The Department of Trade was an

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that existed between January 1956 and December 1963.

Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the department's annual reports. At the department's creation it was responsible for: *trade promotion and trade policy, including the Trade Commissioner Service, the trade publicity branch and published ''Overseas Trading''''Overseas Trading'', NLA catalogue, accessed 29 October 2019
/ref> *trade treaties and arrangements *trade investigations *tariff policy *Tariff Board *trade agreements *import licensing policy *industrial development

Structure

The department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Trade, John McEwen.

References

Trade Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct excha ...

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