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Shipping between the US and Australia
Australia and Oceania · 50 port guides · US free trade agreement partner
In 2025 the United States exported $33.7 billion of goods to Australia and imported $29.0 billion from there. Australia ranked 17th among US export markets and 21st among sources of US imports.
Albany
Ardrossan
Beauty Point
Botany Bay
Brisbane
Broome
Bunbury
Bundaberg
Burnie
Cairns
Dampier
Darwin
Devonport
Eden
Esperance
Fremantle
Geelong
Geraldton
Gladstone
Gove
Hay Point
Hobart
Launceston
Lucinda
Mackay
Melbourne
Mourilyan Harbour
Newcastle
Port Adelaide
Port Alma
Port Giles
Port Hedland
Port Huon
Port Kembla
Port Latta
Port Lincoln
Port Pirie
Port Walcott
Portland
Stanley
Sydney
Thevenard
Thursday Island
Townsville
Useless Loop
Wallaroo
Weipa
Western Port
Whyalla
Wyndham
- US exports, 2025
- $33.7BDown 2.5% on 2024 ($34.6 billion)
- US imports, 2025
- $29.0BUp 74.0% on 2024 ($16.6 billion)
- Goods balance
- $4.8BUS surplus
- Export market rank
- 17thAmong destinations of US goods
- Import source rank
- 21stAmong sources of US imports
Top goods each way
The five largest Harmonized System chapters by value in 2025, with each chapter's share of the total.
US exports to Australia
Machinery and mechanical appliances (chapter 84) led US exports to Australia at $6.5 billion, 19% of the total. The top three chapters made up 42%.
US imports from Australia
Precious stones, metals and jewelry (chapter 71) led US imports from Australia at $13.4 billion, 46% of the total. The top three chapters made up 70%.
Trade terms
The United States and Australia are parties to the Australia Free Trade Agreement. Goods that meet its rules of origin can qualify for reduced or zero duty. Our certificates of origin page covers the paperwork.
The International Trade Administration covers the import rules and documents Australia requires in its Country Commercial Guide.
Through Norfolk-Newport News
The Census Bureau records trade by the US port it passes through. These are its 2025 figures for Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia, for trade with Australia.
- Exports through the port, 2025
- $295.0M0.9% of the US total with Australia
- Leading export goods
- Vehicles and partsHS chapter 87, $164.6 million
- Imports through the port, 2025
- $190.2M0.7% of the US total with Australia
- Leading import goods
- MeatHS chapter 02, $95.9 million
Ports in Australia
50 ports in Australia have a guide here, with depths and facilities from the World Port Index. In the index, Sydney records the deepest cargo pier of them, at 20.6 m.
- AlbanyCargo pier 11 m, channel 11 m, breakbulk and bulkAU ALH
- ArdrossanCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 7.9 m, breakbulk and bulkAU ARD
- Beauty PointCargo pier 9.4 m, channel 21.6 mAU BYP
- Botany BayCargo pier 13.9 m, channel 14.4 m, container, ro-ro and breakbulkAU BTB
- BrisbaneCargo pier 14.9 m, channel 9.1 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU BNE
- BroomeCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 11 mAU BME
- BunburyCargo pier 11 m, channel 12.5 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU BUY
- BundabergCargo pier 9.4 m, channel 7.9 m, breakbulk and bulkAU BDB
- BurnieCargo pier 11 m, channel 9.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU BWT
- CairnsCargo pier 10.5 m, channel 8.3 m, container, breakbulk and bulkAU CNS
- DampierCargo pier 18.6 m, channel 11 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU DAM
- DarwinCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 18.6 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU DRW
- DevonportCargo pier 9.5 m, channel 7.9 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU DPO
- EdenCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 9.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU QDN
- EsperanceCargo pier 18.6 m, channel 18.6 m, container, breakbulk and bulkAU EPR
- FremantleCargo pier 12.5 m, channel 12.5 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU FRE
- GeelongCargo pier 9.1 m, channel 12.3 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU GEX
- GeraldtonCargo pier 12.5 m, channel 14 m, breakbulk and bulkAU GET
- GladstoneCargo pier 11.2 m, channel 10.6 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU GLT
- GoveCargo pier 12.5 m, channel 12.5 mAU GOV
- Hay PointCargo pier 16.5 m, channel 13.1 m, container, breakbulk and bulkAU HPT
- HobartCargo pier 11 m, channel 12.5 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU HBA
- LauncestonCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 1.8 mAU LST
- LucindaCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 12.5 m, bulkAU LUC
- MackayCargo pier 10.6 m, channel 8.5 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU MKY
- MelbourneCargo pier 9.4 m, channel 11.6 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU MEL
- Mourilyan HarbourCargo pier 9.4 m, channel 6.4 m, bulkAU MOU
- NewcastleCargo pier 11.5 m, channel 17.7 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU NTL
- Port AdelaideCargo pier 12.5 m, channel 14 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU PAE
- Port AlmaCargo pier 9.2 m, channel 7 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU PTL
- Port GilesCargo pier 11 m, channel 12.5 m, bulkAU PGI
- Port HedlandCargo pier 17.1 m, channel 14 m, breakbulk and bulkAU PHE
- Port HuonCargo pier 9.4 m, channel 7.9 m, bulkAU PHU
- Port KemblaCargo pier 15.1 m, channel 15.2 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU PKL
- Port LattaCargo pier 15.5 m, channel 14 mAU PLA
- Port LincolnCargo pier 14 m, channel 14 m, ro-ro and bulkAU PLO
- Port PirieCargo pier 11 m, channel 9.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU PPI
- Port WalcottCargo pier 18.6 m, channel 12.5 m, breakbulk and bulkAU PWL
- PortlandCargo pier 10.5 m, channel 11.5 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU PTJ
- StanleyCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 7.9 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU STA
- SydneyCargo pier 20.6 m, channel 10.5 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU SYD
- ThevenardCargo pier 9.4 m, channel 7.9 m, breakbulk and bulkAU THE
- Thursday IslandCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 5.3 m, breakbulkAU TIS
- TownsvilleCargo pier 12.2 m, channel 11.7 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkAU TSV
- Useless LoopCargo pier 9.4 m, channel 9.4 m, breakbulk and bulkAU USL
- WallarooCargo pier 9.4 m, channel 7.9 m, breakbulk and bulkAU WAL
- WeipaCargo pier 11 m, channel 9.4 mAU WEI
- Western PortCargo pier 11 m, channel 14 m, breakbulkAU WEP
- WhyallaCargo pier 9.4 m, channel 9.4 m, breakbulk and bulkAU WYA
- WyndhamCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 6.4 mAU WYN
Also recorded in the World Port Index for Australia: Ballina, Batemans Bay, Cape Cuvier, Cape Flattery Harbor, Dover, Jervis Bay, Karumba, Kingscote, Klein Point, Milner Bay, Onslow, Point Murat, Port Bonython, Port Dalrymple, Warrnambool and Welshpool.
Sources
- US trade figures: US Census Bureau, International Trade API, HS2 total exports and general imports for calendar 2024 and 2025, retrieved November 4, 2026.
- Port data: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, World Port Index (Pub 150), from NGA's UpdatedPub150.csv as captured by the Internet Archive on September 29, 2026.
- Trade agreements: Office of the US Trade Representative, free trade agreements, checked November 3, 2026.
- Import requirements: International Trade Administration, Country Commercial Guides, checked November 3, 2026.
- Map: Natural Earth 1:110m land, public domain.