Shipped Where
Imported from Australia, 2025
$29 billion
Share of all US imports
0.8%
Rank among sources
#21 of 218
Arrived by air
59%

Australia is the 21st largest source of US imports: $29 billion in 2025.

That is 0.8% of everything the US imported. The top product line is precious metal articles, followed by gold, frozen beef and fresh and chilled beef. Up from 29th in 2015.

What the US buys from Australia

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Precious metal articles$8.6B · 29.8%
  2. 02Gold$3.9B · 13.3%
  3. 03Frozen beef$2.2B · 7.7%
  4. 04Fresh and chilled beef$1.4B · 4.9%
  5. 05Lamb$1.3B · 4.3%
  6. 06Coin$753M · 2.6%
  7. 07Blood products, antibodies and vaccines$742M · 2.6%
  8. 08Copper$701M · 2.4%
All 24 products from Australia
  1. 09Uranium or thorium ores and concentrates$604M · 2.1%
  2. 10Massage and therapy appliances$473M · 1.6%
  3. 11Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions$392M · 1.4%
  4. 12Aircraft parts$372M · 1.3%
  5. 13Orthopedic and implantable devices$342M · 1.2%
  6. 14Wine$215M · 0.7%
  7. 15Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses etc.$205M · 0.7%
  8. 16Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats$198M · 0.7%
  9. 17Zinc, unwrought$184M · 0.6%
  10. 18Aluminum$181M · 0.6%
  11. 19Lead, unwrought$164M · 0.6%
  12. 20Wheat gluten, whether or not dried$126M · 0.4%
  13. 21Sugar$115M · 0.4%
  14. 22Specialized machinery, not elsewhere specified$95.8M · 0.3%
  15. 23Boats & yachts$95.8M · 0.3%
  16. 24Car parts$92.9M · 0.3%

Excludes US goods returned after export.

US imports from Australia by year

Total value of goods, in nominal dollars. Labels mark the first year, the peak and the latest year.

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from Australia, 2025. Letters match the list.

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59% of goods from Australia arrived by air. JFK Airport, NY handled 46% on its own, more than the next five ports combined.

  1. AJFK Airport, NY $13.4B · 46.4%
  2. BPhiladelphia, PA $3.9B · 13.5%
  3. CLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $1.2B · 4.1%
  4. DChicago, IL $1.2B · 4.0%
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $1.1B · 3.8%
  6. FSeattle, WA $830M · 2.9%

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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