# Australia Trade with China (ABS MERCH_EXP)

Australia Trade with China (ABS MERCH_EXP) was up 10.1% year on year in September 2026, compared with 10.8% in August 2026.
The level stood at 17,101,915 AUD thousand.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −25.6% (Jul 2022) to 76.1% (Dec 2016), averaging 11.6%.

- Source agency: Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `AU.EXPORTS.M.NSA.PARTNER-CN`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: AUD thousand
- Coverage: 1996-07-01 to 2026-09-01 (363 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/australia/trade-with-china-abs-merch-exp

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 17,101,915 AUD thousand | 10.1 |
| August 2026 | 16,014,386 AUD thousand | 10.8 |
| July 2026 | 15,546,080 AUD thousand | 12.6 |
| June 2026 | 18,824,418 AUD thousand | 16.9 |
| May 2026 | 16,471,919 AUD thousand | 10.5 |
| April 2026 | 16,948,353 AUD thousand | 13.3 |
| March 2026 | 17,052,784 AUD thousand | 12.5 |
| February 2026 | 12,856,498 AUD thousand | 13.6 |
| January 2026 | 14,125,691 AUD thousand | 11.2 |
| December 2025 | 17,205,861 AUD thousand | 4.1 |
| November 2025 | 14,785,172 AUD thousand | 6.5 |
| October 2025 | 14,948,091 AUD thousand | 9.9 |
| September 2025 | 15,539,801 AUD thousand | 12.3 |
| August 2025 | 14,458,867 AUD thousand | 5.4 |
| July 2025 | 13,806,058 AUD thousand | 4.6 |
| June 2025 | 16,098,061 AUD thousand | 1.7 |
| May 2025 | 14,906,623 AUD thousand | −10.8 |
| April 2025 | 14,954,668 AUD thousand | −0.04 |
| March 2025 | 15,154,117 AUD thousand | −4.5 |
| February 2025 | 11,312,843 AUD thousand | −21.6 |
| January 2025 | 12,708,472 AUD thousand | −21.1 |
| December 2024 | 16,532,477 AUD thousand | −9.3 |
| November 2024 | 13,882,477 AUD thousand | −20.6 |
| October 2024 | 13,606,832 AUD thousand | −21.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.EXPORTS.M.NSA.PARTNER-CN"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.EXPORTS.M.NSA.PARTNER-CN",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```