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 ($4,328m).
7.1 TRADE IN CULTURAL GOODS AND SERVICES - 2002-03 |
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| Cultural goods | Cultural and recreational services | Total | |
VALUE ($m) | |
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| Exports/credits | 576 | 342 | 918 | |
| Imports/debits | 3 342 | 986 | 4 328 | |
PER CENT (%) | |
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| Exports/credits | 62.7 | 37.3 | 100.0 | |
| Imports/debits | 77.2 | 22.8 | 100.0 | |
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| 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 |
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| Cultural goods | All goods | Cultural goods as a percentage of all goods | |
| $m | $m | % | |
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| Exports | 576.2 | 115 454.5 | 0.5 | |
| Imports | 3 341.8 | 133 129.8 | 2.5 | |
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| ABS, International Trade, Australia - Information Consultancy Ad Hoc Service (cat. no. 5466.0). |
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