Major trading partners – calendar year results


The NT is geographically located close to major Asian economies including Japan, China, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Republic of South Korea, and as expected these are the NT’s major trading partners. The NT also relies on goods imports from the United States of America and the European Union, which are also identified as key trading partners. In this section, analysis on the NT's major trading partners is provided by calendar year, for both exports and imports.

Japan | China | Singapore | Taiwan | Republic of Korea | ThailandIndonesia | India | Papua New Guinea | European Union | Malaysia | Vietnam | United States of America | Canada

2024 Activity

Please note, some of the main items of trade have been confidentialised by the ABS due to sensitivity of specific commodities and limited sources of goods and merchandise, which makes suppliers easily identifiable.

Map 1: The Territory’s major goods trading partners, 20241

1  Current prices.
Source: Department of Treasury and Finance, ABS, International Trade in Goods

Japan

China

Singapore

Taiwan

Republic of Korea

Thailand

Indonesia

India

European Union

The European Union (EU) consists of 27 member states, Austria, Belgium (including Belgium Luxembourg), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (including the French Antilles), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands (including the Netherlands Antilles), Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

Malaysia

Vietnam

United States of America

Canada