The Asianisation of Australia: volume 2, part 4
Part Four
Australia: Trade With Asia and Europe
The following tables show up patterns in Australian trade; how trade with European/Western countries (UK, continental Europe, USA, Canada, and New Zealand; although South Africa and some other European/Western countries have not been specifically included) has decreased (from 88.9% in 1905, down to 54.2% in 1995), while trade with Asian countries (Japan and the rest of Asia) has increased (from 9.2% in 1905, up to 41.7% in 1995).
These tables are relevant insofar as to demonstrate the background to the explanation about how increasing economic ties with Asia has increased economic, political, and diplomatic pressures for Australia to increase the level of Asian immigration into our country.
TABLE 25
IMPORTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
AUSTRALIA 1905-1995 (62)
(1905-1945: values given in millions of pounds)
(1950-1990: values given in millions of dollars)
Note: The statistics given below are of every fifth year (i.e. not every year), giving an indication of the trends of Australian trade.
Year United Other New
(a) Kingdom Europe U.S.A. Canada Zealand
£m % £m % £m % £m % £m %
1905 18.4 54.9 5.7 17.0 4.6 13.7 0.3 0.9 0.8 2.4
1910 27.7 51.6 10.6 19.7 7.0 13.0 0.7 1.3 1.1 2.0
1915 29.5 50.7 7.3 12.5 9.9 17.0 1.1 1.9 1.4 2.4
1920 35.0 38.9 5.8 6.4 21.7 24.1 2.5 2.8 1.7 1.9
1925 62.8 47.1 14.6 10.9 30.1 22.6 3.1 2.3 1.9 1.4
1930 49.3 41.5 14.0 11.8 27.6 23.2 3.2 2.7 1.4 1.2
1935 35.1 42.5 8.5 10.3 12.6 15.2 4.7 5.7 1.5 1.8
1940 50.1 38.0 9.1 6.9 22.9 17.4 10.4 7.9 1.2 0.9
1945 70.3 33.1 0.4 0.2 81.3 38.3 10.2 4.8 2.0 0.9
$m % $m % $m % $m % $m %
1950 557 51.9 111 10.3 104 9.7 27 2.5 10 0.9
1955 757 45.0 257 15.3 204 12.1 48 2.8 15 0.9
1960 660 35.7 308 16.7 299 16.2 59 3.2 31 1.7
1965 761 26.2 508 17.5 692 23.9 117 4.0 47 1.6
1970 845 21.8 712 18.4 965 24.9 151 3.9 86 2.2
1975 1213 15.0 1708 21.2 1668 20.7 217 2.7 184 2.3
1980 1648 10.2 3017 18.6 3577 22.0 446 2.7 547 3.4
1985 2012 6.7 5820 19.4 6816 22.7 620 2.1 1115 3.7
1990 3356 6.5 10409 20.3 12373 24.1 1228 2.4 2173 4.2
1995 4439 5.9 15159 20.3 16048 21.5 1277 1.7 3554 4.8
Year Other All
(a) Japan Asia Other Total
£m % £m % £m % £m %
1905 0.3 0.9 2.8 8.3 0.6 1.8 33.5 100
1910 0.7 1.3 4.5 8.4 1.4 2.6 53.7 100
1915 1.3 2.2 5.4 9.3 2.3 3.9 58.2 100
1920 3.8 4.2 15.1 16.8 4.3 4.8 89.9 100
1925 3.8 2.8 14.1 10.6 2.9 2.2 133.3 100
1930 3.8 3.2 14.2 11.9 5.4 4.5 118.9 100
1935 5.3 6.4 10.5 12.7 4.4 5.3 82.6 100
1940 6.6 5.0 24.5 18.6 7.1 5.4 131.9 100
1945 0 0 32.5 15.3 15.4 7.3 212.1 100
$m % $m % $m % $m %
1950 14 1.3 182 17.0 67 6.2 1072 100
1955 37 2.2 285 16.9 79 4.7 1682 100
1960 83 4.5 306 16.5 102 5.5 1848 100
1965 259 8.9 396 13.7 118 4.1 2898 100
1970 481 12.4 455 11.7 180 4.6 3875 100
1975 1418 17.6 1361 16.9 301 3.7 8070 100
1980 2527 15.5 3834 23.6 623 3.8 16219 100
1985 6645 22.1 5974 19.9 1020 3.4 30022 100
1990 9872 19.2 10288 20.0 1634 3.2 51333 100
1995 12779 17.1 18380 24.6 3002 4.0 74638 100
Notes:
(a) 1905-1910: year ending 31st December. 1915-1945: year ending 30th June. 1950-1985: year ending 31st December. 1990- 1995: year ending 30th June.
