| Department overview | |
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| Formed | 11 January 1956[1] |
| Preceding Department |
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| Dissolved | 17 December 1963[1] |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia |
| Headquarters | Barton, Canberra |
| Minister responsible |
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| Department executives |
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The Department of Trade was an Australian government department that existed between January 1956 and December 1963.
Scope
Information about the department's functions and 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:[1]
- trade promotion and trade policy, including the Trade Commissioner Service, the trade publicity branch and published Overseas Trading[2]
- 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.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 CA 64: Department of Trade [I], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 28 December 2013
- ↑ Overseas Trading, NLA catalogue, accessed 29 October 2019
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