Wheat being delivered direct to vessel at Cargill’s Port Adelaide facility in March 2023. Photo: Leigh Fuller
AUSTRALIA exported 31.67 million tonnes (Mt) of wheat and durum in the year to 30 September 2023, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The figure comprises 2,349,752t of containerised wheat and durum and a record 29,318,623t of bulk, and breaks the overall record set in 2021-22 of 27.6Mt.
China was the biggest market for the year in both segments, and was the destination for 558,342t of boxed and 7.03Mt of bulk.
Vietnam on 478,885t and Taiwan on 301,425t were the second and third-largest containerised markets.
In bulk, Indonesia on 4.88Mt and The Philippines on 2.96Mt were the second and third-largest bulk markets.
September export figures were released last week to round out the figures for 2022-23, and The Philippines on 260,430t was the major bulk market for the month, followed by China on 208,269t and Indonesia on 132,847t.
In containerised exports for September, Thailand on 29,283t, China on 23,940t and Taiwan on 19,498t were the largest markets.
| BOXED | Oct-Dec | Jan-Mar | Apr-Jun | Jly | Aug | Sep | Tonnes |
| China | 39184 | 210944 | 236047 | 23785 | 24443 | 23940 | 558342 |
| Fiji | 163 | 0 | 12668 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 12962 |
| French Polynesia | 1241 | 250 | 508 | 0 | 242 | 227 | 2468 |
| Hong Kong | 257 | 841 | 545 | 0 | 514 | 259 | 2416 |
| India | 0 | 0 | 1452 | 1479 | 3258 | 9346 | 15535 |
| Indonesia | 44825 | 35765 | 46715 | 10687 | 8163 | 7945 | 154100 |
| Japan | 21 | 3908 | 2144 | 41 | 0 | 513 | 6627 |
| Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 288 | 0 | 500 | 788 |
| Malaysia | 74005 | 74070 | 58554 | 15214 | 11613 | 13630 | 247086 |
| Myanmar | 6855 | 7980 | 5507 | 998 | 484 | 674 | 22498 |
| New Caledonia | 7368 | 8959 | 4532 | 2325 | 1452 | 2387 | 27023 |
| New Zealand | 8028 | 8285 | 5977 | 743 | 3579 | 3386 | 29998 |
| Oman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 52 | 103 |
| Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 998 | 998 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2373 | 1577 | 1595 | 401 | 653 | 1813 | 8412 |
| Philippines | 12633 | 22914 | 58826 | 13037 | 8362 | 3598 | 119369 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 829 | 378 | 749 | 0 | 257 | 2213 |
| Singapore | 0 | 0 | 26400 | 1000 | 997 | 3000 | 31397 |
| Solomon Islands | 2504 | 4627 | 4178 | 2736 | 1457 | 474 | 15976 |
| South Korea | 3734 | 1232 | 1104 | 500 | 873 | 1552 | 8995 |
| Sri Lanka | 78 | 125 | 0 | 245 | 50 | 0 | 498 |
| Taiwan | 85926 | 80360 | 77384 | 20139 | 18117 | 19498 | 301425 |
| Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 446 | 0 | 200 | 400 | 1046 |
| Thailand | 69238 | 82442 | 61397 | 16630 | 22863 | 29283 | 281853 |
| UAE | 0 | 0 | 288 | 341 | 101 | 1354 | 2084 |
| UK | 1593 | 5974 | 4114 | 1490 | 1024 | 1147 | 15341 |
| Vietnam | 178586 | 217175 | 55876 | 8890 | 5658 | 12700 | 478885 |
| DURUM | |||||||
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1303 | 1303 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| TOTAL | 538614 | 768257 | 666635 | 121848 | 114162 | 140236 | 2349752 |
Table 1: Australian containerised wheat and durum exports for the year to 30 September 2023. Source: ABS
| BULK | Oct-Dec | Jan-Mar | Apr-Jun | Jly | Aug | Sep | Tonnes |
| Algeria | 0 | 30348 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30348 |
| Bahrain | 27501 | 50176 | 0 | 27500 | 0 | 17700 | 122877 |
| Bangladesh | 0 | 63147 | 82140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145287 |
| China | 1621151 | 2568801 | 1717444 | 602633 | 313323 | 208269 | 7031621 |
| Egypt | 56859 | 51615 | 63540 | 2450 | 0 | 0 | 174464 |
| Fiji | 36535 | 40503 | 33000 | 37434 | 0 | 0 | 147472 |
| India | 0 | 34000 | 14140 | 0 | 1996 | 2668 | 52805 |
| Indonesia | 1149240 | 1043117 | 1165207 | 625998 | 759332 | 132847 | 4875742 |
| Iraq | 0 | 418701 | 472760 | 105000 | 0 | 0 | 996461 |
| Japan | 352693 | 295256 | 338344 | 28374 | 113785 | 81844 | 1210296 |
| Jordan | 63000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63000 |
| Kenya | 0 | 27500 | 0 | 0 | 43700 | 0 | 71200 |
| Kuwait | 132191 | 87600 | 42635 | 74997 | 0 | 85404 | 422827 |
| Malawi | 1000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27800 | 0 | 28800 |
| Malaysia | 125929 | 324778 | 159624 | 27070 | 91540 | 1991 | 730933 |
| Mauritius | 24200 | 25099 | 0 | 0 | 8007 | 0 | 57306 |
| Mozambique | 9001 | 56100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65101 |
| Myanmar | 46881 | 52375 | 78190 | 36455 | 0 | 28426 | 242327 |
| New Zealand | 144150 | 205580 | 152988 | 58687 | 52800 | 74046 | 688251 |
| Nigeria | 54999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54999 |
| Oman | 12900 | 85000 | 11000 | 0 | 0 | 27500 | 136400 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68171 | 43095 | 48747 | 45179 | 0 | 30250 | 235442 |
| Philippines | 737299 | 805890 | 580785 | 446327 | 126192 | 260430 | 2956923 |
| Qatar | 0 | 41637 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41637 |
| Rwanda | 11700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11700 |
| Singapore | 0 | 22000 | 16500 | 0 | 0 | 14300 | 52800 |
| South Africa | 0 | 98999 | 162911 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 261910 |
| South Korea | 653357 | 833169 | 771425 | 189559 | 141071 | 102181 | 2690762 |
| Taiwan | 211 | 257 | 302 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 779 |
| Tanzania | 23305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23305 |
| Thailand | 60987 | 694710 | 845422 | 40317 | 36873 | 32999 | 1711307 |
| Turkiye | 0 | 66000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66000 |
| UAE | 49373 | 91069 | 59426 | 64518 | 0 | 42151 | 306537 |
| Vietnam | 260129 | 696970 | 906813 | 132171 | 221985 | 0 | 2218068 |
| Yemen | 174446 | 395052 | 403282 | 0 | 128874 | 108463 | 1210117 |
| DURUM | |||||||
| Bangladesh | 10238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10238 |
| Italy | 0 | 21838 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21838 |
| Spain | 0 | 31500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31500 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 27500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27500 |
| Turkiye | 0 | 0 | 32743 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32743 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 59000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59000 |
| TOTAL | 5907446 | 9301882 | 8245868 | 2544669 | 2067288 | 1251471 | 29318623 |
Table 2: Australian bulk wheat and durum exports for the year to 30 September 2023. Source: ABS
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