Australia import data: what Australia imported most in 2025

What Australia imports most depends on whether the question includes services. In DFAT's 2025 goods-and-services ranking, personal travel excluding education-related travel came first at A$68.533 billion. Refined petroleum, at A$43.776 billion, was the highest-ranked physical-goods category, followed by passenger motor vehicles at A$34.466 billion. DFAT 2025 import tables.

For a business selling physical products into Australia, that distinction is essential: a service-led national import ranking is not a list of cargo opportunities. This guide separates the combined ranking from the goods question and then shows the main import-source economies.

All figures cover January–December 2025 and use Australian dollars (AUD), not US dollars. The source is DFAT's 2025 goods-and-services factsheet; these are not H1 2026 estimates.

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.

Australia's top ten imports, including services

Values are converted from A$ million to A$ billion. The ranks belong to DFAT's named categories, not two-digit HS chapters. The published import-category ranking excludes aircraft imports made confidential by the ABS since September 2008 (HS 8802.40: aircraft other than helicopters with unladen weight over 15,000 kg).

Which of these are physical goods?

The physical-goods entries in this top-ten table are refined petroleum, passenger motor vehicles, gold, telecommunications equipment and parts, computers, and goods vehicles. Travel, transport services, business services and intellectual property charges should not be treated as merchandise categories.

Passenger motor vehicles and goods vehicles are separate entries here. Neither is a substitute for the broader vehicles-and-parts HS chapter. Likewise, refined petroleum is narrower than a chapter covering mineral fuels and oils. Choose the product definition before comparing a supplier's market with these totals.

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Where does Australia import from?

China was the largest source economy for Australian goods-and-services imports in this release. The United States ranked second and Japan third.

These are the first ten published source-economy ranks, not company suppliers or a product-specific origin ranking. Partner totals combine recorded goods trade and balance-of-payments services and may exclude confidential commodities.

Australia's total goods-and-services imports were A$658.348 billion in 2025, up 6.9% from 2024, on a balance-of-payments basis. That annual monetary increase does not establish growth in physical quantity, nor does it identify which country supplied a particular product. DFAT national import total.

Questions to resolve before entering an Australian import market

Use the national tables as a starting point, then request evidence that matches the decision:

• Market size: specify a physical product or service, classification, period and valuation basis. A broad category total may include products outside your commercial scope.
• Alternative sources: request the product-by-partner breakdown. A large national source economy is not automatically a leading source for your product, and the recorded partner field should not be assumed to mean manufacturing origin.
• Price comparison: require comparable specifications, quantity units, currency and valuation terms. Aggregate import value is not a supplier quote or landed unit cost.
• Counterparty checks: distinguish an Australian importer or buyer from an overseas exporter, producer or intermediary. A company name alone does not establish its role or reliability.
• Operational planning: verify applicable import conditions separately. A historical trade record does not establish clearance eligibility or replace goods-specific regulatory checks.

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