4172.0 - Arts and Culture in Australia: A Statistical Overview, 2008 (First Edition)  
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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

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

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

- 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

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

- 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

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

(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

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
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

(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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