NOTE: Chapter 7 has been re-released on 06 July 2007 due to an adjustment of the values for cultural and recreational services and the corresponding totals and percentages in Table 7.1 'Trade in Cultural Goods and Services - 2005-06'.
TRADE IN CULTURAL GOODS AND SERVICES
Australia continues to import more cultural goods and services than it exports overseas. In 2005-06, Australia earned $965m through the provision of cultural goods and cultural and recreational services to the rest of the world, around a quarter of the value of cultural goods and services it received from overseas ($5,048m).
7.1 TRADE IN CULTURAL GOODS AND SERVICES - 2005-06 |
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| Cultural goods | Cultural and recreational services | Total | |
Value ($m) | |
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Exports/credits | 595 | 370 | 965 | |
Imports/debits | 3 844 | 1 204 | 5 048 | |
PER CENT (%) | |
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Exports/credits | 62 | 38 | 100 | |
Imports/debits | 76 | 24 | 100 | |
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ABS, International Trade, Australia: FASTTRACCS Service - Electronic Delivery, 2007 (cat. no. 5466.0) and data available on request. |
TRADE IN CULTURAL GOODS
Exports of cultural goods in 2005-06 totalled $595m, or 0.4% of all goods exported out of Australia, while cultural imports totalled $3,844m, or 2.3% of all goods imported into Australia.
7.2 TRADE IN CULTURAL GOODS - 2005-06 |
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| Cultural goods | All goods | Cultural goods as a percentage of all goods | |
| $m | $m | % | |
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Exports | 595.5 | 152 492.3 | 0.4 | |
Imports | 3 844.5 | 167 503.0 | 2.3 | |
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ABS, International Trade, Australia: FASTTRACCS Service - Electronic Delivery, 2007 (cat. no. 5466.0). |