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The following tahle shows for 5 years tho value of the imports and exports (Tuorehandise, bullion, and specie) into or from the Australian Common- wealth from or into countries outside the Commonwealth.
Exports
Years
1908 1909 1910 1911 1912
Imports
49,799,273 51,171,896 60,014,351 66,967,488 78,098,000
Australian Produce
£ 62,118,903 62,843,711 71,836,195 76,205,210
Other Produce
£ 2,192,155 2,475,125 2,654,955 3,277,048
Total
64,311,058 65,318,836 74,491,150 79,482,258 78,835,000
The value of goods imported represents the amount on which duty is payable or would be payable if the duty were ad valorem. The value of goods subject to duty is taken to be the fair market value in the principal markets of the country whence the same were exported, with an addition of 10 per cent, to snch market value.
The Customs Tariff Act of 1908 provides for preference to goods produced in and shipped from the United Kingdom to Australia as against the goods of other countries, and also atfbrds a larger measure of protection to Australian industries than previous tariffs.
The value of goods exported is the value in the principal markets of the Commonwealth in the usual and ordinary commercial acceptation of the term.
More important imports and exports in 1911 : —
Imports
Cane sugar .
Tea ... .
Spirits
Apparel, &c.
Boots and shoes .
Hats and caps
Cotton and linen goods
Woollens
Silk goods (inc. velvets)
Machines and machinery
Agricultural implements
Metal manufactures .
Timher
Arms and explosives .
Paper ....
Bool<s ....
Sacks, &c. .
Dru<^s and chemicals, &c
Gold bullion
Jewellery .
Oils (in i.ulk) .
Tol)acco
Value
&
404,474 1,244,816 1,259,866 3,849,222
447,505
517,598 4,525,297 2,288,-365 1,922,426 3,801,577
604,743 6,722,820 2,787,952
894,190 1,6('6,619
693,429 1,149,296 2,178,600 1,584,036
671,978 1,555,713
899,110
Exports
Value
Flour .
Butter .
Beef .
Mutton
Rabbits and liares
Tinned meat
Tallow
Leather
Wool .
Coal .
Copper matte, ingot:
and bar . Gold bullion Gold in matte Gold specie Silver bullion Silver in matte Silver ore Lead — pig and in matt Tin ingots . Tin ore Timber. Pearl shell . Animals (living) Skins and hides Zinc concentrates Wheat
£
1,391,537
4,637,362
1,102.132
956,622
407,034
777,826
1,936,599
506,129
26,071,193
900,622
2,347,448
1,711,093
437,761
9,829,689
485,447
219,971
246,374
1,108,544
765,179
281,208
1,062,033
330,003
310,708
3,227,679
1,619,426
9,641,608
