CULTURAL TRADE BY COUNTRY
Almost half (49%) of Australia's cultural exports went to New Zealand ($260m), with significant quantities also going to the United States of America ($65m) and the United Kingdom ($58m).
7.3 EXPORTS OF CULTURAL GOODS, By country and product group - 2006-07 |
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| ACLC PRODUCT GROUP(a) | | |
| Heritage services | Books, magazines, etc. | Audio and video media | Radios, TVs, etc. | Exposed film and artistic works | Musical instruments etc. | Total | |
| $m | $m | $m | $m | $m | $m | $m | |
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| Canada | - | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 5.8 | |
| China | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 8.7 | |
| Fiji | - | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | - | 2.9 | |
| Germany | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 5.8 | |
| Hong Kong | 1.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 18.3 | |
| Japan | 0.2 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 5.5 | 0.3 | 11.9 | |
| Korea, Republic of | - | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 6.1 | |
| Malaysia | - | 2.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | - | 4.0 | |
| Netherlands | - | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 3.0 | |
| New Zealand | 1.5 | 193.4 | 32.8 | 21.2 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 260.3 | |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 4.4 | - | 1.0 | - | - | 5.6 | |
| Singapore | 0.9 | 13.0 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 2.6 | - | 21.1 | |
| South Africa | 0.4 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 8.8 | |
| Taiwan | - | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | - | 4.0 | |
| Thailand | - | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | - | 1.8 | |
| United Kingdom | 7.4 | 15.4 | 2.5 | 7.8 | 23.8 | 0.7 | 57.5 | |
| United States of America | 5.0 | 17.2 | 7.5 | 12.5 | 21.5 | 1.3 | 65.0 | |
| Other countries | 1.2 | 10.9 | 2.3 | 16.9 | 11.3 | 1.0 | 43.6 | |
| Total | 17.9 | 278.8 | 53.3 | 84.5 | 89.8 | 9.9 | 534.1 | |
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| - nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
| (a) The descriptions of the ACLC product groups shown have been abbreviated for space reasons. |
| Source: ABS, International Trade, Australia: FASTTRACCS Service - Electronic delivery, 2007 (cat. no. 5466.0). |
Australia imported $823m of cultural goods from China in 2006-07, with the bulk of this (75%) comprising Radio and television receivers and audio and video equipment such as CD players. Imports from the United States of America totalled $480m while imports from the United Kingdom totalled $433m.
7.4 IMPORTS OF CULTURAL GOODS, By country and product group - 2006-07 |
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| ACLC PRODUCT GROUP(a) | | |
| Heritage services | Books, magazines, etc. | Audio and video media | Radios, TVs, etc. | Exposed film and artistic works | Musical instruments etc. | Total | |
| $m | $m | $m | $m | $m | $m | $m | |
| |
| Austria | 0.1 | 0.6 | 15.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 17.8 | |
| Canada | 0.4 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 11.8 | |
| China | 3.9 | 127.5 | 3.5 | (b)614.5 | 20.8 | 53.2 | (b)823.3 | |
| Denmark | - | 2.7 | 0.1 | 18.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 21.4 | |
| France | 7.6 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 14.9 | 3.4 | 33.8 | |
| Germany | 0.7 | 13.0 | 8.4 | 11.6 | 1.5 | 9.2 | 44.3 | |
| Hong Kong | 1.1 | 56.6 | 6.5 | 18.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 83.3 | |
| India | 2.6 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 9.9 | |
| Indonesia | 0.5 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 87.8 | 1.8 | 15.9 | 110.3 | |
| Ireland | - | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | 2.0 | |
| Italy | 0.9 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 11.7 | 3.2 | 27.6 | |
| Japan | 1.6 | 6.9 | 3.7 | 196.1 | 2.5 | 32.1 | 243.0 | |
| Korea, Republic of | 0.2 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 234.2 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 245.9 | |
| Malaysia | - | 8.1 | 0.8 | (b)140.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | (b)149.6 | |
| Mexico | - | 0.1 | 0.4 | 17.9 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 19.9 | |
| Netherlands | 0.9 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 15.4 | |