TABLE 26
EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
AUSTRALIA 1905-1995 (63)
(1905-1945: values given in millions of pounds)
(1950-1990: values given in millions of dollars)
Note: The statistics given below are of every fifth year (i.e. not every year), giving an indication of the trends of Australian trade.
Year United Other New
(a) Kingdom Europe (b) U.S.A. Canada Zealand
£m % £m % £m % £m % £m %
1905 22.4 49.3 13.4 29.5 1.1 2.4 - - 1.3 2.9
1910 35.5 50.8 22.6 32.3 1.6 2.3 0.1 0.1 1.7 2.4
1915 38.2 66.0 3.3 5.7 4.7 8.1 0.3 0.5 2.2 3.8
1920 80.8 56.0 14.8 10.2 11.1 7.7 0.3 0.2 7.7 5.3
1925 69.1 42.9 46.3 28.7 9.2 5.7 0.7 0.4 5.8 3.6
1930 43.4 44.2 25.1 25.6 4.2 4.3 0.7 0.7 3.6 3.7
1935 53.7 51.8 14.4 13.9 2.8 2.7 1.5 1.4 3.6 3.5
1940 96.0 64.2 13.5 9.0 4.9 3.3 3.4 2.3 6.5 4.3
1945 52.1 33.5 2.5 1.6 30.8 19.8 3.8 2.4 7.1 4.6
$m % $m % $m % $m % $m %
1950 475 38.7 326 26.6 100 8.1 18 1.5 43 3.5
1955 571 37.5 396 26.0 105 6.9 21 1.4 76 5.0
1960 476 25.7 460 24.8 152 8.2 28 1.5 109 5.9
1965 516 19.6 552 21.0 264 10.0 40 1.5 158 6.0
1970 488 11.9 637 15.5 556 13.5 113 2.7 199 4.8
1975 450 5.2 1380 15.9 832 9.6 289 3.3 526 6.0
1980 949 5.0 3234 17.1 2044 10.8 339 1.8 864 4.6
1985 1006 3.3 4506 14.7 3598 11.7 303 1.0 1591 5.2
1990 1736 3.5 7176 14.6 5426 11.6 760 1.5 2616 5.3
1995 2267 3.4 5957 8.9 4633 6.9 1132 1.7 4768 7.1
Year Other All
(a) Japan Asia Other Total
£m % £m % £m % £m %
1905 0.6 1.3 3.0 6.6 3.6 7.9 45.4 100
1910 0.7 1.0 2.9 4.1 4.8 6.9 69.9 100
1915 2.0 3.4 3.1 5.3 4.1 7.1 57.9 100
1920 7.2 5.0 10.9 7.5 11.5 8.0 144.3 100
1925 11.6 7.2 7.2 4.5 11.2 6.9 161.1 100
1930 6.6 6.7 8.4 8.5 6.2 6.3 98.2 100
1935 12.1 11.7 7.6 7.3 8.0 7.7 103.7 100
1940 5.5 3.7 10.2 6.8 9.6 6.4 149.6 100
1945 0 0 23.6 15.2 35.4 22.8 155.3 100
$m % $m % $m % $m %
1950 48 3.9 144 11.7 73 5.9 1227 100
1955 117 7.7 153 10.1 82 5.4 1521 100
1960 269 14.5 231 12.5 129 7.0 1854 100
1965 441 16.7 455 17.3 207 7.9 2633 100
1970 1021 24.9 683 16.6 410 10.0 4107 100
1975 2455 28.3 1864 21.4 893 10.3 8689 100
1980 5083 26.9 4822 25.5 1536 8.1 18871 100
1985 8043 26.2 8842 28.8 2854 9.3 30743 100
1990 12781 26.0 15235 31.0 3348 6.8 49078 100
1995 16286 24.3 27347 40.8 4646 6.9 67036 100
Notes:
(a) 1905-1910: year ending 31st December. 1915-1995: year ending 30th June.
(b) "Other Europe" 1905-1945 includes only the major European export countries of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
The Asianisation of Australia:
Statistics (Immigration, Ethnicity, and Trade) (Volume 2)
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