Trade in the Northern Territory

International engagement and trade

Harnessing our natural strengths and expanding our global reach

The Northern Territory is home to Australia's closest capital city to key trading markets.
We export high value products, and have a global reputation for quality and safety.

Our priority international markets

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Bangladesh

Existing Exports

Education & training

Brunei

Existing Exports

Cattle

China

Existing Exports

Mining, forestry (woodchips, sandalwood & African mahogany), tourism, education & training, gas

Potential Exports

Hydrogen, ICT - digital technologies, meat products, horticulture

Potential Investment

Mining, cattle, tourism infrastructure

European Union

Existing Exports

Mining, tourism, film, television & digital media, Aboriginal visual arts & crafts; fashion

Potential Exports

Defence & maritime services, forestry (woodchips, sandalwood & African mahogany), critical minerals

Potential Investment

Mining, value add processing for mining projects, hydrogen, solar, low-emissions manufacturing, aerospace, cattle, sustainable & Aboriginal tourism

Hong Kong

Existing Exports

Horticulture

Potential Exports

Seafood - fisheries & aquaculture

Potential Investment

Mining, cattle, tourism infrastructure

India

Existing Exports

Gas, mining, education & training, defence & maritime services

Potential Exports

Critical minerals, ICT - digital technologies

Potential Investment

Gas, value add processing for mining projects, maritime infrastructure, sustainable development precincts (agriculture) & AgTech

Indonesia

Existing Exports

Defence & maritime services, cattle, education & training, meat products

Potential Exports

Health services, cotton, ICT - digital technologies

Potential Investment

Data centres, maritime infrastructure

Japan

Existing Exports

Gas, mining, tourism

Potential Exports

Seafood - fisheries & aquaculture, critical minerals, hydrogen, defence & maritime services, horticulture, forestry (woodchips, sandalwood & African mahogany), health services, Aboriginal visual arts & crafts; fashion, ICT - digital technologies, meat products

Potential Investment

Gas, mining, value add processing for mining projects, hydrogen, solar, low-emissions manufacturing, maritime infrastructure, aerospace, data centres, sustainable development precincts (agriculture) & AgTech, tourism infrastructure, sustainable and Aboriginal tourism

Malaysia

Existing Exports

Gas, cattle

Potential Exports

Defence & maritime services, ICT - digital technologies, meat products, cotton, forestry (woodchips, sandalwood & African mahogany), health services

Potential Investment

Gas, solar, cattle, tourism infrastructure, sustainable & Aboriginal tourism

Nepal

Existing Exports

Education & training

New Zealand

Existing Exports

Tourism

Potential Investment

Solar, value add processing for mining projects, cattle, tourism infrastructure, sustainable & Aboriginal tourism

North America

Existing Exports

Aboriginal visual arts & crafts; fashion, meat products, tourism, defence & maritime services

Potential Exports

ICT - digital technologies, hydrogen, critical minerals, health services, film, television & digital media

Potential Investment

Gas, mining, value add processing for mining projects, hydrogen, solar, sustainable & Aboriginal tourism, aerospace, maritime infrastructure, low-emissions manufacturing, data centres, cattle, sustainable development precincts (agriculture) & AgTech, tourism infrastructure

Papua New Guinea

Existing Exports

Defence & maritime services

Potential Exports

Health services

Philippines

Existing Exports

Education & training, cattle, defence & maritime services

Potential Exports

Horticulture, health services

Singapore

Existing Exports

Defence & maritime services, horticulture, seafood - fisheries & aquaculture, tourism, film, television & digital media

Potential Exports

Gas, mining, hydrogen, solar, ICT - digital technologies, meat products, health services, Aboriginal visual arts & crafts; fashion

Potential Investment

Gas, mining, value add processing for mining projects, hydrogen, solar, low-emissions manufacturing, data centres, maritime infrastructure, aerospace, sustainable development precincts (agriculture) & AgTech, tourism infrastructure, sustainable & Aboriginal tourism

South America

Potential Investment

Cattle, sustainable development precincts (agriculture) & AgTech

South Korea

Existing Exports

Gas, mining, meat products

Potential Exports

ICT - digital technologies, horticulture, seafood - fisheries & aquaculture, cotton, film, television & digital media, defence & maritime services, hydrogen, critical minerals, forestry (woodchips, sandalwood & African mahogany)

Potential Investment

Gas, mining, hydrogen, solar, aerospace, maritime infrastructure, data centres, tourism infrastructure

Taiwan

Existing Exports

Gas, Aboriginal visual arts & crafts; fashion

Potential Exports

Meat products, hydrogen, forestry (woodchips, sandalwood & African mahogany)

Potential Investment

Solar

Thailand

Existing Exports

Gas, education & training

Potential Exports

Defence & maritime services, meat products, cotton, forestry (woodchips, sandalwood & African mahogany)

Potential Investment

Tourism infrastructure, cattle

Timor Leste

Potential Exports

Health services

United Arab Emirates

Existing Exports

Horticulture

Potential Exports

Meat products

Potential Investment

Gas, cattle

United Kingdom

Existing Exports

Tourism, film, television & digital media, Aboriginal visual arts & crafts

Potential Exports

Critical minerals, ICT - digital technologies, forestry (woodchips, sandalwood & African mahogany), defence & maritime services

Potential Investment

Gas, sustainable development precincts (agriculture) & AgTech, value add processing for mining projects, hydrogen, solar, low-emissions manufacturing, aerospace, maritime infrastructure, data centres, sustainable & Aboriginal tourism

Vietnam

Existing Exports

Cattle, education & training

Potential Exports

Meat products, horticulture, cotton, health services, mining, defence & maritime services, ICT - digital technologies

Potential Investment

Mining, cattle, sustainable development precincts (agriculture) & AgTech

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Page last updated 7 December 2023