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Australia shares a common language and culture with the UK and a free trade agreement. This helps to make it easier for UK companies to do business there.

Australia is the fifth-largest economy in the Asia-Pacific region and the 13th-largest economy in the world.

Australia was the 10th largest export market for Northern Ireland (1.6% of Northern Ireland exports) and the 48th largest import market for Northern Ireland (0.1% of Northern Ireland imports) for goods in 2024.

The top ten exports from Northern Ireland to Australia in 2024 were:

• Machinery & transport equipment (£99.9m)
• Chemicals & related products (£31.4m)
• Miscellaneous manufactured articles (£26.4m)
• Mineral fuels (£6.2m)
• Beverages & tobacco (£5.5m)
• Food & live animals (£3.7m)
• Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (£3.3m)
• Crude materials (£30k)
• Animal & vegetable oils (£1k)
• Commodities/transactions not classified elsewhere in the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) (£0)

This guide highlights the advantages and challenges of exporting to Australia, the sectoral opportunities in Australia and explains the 91Ï㽶»ÆÉ«ÊÓƵ available for exporting to Australia.