Annual Enterprise Survey: 2004 financial year (provisional)

• Operating surplus across all industries increased by 3.3 percent to $42,704 million in the 2003/2004 financial year, maintaining levels reached after a strong increase in 2002.
• Total sales of goods and services across all industries increased by 5.2 percent or by $16,943 million in the 2003/2004 financial year, slightly lower than the 7.8 percent average increase recorded since 1999.

• Following three years of investment of around $30,000 million, net additions to fixed assets increased by 36.0 percent to $40,854 million in the 2003/2004 financial year.
• The content of this Hot Off The Press has an information focus aimed at providing the reader with a better understanding of the Annual Enterprise Survey (AES) data and how it can be used.

Brian Pink
Government Statistician