%
    7.2 million tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  2. Gold$1.5 billion · 15.1%
    19 tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  3. Iron ore$1.1 billion · 10.4%
    9.8 million tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  4. Wheat$821 million · 8.1%
    3.2 million tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  5. Crude petroleum$744 million · 7.4%
    1.1 million tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  6. Live cattle$503 million · 5%
    178 thousand tonnes
  7. Cane and beet sugar$443 million · 4.4%
    629 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  8. Frozen beef$340 million · 3.4%
    111 thousand tonnes
  9. Raw cotton$222 million · 2.2%
    116 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  10. Refined copper$165 million · 1.6%
    18 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations

What Indonesia sells to Australia

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

  1. Large-diameter steel pipes$572 million · 10.6%
    396 thousand tonnes
  2. 12 thousand tonnes
  3. Nitrogen fertilizers$228 million · 4.2%
    594 thousand tonnes
  4. Monitors and projectors$190 million · 3.5%
    4 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  5. 52 thousand tonnes
  6. Crude petroleum$104 million · 1.9%
    184 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  7. Cigarettes and cigars$104 million · 1.9%
    4 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  8. 115 tonnes
  9. Cocoa butter$92 million · 1.7%
    9 thousand tonnes
  10. Leather footwear$91 million · 1.7%
    4 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Sydney to Jakarta.

The estimated sea route between Sydney and Jakarta is 3,957 nautical miles (7,328 km) long: ≈ 9–12 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

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$13.2 billion · 85%
  2. Air$2.3 billion · 15%

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

How much each matters to the other

Indonesia was Australia’s 11th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Australia was Indonesia’s 10th (3%).

Indonesia in Australia’s trade
2.4%
Indonesia’s rank among Australia’s partners
11th
Australia in Indonesia’s trade
2.9%
Australia’s rank among Indonesia’s partners
10th

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Sources and methodology

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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.