For the September 2008 quarter compared with the June 2008 quarter (on a seasonally adjusted basis):
- The volume of manufacturing sales decreased 2.3 percent and is now at its lowest level since the first half of 2003.
- Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, the volume of sales decreased 3.2 percent.
- The value of manufacturing sales rose 1.3 percent.
- Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, the value of sales rose 0.1 percent.
- The meat and dairy industry sales value rose 3.0 percent while the machinery and equipment industry sales value fell 3.4 percent.
| Geoff Bascand |
15 December 2008 |
| Government Statistician |
ISSN 1178-024X |