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China’s Trade with Australia from January to June, 2025

According to the trade data released by China Ministry of Commerce on 31 July, 2025, the bilateral import and export volume of goods between China and Australia from January to June, 2025 was US$96.26 billion, a decrease of US$13.342 billion, down by 11.8% on year-on-year basis. The trade balance between China and Australia from January to June 2025 was -US$27.586 billion.
From January to June 2025, the total value of China’s exports to Australia was US$34.337 billion, an increase of US$148 million or up by 0.3%; China’s total imports from Australia were US$61.923 billion, a decrease of US$13.49 billion or down by17.3% from the same period last year.
In June 2025, the bilateral import and export value of goods between China and Australia was US$16.838 billion, a decrease of US$1.232 billion compared with the same period last year, of which the total value of China’s exports to Australia was US$6.089 billion, a decrease of US$75 million compared with the same period last year, the total value of China’s imports from Australia was US$10.749 billion, a decrease of US$1.157 billion from the same period last year, and the trade balance between China and Australia was -US$4.66 billion.
The trade commodities between two countries in June, 2025 mainly include:

  • Wine: Australian wine exports to China reached 8.46 million liters, a year-on-year increase of 123%, with an export value of 893 million Australian dollars, accounting for 13.9% of total wine exports in the same period.
  • Beef: according to the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the actual importable trigger level of beef imported from Australia in 2025 is 190,985.810 tons. ‌
  • Cars: the number of cars imported from Australia increased significantly, with BYD selling 8,156 units in a single month, a year-on-year increase of 367.9%, becoming the first Chinese brand in the Australian auto market.

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