Most of Western Australia’s exports of manufactured goods and value-added food products pass through Fremantle Port, as do most of the consumer goods and motor vehicles that are imported by sea.
In 2010-11, total port trade through Fremantle Ports was 26.1 million mass tonnes, with the total value of trade worth more than $25.9 billion. The Port of Fremantle accounts for 80% by value of WA's seaborne imports and 12% by value of WA's seaborne exports.
Trade with East, South East and Southern Asia amounted to 57.0% of total port trade in 2010-11 (up from 45% in 1999-2000). Australian coastal trade accounts for 15% of total port trade.
In volume terms the port’s principal export commodities are grain, alumina, refined petroleum and coal, which together account for 72.0% by volume of total exports.