Fastest Growing Industries by Exports in Australia in 2025

• 1. Industrial Gas Manufacturing in Australia

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 53.2%

  The development of new products and technologies, growing environmental concerns and changing demand patterns among key markets have shaped the industry’s performance over recent years. Activity in key markets, including Australia's resources, manufacturing and healthcare sectors, has also been instrumental in the industry's performance. Many of these markets are subject to cyclical variations, which underlies the industry's highly volatile performance in recent years. Marked fluctuations in ...

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• 2. Shipbuilding and Repair Services in Australia

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 32.3%

  The Shipbuilding and Repair Services industry performance is heavily influenced by government funding, particularly lucrative contracts for supplying ships and submarines to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Shipbuilders have seen a significant surge in revenue over recent years, thanks to the Naval Shipbuilding Plan (NSP) and the 2022 Defence Strategic Review (DSR). These planning infrastructures brought an element of unpredictability to numerous projects because of the Federal Government's d...

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• 3. Grape Growing in Australia

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 24.1%

  Volatile growing conditions paired with a misaligned supply of grapes to downstream markets have stoked volatility in the industry’s performance. Growers in warm climate zones, like the Big Rivers region in New South Wales, rely on irrigation more than growers in cool climate zones, where rainfall tends to be higher and less volatile. Extreme weather events and other external factors have made grape growing considerably tricky. Table and dried grape production has fluctuated wildly in recent ...

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• 4. Beef Cattle Farming in Australia

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 18.6%

  Beef cattle farmers have faced volatile operating conditions over recent years. Turn-off rates fell sharply in response to improving grazing conditions, particularly over the two years through 2021-22. This, combined with strong demand for Australian beef overseas, drove saleyard prices to record levels. Nonetheless, prices have dropped from these record highs over the three years through 2024-25. Drier conditions in parts of the country and fears of a broader El Niño event saw turn-off rates...

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• 5. Silver, Lead and Zinc Ore Mining in Australia

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 18.0%

  Revenue for the Silver, Lead and Zinc Ore Mining industry has recently been highly volatile. This has been due to fluctuations in prices of lead, silver and zinc, driven by economic events like the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Revenue is expected to increase at an annualised 2.8% over the five years through 2023-24, to $6.0 billion. This trend includes an expected 6.8% plunge in 2023-24, reflecting the normalisation of zinc, silver and lead prices. 

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• 6. Wine Production in Australia

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 16.0%

  Wine producers have faced mixed trading conditions over the past few years. They’ve benefited from growing global demand for Australian wine and premiumisation trends. In recent years, a depreciating Australian dollar and several free trade agreements with countries in the Asia-Pacific region have benefited exports. Nonetheless, declines in per capita alcohol consumption have limited domestic demand. Pandemic restrictions adversely affected the food-service market over the three years through...

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• 7. Tree Nut Growing in Australia

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 14.8%

  The tree nut growing industry structurally benefits from counter-seasonal harvests, which bolster its export market appeal and influence overall industry performance. However, ramped-up production from other large nut-producing countries that has saturated the global market, (along with supply chain challenges) has subdued export revenue in the past few years. Revenue has fluctuated further as a result of weather events, yet rising health consciousness among consumers has maintained dem...

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• 8. Plaster Product Manufacturing in Australia

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 13.7%

  The Plaster Product Manufacturing industry generates the bulk of its revenue from selling plasterboard, compounds and cornices to construct single-unit houses and renovate homes. The smaller wall and ceiling areas in multi-unit apartment and townhouse structures relative to traditional housing constrains sales to these markets. The industry also generates plaster sales from the non-residential building market, particularly from work on commercial and institutional buildings, like hotels, hosp...

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• 9. Gold Ore Mining in Australia

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 11.4%

  Australia's gold ore miners have performed well over the past few years thanks to skyrocketing gold prices, driven by growing consumer demand for gold to hedge against inflation, economic uncertainty and geopolitical unrest. Central banks have also actively purchased gold to diversify their reserve assets and bolster financial stability, supporting demand. The potential for further gold price growth in 2024-25 continues to underpin miners' optimism. Even so, production ...

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• 10. Commercial Refrigerator Manufacturing in Australia

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 9.8%

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