| New Zealand | 0.3 | 18.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 25.2 | |
| Philippines | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 39.3 | - | - | 39.8 | |
| Singapore | 0.6 | 64.2 | 18.9 | (b)22.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | (b)106.5 | |
| South Africa | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | - | 4.2 | |
| Spain | 0.1 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 5.2 | |
| Sweden | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 5.2 | |
| Switzerland | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 9.3 | |
| Taiwan | - | 3.5 | 8.8 | 34.3 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 52.9 | |
| Thailand | 0.1 | 6.7 | 1.7 | (b)123.0 | 4.3 | 0.3 | (b)136.1 | |
| Turkey | - | 0.1 | - | 1.7 | - | 0.1 | 1.9 | |
| United Kingdom | 18.8 | 338.0 | 29.1 | 14.3 | 30.6 | 2.2 | 433.0 | |
| United States of America | 3.3 | 266.5 | 26.4 | 103.2 | 51.3 | 29.9 | 480.4 | |
| Other countries | 4.9 | 13.5 | 5.4 | 17.9 | 25.3 | 2.8 | 69.8 | |
| Total | 49.8 | 966.3 | 143.4 | 1 716.0 | 182.9 | 170.6 | 3 229.0 | |
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| - nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
| (a) The descriptions of the ACLC groups shown have been abbreviated for space reasons. |
| (b) Excludes imports of certain size television receivers (these data are confidential). |
| Source: ABS, International Trade, Australia: FASTTRACCS Service - Electronic Delivery, 2007 (cat. no. 5466.0). |
Exports of cultural goods have increased since 2000-01, with the value of exports in 2006-07 ($534m) being 11% higher than in 2000-01. The product group showing the largest increase over this time was Books, magazines etc. which increased from $175m in 2000-01 to $279m in 2006-07. Some of this increase may be due to inflation rather than increases in production. The value of Heritage services exports decreased over this time from $34m in 2000-01 to $18m in 2006-07.
7.5 EXPORTS OF CULTURAL GOODS, By product group(a) - 2000-01 to 2006-07 |
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| 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
| ACLC product group | $m | $m | $m | $m | $m | $m | $m | |
| |
| Heritage services | 33.5 | 32.6 | 18.8 | 27.2 | 29.9 | 23.2 | 17.9 | |
| Books, magazines etc. | 174.8 | 214.7 | 244.6 | 248.9 | 253.2 | 237.6 | 278.8 | |
| Audio and video media | 67.1 | 85.2 | 100.2 | 95.8 | 101.5 | 89.0 | 53.3 | |
| Radios, TVs, etc. | 100.6 | 107.2 | 101.9 | 126.5 | 158.6 | 117.6 | 84.5 | |
| Exposed film and artistic works | 98.9 | 95.3 | 100.2 | 103.2 | 79.4 | 117.1 | 89.8 | |
| Musical instruments etc. | 7.7 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | |
| Total | 482.8 | 543.8 | 576.2 | 611.3 | 633.0 | 595.5 | 534.1 | |
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| (a) The descriptions of the ACLC groups shown have been abbreviated for space reasons - see table 7.2 for full descriptions. |
| Source: ABS, International Trade, Australia: FASTTRACCS Service - Electronic Delivery, 2007 (cat. no. 5466.0). |
The value of imports of cultural goods increased by 3% between 2000-01 and 2006-07. The growth, however, varied by commodity. For example, Musical instruments, etc. increased by 65% over this period while the value of commodities in the product group Audio and video media declined by 32%.
7.6 IMPORTS OF CULTURAL GOODS, By product group(a) - 2000-01 to 2006-07 |
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| 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
| ACLC product group | $m | $m | $m | $m | $m | $m | $m | |
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| Heritage services | 46.5 | 44.3 | 46.4 | 48.5 | 59.2 | 45.6 | 49.8 | |
| Books, magazines etc. | 925.8 | 946.2 | 938.3 | 908.6 | 931.5 | 930.0 | 966.3 | |
| Audio and video media | 210.3 | 221.2 | 326.9 | 292.6 | 280.9 | 292.3 | 143.4 | |
| Radios, TVs etc. | 1 717.6 | 1 719.7 | 1 790.8 | 1 840.8 | 1 927.5 | 2 230.4 | 1 717.0 | |
| Exposed film and artistic works | 126.6 | 91.7 | 115.8 | 105.4 | 124.5 | 190.9 | 182.9 | |
| Musical instruments etc. | 103.5 | 123.5 | 127.2 | 140.7 | 146.8 | 155.2 | 170.6 | |
| Total | 3 130.3 | 3 146.6 | 3 345.4 | 3 336.6 | 3 470.4 | 3 844.5 | 3 230.0 | |
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| (a) The descriptions of the ACLC groups shown have been abbreviated for space reasons - see table 7.2 for full descriptions. |
| Source: ABS, International Trade, Australia: FASTTRACCS Service - Electronic Delivery, 2007 (cat. no. 5466.0). |
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