Australia export data: what Australia exported most in 2025

Iron ore and concentrates were Australia's largest export category in 2025, worth A$120.830 billion and accounting for 18.1% of total goods-and-services exports. Coal ranked second, followed by natural gas and gold. This is a ranking by monetary value, not tonnes shipped. DFAT 2025 export tables.

The figures below cover January–December 2025, in Australian dollars (AUD), using DFAT's 2025 goods-and-services factsheet. They are not H1 2026 figures, US-dollar estimates or a forecast.

Source note: DFAT factsheet checked on 11 November 2026; its footer cites June 2026 goods statistics, CY2025 supplementary trade information and March 2026 balance-of-payments data.

What are Australia's top exports?

Values converted from A$ million by dividing by 1,000; ranks are the published ranks.

This table mixes goods and services. Education-related travel is not a shipped commodity, and the categories are not interchangeable with two-digit HS chapters. For example, the broad mineral-fuels chapter and a specific coal category answer different ranking questions.

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How did export earnings change?

Total Australian goods-and-services exports reached A$665.743 billion in 2025, up 3.1% from 2024. Within that result, gold's export value rose 66.8%, while coal fell 24.6% and natural gas fell 10.8%. These are the annual value changes published by DFAT, not estimates of volume growth or explanations of their causes. DFAT annual comparisons.

For procurement teams, this distinction matters: a higher export value does not by itself show that more product was available, that prices increased, or that a particular supplier expanded. Those questions require matching quantity, unit, product and company evidence. Nor does a national result tell you how one destination's purchases changed.

Where does Australia export most?

China was the largest export market in the same DFAT release. The five leading destinations for Australian goods-and-services exports were:

This ranks exports alone, not exports plus imports. Partner totals combine recorded goods trade and balance-of-payments services and may exclude confidential commodities; the national export total is on a balance-of-payments basis.

Turning the national picture into an export-data request

Use this overview to choose the next question, not to select a supplier from a national ranking.

• For an iron-ore, coal or beef sourcing study, specify the product definition and HS edition before requesting a goods-only extract. Do not substitute an entire chapter for a narrower commodity.
• For destination exposure, request exports for that product across all relevant markets over one consistent period. The country table above cannot identify the destination mix of an individual product.
• For comparisons over time, keep currency, dates, valuation basis and units consistent. Compare January–June with January–June, not with a seven-month or full-year total.
• For supplier assessment, confirm available company-role fields, source rights and sample suitability separately. Export totals do not identify an Australian producer, exporter or contracting entity; those roles are not interchangeable.

For a TradeInt enquiry, provide the Australian export product or HS code, destination markets, date range, required fields and delivery format. Ask for coverage and a suitable sample to be confirmed before relying on shipment-level or company-level analysis.