Australia’s exports is Great Britain, 
and the natural method for Australia 
:0 take payment for these is by the 
import of manufactured goods from 
Great Britain. 
5. The following tables set out the 
;alues of certain selected imports into 
Great Britain and Australia, and 
forcibly demonstrate the possibilities 
for increased reciprocal trade: — 
Certain Imports into the United Kingdom, 1926. 
from 
Australia. 
Butter ... ves 
Cheese... os 
Wheat  ... _ _— _— 
Wheat Products, Meal and Flour 
Other Grain _ oy oe 
Eggs and Poultry won —_- 
Flax o er ee vee 
Fruit , i i - 
Skins and Hides ... ee 
Lard cen wae - - 
Leather ... .. oe. wb 
Meat wi ei _— ws 
Olive Oil ... ve ee wa 
Sngar (unrefined) see wo 
Milk (Condensed) (unsweetened) 
Tallow (vot refiued) ... wee 
Honey ... oe - a 
Wool “re ver ee ree 
Cotton... i ar a 
Wine wiry wy ee wee 
Copper Ore vor vos sus 
5,759,695 
244,290 
6,287,438 
1,061,901 
75,142 
312.912 
2,206,098 
2,807,447 
9,252 
172,471 
5.737.565 
2 428 296 
390,529 
1,029 
25,637,326 
143,746 
366,863 
779 
Thtal | 
2.699.702 
Certain Imports into Australia, 
1996-1997 .* 
r'rom | 
United 
King- 
Arm 
‘rom 
other 
Coun- 
tripa 
Total, 
Foodstuffs of 
animal origin. 
Apparel, Textile 
and Manufac- 
tured Fibres. 
Metals, Metal 
Manufactures 
and Machines. 
Paper and 
Stationery. 
Jewellery, Time- 
preces and 
Fancy Goods. 
inrthenware, Ce- 
ments, Glass, 
Jrugs, Chemicals 
and Fertilizers. 
Rubber, Leather 
and manufac- 
tures thereof. 
x X 
524,889 | 2.524.702 
23 456,863 118,068,184 
£ 
2.049 59] 
49 495.047 
| 
95 102.800 126.142.787 
51 245.587 
5,059,164 | 2,880,042 
901.502 1.048.410 
7,940,106 
92840 912 
1,418,125 
2,082,031 
1.198 803 
1.199.577 
2.617.702 
2,933,239 
4 480 473 
5,015,270 
KART 078 
_ Lo RAATLOTT JGLOGBA14 120.730.2901 
* Figures taken from the Quarterly Summary of 
dusiralian Statistics. September. 1927. 
From other 
British 
Possessions. 
From 
: Total 
Foreign 
Countries. | Imports. 
13,956,675 
11,730,520 
25,118,826 
4763,970 
3,776,899 
4,125,912 
109,706 
6,650,239 
6,956,857 
1,137,655 
4611,434 
21,954,149 
262 
6,934,471 
147.529 
725,006 
79,046 
28,862,554 
9,719,292 
86,733 
1.055.080 
28,566,942 
1,985,735 
31,429,138 
2,980,581 
20,752,918 
17,052,618 
3,463,492 
28,236,296 
9,742,545 
7,663,944 
9,289,061 
33,942,920 
586,093 
16,618,445 
871,991 
843,891 
90.257 
8,086,694 
74,585,318 
6,853,747 
670 385 
48,283,312 
13,940,618 
62,835,402 
8,806,452 
24,604,959 
21,491,442 
3.573,198 
37,092,633 
19,506,829 
8,810,849 
14,072,966 
111,634,628 
586,355 
25,981,142 
1,019,520 
1,959,426 
170/332 
62,586,574 
34,448,356 
7.307.343 
1.796.937 
152,502.8R4 
234 212014 
560,438,603 
6. We have approached these pro- 
blems from the point of view of what 
is best for Australia in the belief that 
the permanent increase of Australia’s 
prosperity and productivity is an 
sssential condition of increased trade 
with Great Britain. 
7. Arrangements for reciprocal trade 
preference between the two nations 
are hindered at the outset by Great 
Britain's policy of free imports and 
bv Australia’s policy of tariffs im- 
posed to develop and protect her own 
‘ndustries; and, further, it must be 
borne in mind that Great Britain can- 
uot give preferential treatment to 
tustralia without extending similar 
treatment to the other parts of the 
Bmpire, 
8. We believe that reciprocal trade 
is not only an ideal but a necessity 
and, therefore, that each nation 
should be prepared to meet such costs