Country sheet · Q2 2026 · Aug 2025–Jul 2026
Australia AUS
Australia: where its funding comes from and where its goods go, each figure at its own period. The full board columns are on money-flow, the full trade network on trade-flow; this sheet keeps the join.
Stress signals · Q2 2026
Funding
Q2 2026Who lends through banks
- Locational banking statistics (LBS) · BIS, open, with attribution · Q2 2026, quarterly · read 30 Oct 2026 · via money-flow method
The five largest reporting banking systems by loans and deposits on this economy, Q2 2026, residence basis. Offshore centres hold intragroup funding.
Open Australia in money-flow → A1, A3, reserves by month, the external balance sheet and every board column are there.
- Locational banking statistics (LBS) · BIS, open, with attribution · Q1 2005 to Q2 2026, quarterly · read 30 Oct 2026 · via money-flow method
- Consolidated banking statistics (CBS) · BIS, open, with attribution · Q1 2005 to Q2 2026, quarterly · read 30 Oct 2026 · via money-flow method
- Debt securities statistics (DSS) · BIS, open, with attribution · Q1 2005 to Q2 2026, quarterly · read 27 Oct 2026 · via money-flow method
- International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL) · IMF, open, with attribution · Q1 2005 to Q2 2026, quarterly · read 29 Oct 2026 · via money-flow method
- International Investment Position (IIP) · IMF, open, with attribution · Q1 2005 to Q2 2026, quarterly · read 27 Oct 2026 · via money-flow method
- Balance of Payments (BOP) · IMF, open, with attribution · Q1 2005 to Q2 2026, quarterly · read 27 Oct 2026 · via money-flow method
- Credit to the non-financial sector (GDP for every ratio) · BIS, open, with attribution · Q1 2005 to Q2 2026, quarterly · via money-flow method
money-flow method 1.4 as of Q2 2026; the release is in the footer. Calculations: datasteg.
Trade
Aug 2025–Jul 2026Where its goods go
Where its imports come from
USD bn · share · y/y. Partner-reported or estimated where the importer has not filed. ≠ the two reports of this flow diverge from their usual ratio (mirror divergence).
What it sells and buys, by HS chapter · Aug 2025–Jul 2026
| HS chapter | Value | Share | y/y | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Ores* | 110 | 27.2% | +11% | +109 |
| 27 Mineral fuels & oil* | 99.3 | 24.7% | 0% | +52.6 |
| 71 Gold, gems & jewellery* | 63.9 | 15.9% | +24% | +42.4 |
| 02 Meat* | 20.0 | 5.0% | +26% | +19.4 |
| 10 Cereals* | 8.9 | 2.2% | +13% | +8.6 |
| Other | 101 | 25.0% |
| HS chapter | Value | Share | y/y | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 Machinery & computers | 50.7 | 14.7% | +22% | −46.3 |
| 27 Mineral fuels & oil | 46.7 | 13.6% | +35% | +52.6 |
| 87 Vehicles & parts | 44.7 | 13.0% | +6% | −43.4 |
| 85 Electronics & electrical | 39.8 | 11.6% | +22% | −36.6 |
| 71 Gold, gems & jewellery | 21.5 | 6.2% | +111% | +42.4 |
| Other | 141 | 40.9% |
Five largest HS chapters per side over the 12-month window, US dollars. Share of the economy’s total exports or imports; y/y against the window a year earlier. Net is exports minus imports of the same chapter. * estimates are 10% or more of the row.
Exposure to chokepoints · 2024
| Chain | Stage | HHI | Top exporter | Its import share | Its supplier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar photovoltaics | Solar modules | 0.36 | China 57% · Vietnam 13% · Thailand 7% | 1.7% | China 97% |
| Chips and electronics | Smartphones | 0.44 | China 65% · Vietnam 8% · India 8% | 1.4% | China 80% |
| Rare earths, magnets and motors | Permanent magnets of metal (NdFeB, SmCo) | 0.42 | China 64% · Japan 9% · Philippines 6% | 0.3% | China 78% |
| Cotton and polyester to clothing | Woven and knitted fabric | 0.29 | China 53% · Türkiye 5% · Taiwan 5% | 0.2% | China 42% |
| Lithium-ion batteries and electric cars | Lithium hydroxide | 0.61 | China 77% · Chile 10% · United States 7% | 0.1% | Korea 40% |
| Steel and cars | Iron ore (fines, lump, pellets) | 0.33 | Australia 52% · Brazil 24% · Canada 4% | 0.1% | MRT 100% |
| Aluminium | Bauxite | 0.51 | Guinea 68% · Australia 19% · Brazil 3% | 0.0% | China 77% |
Chain stages worth over $1bn where one exporter group holds most of world trade (HHI above 0.25: a chokepoint). This economy’s share of world imports of the stage and its top supplier; each row opens the chain on trade-flow with this economy in focus.
Open Australia in trade-flow → The explorer with this economy in focus: every partner, every product window and the events that touched it.
- UN Comtrade, goods trade by reporter and partner · UN Statistics Division, derived records only (shares × world total) · 12-month window, Aug 2025–Jul 2026 · read 2 Nov 2026 · via trade-flow method
- UN Comtrade, goods trade by reporter and partner · UN Statistics Division, derived records only (shares × world total) ·
HS 2-digit chapters· 12-month window, Aug 2025–Jul 2026 and the window a year earlier · read 2 Nov 2026 · via trade-flow method - UN Comtrade, goods trade by reporter and partner · UN Statistics Division, derived records only (shares × world total) · chain stages, 2024 · read 2 Nov 2026 · via trade-flow method
Importer-reported where filed, partner-reported or estimated otherwise (marked), to Aug 2025–Jul 2026. Calculations: datasteg.
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