# Australia exports to Papua New Guinea: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Australia to Papua New Guinea, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/AUS-PNG/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Australia reported $418.7M in goods exports to Papua New Guinea. The overall review level is Critical attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $418.7M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 95.3% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 8 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 23 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.8 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 47.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $52.4M | 48% | High attention |
| 2 | 020442 | Meat: of sheep (including lamb), cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), frozen | $48.2M | 29.9% | High attention |
| 3 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $51.8M | 54.6% | Critical attention |
| 4 | 847490 | Machines, for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing etc mineral substances, for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid fuels, ceramic pastes etc, for forming foundry moulds of sand: parts | $40.1M | 48.4% | High attention |
| 5 | 271019 | Not reported | $520.0M | 88% | Critical attention |
| 6 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $32.7M | 50.8% | Critical attention |
| 7 | 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $21.6M | 55% | Critical attention |
| 8 | 842911 | Bulldozers and angledozers: self-propelled, track laying | $18.3M | 2.3% | High attention |
| 9 | 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.s. in heading no. 7326 | $18.0M | 5% | High attention |
| 10 | 841391 | Pumps: parts thereof | $16.0M | 55.3% | Critical attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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