COMMODITIES TRADED
In 2005-06, about two-fifths (43%) of Australia's exports of cultural goods consisted of Printed books ($115m), Paintings, drawings and pastels, executed entirely by hand ($86m) and Discs for laser reading systems ($56m).
The largest individual cultural commodity imported in 2005-06 was Analogue plasma screen colour televisions ($407m), with the second largest being Digital colour televisions and receivers ($364m).
7.3 TRADE IN CULTURAL GOODS, By product group - 2005-06 |
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| Imports | Exports | Excess of imports
over exports |
ACLC product group | $m | $m | $m |
|
Heritage services | 45.6 | 23.2 | 22.4 |
Books, magazines, newspapers and other printed matter | 930.0 | 237.6 | 692.5 |
Audio and video media | 292.3 | 89.0 | 203.3 |
Radio and television receivers and apparatus for sound or video recording or reproduction | 2 230.4 | 117.6 | 2 112.9 |
Exposed photographic and cinematographic media, and artistic works | 179.3 | 117.1 | 62.2 |
Musical instruments and other performing arts equipment | 155.2 | 11.1 | 144.1 |
Total | 3 844.5 | 595.5 | 3 249.0 |
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ABS, International Trade, Australia: FASTTRACCS Service - Electronic Delivery, 2007 (cat. no. 5466.0). |