Australia | Imports and Exports | World | Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023
The value of exports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" from Australia totalled $ 12.8 billion in 2023. Sales of commodity group 25 from Australia went up by 49% compared to 2022: exports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" went up by $ 4.23 billion (cumulative exports of commodity group 25 from Australia amounted $8.58 billion in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" amounted to 3.47% of total exports from Australia (cumulative merchandise exports from Australia totalled $ 369 billion in 2023). The share of commodity group 25 in total exports from Australia increased by 1.37 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 2.09% in 2022 and cumulative exports from Australia were equal to $ 410 billion).
Where does Australia export Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement?
Top export destinations of "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" from Australia in 2023:
- China with a share of 97% (12.5 billion US$)
- Belgium - 89 million US$
- Korea - 46 million US$
- Netherlands - 25 million US$
- USA - 25 million US$
- New Zealand - 20 million US$
- Japan - 16.6 million US$
- Saudi Arabia - 16 million US$
- Indonesia - 10 million US$
- United Arab Emirates - 8.16 million US$
Exports structure of 25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement - from Australia in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 98% (12.6 billion US$): 2530 - Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included.
- 0.563% (72 million US$): 2513 - Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated
- 0.144% (18.5 million US$): 2520 - Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders
- 0.117% (15 million US$): 2510 - Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk.
- 0.103% (13.2 million US$): 2526 - Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; talc
- 0.075% (9.71 million US$): 2505 - Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metalbearing sands of Chapter 26.
- 0.03% (3.86 million US$): 2507 - Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined
- 0.023% (3.02 million US$): 2523 - Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
- 0.022% (2.86 million US$): 2508 - Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 68.06), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths
- 0.014% (1.82 million US$): 2515 - Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2.5 or more, and alabaster, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
The value of imports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" to Australia totalled $ 790 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 25 to Australia decreased by 11.1% in value terms compared to 2022. imports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" decreased by $ 99 million (the value of imports of commodity group 25 to Australia was equal to $889 million in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" accounted for 0.274% of total import flow to Australia (in 2023, total imports to Australia amounted to $ 287 billion). The share of commodity group 25 in total imports to Australia decreased by 0.013 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.287% in 2022 and cumulative imports to Australia were equal to $ 309 billion).
Where does Australia import Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement from?
Top trading partners (import of "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement") of Australia in 2023:
- Japan with a share of 15.3% (120 million US$)
- Canada with a share of 15.2% (120 million US$)
- Indonesia with a share of 14.8% (117 million US$)
- Thailand with a share of 12.2% (96 million US$)
- China with a share of 8% (63 million US$)
- Malaysia with a share of 5.73% (45 million US$)
- Vietnam with a share of 4.48% (35 million US$)
- Togo with a share of 4.24% (33 million US$)
- USA with a share of 2.29% (18.1 million US$)
- Switzerland with a share of 2.02% (16 million US$)
Imports structure of 25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement - to Australia in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 47% (378 million US$): 2523 - Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
- 18.9% (149 million US$): 2503 - Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur.
- 7.47% (59 million US$): 2522 - Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 28.25.
- 6.3% (49 million US$): 2510 - Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk.
- 4.29% (33 million US$): 2506 - Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
- 3.22% (25 million US$): 2501 - Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water
- 2.09% (16.5 million US$): 2508 - Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 68.06), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths
- 1.65% (13 million US$): 2521 - Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement
- 1.2% (9.51 million US$): 2530 - Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included.
- 1.14% (9.03 million US$): 2519 - Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure
