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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — AUSTRALIA

(merchandise, bullion, and specie) into or from the Australian Common- wealth from or into countries outside the Commonwealth.

Excluding ships' stores

2 Calendar year.

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 such market value.

The Customs Tariff Act of 1920 provides for preference to goods produced in and shipped from the United Kingdom to Australia as against the goods of other countries, and for reciprocal tariff agreements with other countries. It also affords 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 1918-19 : —

Imports

Value

Textiles—

£

Yarni, woollen.

015,266

All other

329,838

Apparel (including boots).

6,117,283

Bags and sacks

3.934,542

Cotton piece goods.

12,952,448

Other textiles.

13,23z,898

Manufactures of metal —

Agricultural machinery, ire.

MHtfMS

Other machinery

3,269,055

Iron and steel — plate and

sheet ....

1,921,971

Tinned plates.

2,129.7 53

Vehicles and parts.

2,279.804

Other manufactures of

metal ....

0,730,333

Paper and paper hoards.

4,369,880

Drugs, chemicals, and

fertilizers

4,425,073

Oils and waxes.

4,099,049

Tobacco ....

1,864,594

Alcoholic liquors

1,268,324

Sugar ....

1,052,124

Exports

Wool.

Wheat

Flour ....

Skins and hides.

Tinned meat

Butter.

Lead— pig.

Beef ....

Copper, Ingots, ami bar

Leather

Tallow

Silver ....

.Jams ....

Manufactures of metal

Mutton and Lamb

Chemicals and fertilisers

Miik ....

Tin ingots.

Coal ....

Zinc concentrates.

Value

£

42,766,756 11,334,065 5,818,824 4,395,770

8,108,084

2,891,300 2,472.786 2,S9S,22S 1!, 090. 577 8,170,903 1,909,001

1. 184. 125 1,888,481

1,091,880

983,799 887,488