A wheat bunker fills at Gilgandra in central NSW in November. Photo: Dennis Putra Luis, GrainCorp

AUSTRALIA exported 1,089,888 tonnes of wheat including durum in November, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The figure is down 38 percent from the 1,747,927t shipped in October, the first month of the marketing  year, but is close to double the 573,627t exported in November 2024.

In its January World Supply and Demand Estimates report, USDA’s forecast Australia’s current-crop wheat exports, at 27 million tonnes (Mt) from a 37Mt crop, were unchanged from December.

November 2024 exports were low partly because of the drought in South Australia, which reduced new-crop availability, but this year, the relatively low volume for the month ostensibly reflects ample supplies for wheat from the Northern Hemisphere crop.

Looking at November figures alone, 2021 saw 1.52Mt of wheat shipped, followed by 1.77Mt in 2022, and 1.13Mt in 2023.

In containerised exports, Vietnam on 31,580t followed by China on 28,408t and Malaysia on 21,475t were the biggest markets, with Iraq and Türkiye surprise durum customers on 12,750t and 13,418t respectively.

In bulk markets, The Philippines on 139,385t, Yemen on 105,580t, and Japan on 75,797t were the three largest markets.

Returning as bulk customers in November after a short absence were China on 51,580t, India on 11,850t, and Mauritius on 22,050t.

Türkiye also appears in the bulk list, taking 14,056t in hatches.

Table 1: Australian containerised wheat and durum exports for September, October and November 2025.

Table 2: Australian bulk wheat and durum exports for September, October and November 2025.

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