Imports into Australia from China in Q2 2026: data brief
Imports into Australia from China were US$23.12bn in Q2 2026, up 17.5% (US$3.44bn) on Q2 2025.
Top 3 rising headings
- Fertilizers (HS 3102): US$236m, up 321.9% from US$56m
- Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons (HS 8606): US$51m, up 185.8% from US$18m
- Machines for additive manufacturing (HS 8485): US$25m, up 149.9% from US$10m
Top 3 falling headings
- Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude (HS 2710): US$202m, down 66.9% from US$609m
- Electric motors and generators (HS 8503): US$12m, down 62.2% from US$32m
- Household or laundry-type washing machines (HS 8450): US$20m, down 58.5% from US$48m
Headings (HS4) worth at least US$10m in both quarters.
Among these six headings, value per kg runs from US$0.34 for Fertilizers to US$0.92 for Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude. Why US$ per kg matters →
Cite as: Cambridge China Bridge, "China–Australia Trade Pulse", Q2 2026, https://camchinabridge.co.uk/china-trade-pulse/australia/briefs/2026-q2/. Source: UN Comtrade Database; quarterly totals, changes and value per kg calculated by Cambridge China Bridge. Open data:https://github.com/bonoxu/camchinabridge-open-data
Method and sources
- Source: United Nations, UN Comtrade Database, monthly commodity trade (HS): reporter Australia, partner China, imports, through the UN Comtrade API. Totals across all customs procedures and transport modes.
- Values are UN Comtrade's primary value for imports, in US dollars as UN Comtrade publishes them (converted from the reporter's own currency by the United Nations). Quarterly totals, changes on a year earlier, rankings and value per kg are calculated by Cambridge China Bridge from the monthly figures. Chapters 98 and 99, reserved for national use, are excluded.
- Value per kg divides value by net weight, summed from the six-digit subheadings that carry a weight. It is shown only where those subheadings carry at least 90% of the line's value; some countries report few weights, so their pages show more dashes.
- Countries report to UN Comtrade some weeks or months after each month ends and may revise their figures; the page is rebuilt monthly and always shows the latest figures published.
Source: United Nations, UN Comtrade Database (cited as "UN Comtrade"). The figures on this page are quarterly totals, changes and rankings calculated from UN Comtrade's monthly data by Cambridge China Bridge; they are not endorsed by the United Nations. Journalists and researchers may quote them with a link to this page.