# Australia HS 851981 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 851981 exports from Australia: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | Australia |
| HS6 | 851981 |
| Latest exports | $12.5M |
| Active destinations | 79 |
| Three-year growth | +47.4% |
| Destination HHI | 2,572 |
| Weighted share | 1.9% |

## Destination markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $6.1M; share 0.7%; growth +124.8%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Romania at $10.3M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Liberia at $109.4 / ton.
- Median reported price: $136.9K / ton.
- Price spread: 7,552.1%.

## Export history

- 2010: $5.2M
- 2011: $5.5M
- 2012: $4.2M
- 2013: $2.9M
- 2014: $3.8M
- 2015: $3.8M
- 2016: $3.8M
- 2017: $2.0M
- 2018: $2.1M
- 2019: $5.3M
- 2020: $5.2M
- 2021: $3.8M
- 2022: $5.9M
- 2023: $11.4M
- 2024: $12.1M

## Methods

Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade.

Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed.

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