4156.0 - Sports and Physical Recreation: A Statistical Overview, Australia, 2009  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 23/10/2009   
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  • The total value of exports of selected sports and physical recreation goods in 2007-08 were valued at $510.9m, 0.4% higher than the $508.8m recorded for 2006-07.
  • Throughout the period 2001-02 to 2007-08, New Zealand and the USA have been the major destinations for sports and physical recreation goods exported from Australia. For 2007-08, the value of exports to the USA was higher at $111.6m compared with $98.5m to New Zealand.
  • The value (in current prices) of sports and physical recreation goods imported into Australia during 2007-08 was $2,078.8m. This was 0.8% lower than the $2,096.1m recorded in 2006-07.
  • In 2007-08, China and the USA have been the major sources of sports and physical recreation goods imported into Australia. China was the largest contributor to this figure and provided imports worth $682.9m. The $413.6m contributed to the total figure by the USA placed it second as a source of Australia's imports.
  • Australia's largest trade deficit in selected sports and physical recreation goods in 2007-08 was $680.7m with China, while its largest surplus was Singapore ($50.5m).




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