Economic Survey of Manufacturing: December 2009 quarter

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  08 March 2010

Highlights

Sales (seasonally adjusted) for the December 2009 quarter compared with the September 2009 quarter:

Volumes

  • Manufacturing rose 3.1 percent.
  • Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, sales rose 3.6 percent.
  • Meat and dairy product manufacturing rose 4.6 percent.

Values

  • Manufacturing rose 0.7 percent.
  • Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, sales rose 3.1 percent.
  • Meat and dairy product manufacturing fell 2.1 percent.

Graph, Manufacturing sales volumes, at December 1997 quarter prices, quarterly. 

Geoff Bascand 8 March 2010
Government Statistician ISSN 1178-024X