4172.0 - Arts and Culture in Australia: A Statistical Overview, 2004 (Reissue)  
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TRADE IN CULTURAL GOODS

Australia continues to import more cultural goods and services than it exports overseas. In 2002-03, Australia earned $918m through the provision of cultural goods and cultural and recreational services to the rest of the world, less than a quarter of the value of goods and services it received from overseas ($4,328m).

7.1 TRADE IN CULTURAL GOODS AND SERVICES - 2002-03

Cultural goods
Cultural and recreational services
Total

VALUE ($m)

Exports/credits
576
342
918
Imports/debits
3 342
986
4 328

PER CENT (%)

Exports/credits
62.7
37.3
100.0
Imports/debits
77.2
22.8
100.0

ABS, International Trade, Australia - Information Consultancy Ad Hoc Service (cat. no. 5466.0).


Exports of cultural goods in 2002-03 totalled $576m, or 0.5% of all goods exported out of Australia, while cultural imports totalled $3,341m, or 2.5% of all goods imported into Australia.

7.2 TRADE IN CULTURAL GOODS - 2002-03

Cultural goods
All goods
Cultural goods as a percentage of all goods
$m
$m
%

Exports
576.2
115 454.5
0.5
Imports
3 341.8
133 129.8
2.5

ABS, International Trade, Australia - Information Consultancy Ad Hoc Service (cat. no. 5466.0).



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