8301.0.55.001 - Manufacturing Production, Australia, Jun 2006  
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NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
September 2006 13 November 2006
December 2006 13 February 2007



CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

There are no changes in this issue.



DATA NOTES

This publication presents quarterly estimates of selected indicators of manufacturing production in Australia.


More detailed breakdowns and other commodity items collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) are available on request for a charge. Monthly series are also available for a limited number of data items. Items for which additional production data are available are listed in paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.



ROUNDING

Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.



INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Damian Sparkes on Adelaide (08) 8237 7425.



QUARTERLY MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION COMMODITIES

Table 1

Table 1 Quarterly Commodity Production

Beer
Portland cement
Clay bricks (SBE) (a)
Pre-mixed concrete
Gas
Electricity
megalitres
'000 tonnes
million
'000 m3
Petajoules
million kWh

2000
Dec
500
1 652
399
4 188
173
45 977
2001
Mar
451
1 554
319
3 932
177
46 865
Jun
380
1 717
355
4 452
205
46 317
Sep
416
1 679
408
4 880
218
47 412
Dec
492
1 836
403
4 523
185
45 977
2002
Mar
428
1 729
365
4 896
166
45 814
Jun
408
1 992
426
5 148
204
46 650
Sep
406
2 030
441
5 570
228
48 462
Dec
506
1 978
444
5 433
186
46 459
2003
Mar
435
1 831
409
4 771
172
46 159
Jun
380
1 892
439
5 213
204
46 128
Sep
421
2 227
465
5 903
232
48 641
Dec
490
2 090
439
5 542
188
46 261
2004
Mar
435
1 963
436
5 325
173
48 362
Jun
390
2 180
449
5 698
215
48 443
Sep
412
2 307
456
5 983
227
49 712
Dec
454
2 157
424
5 625
190
46 623
2005
Mar
416
1 980
383
5 287
170
48 811
Jun
403
2 481
442
6 020
206
48 855
Sep
408
2 340
407
6 462
221
49 777
Dec
482
2 265
421
5 911
180
48 587
2006
Mar
438
2 027
355
5 462
171
50 261
Jun
386
2 278
423
6 079
224
50 988

(a) New series of clay bricks by standard brick equivalent introduced September quarter 2005. For further information see Glossary.



FORTHCOMING DATA RELEASE DATES

The ABS releases selected data items from the Manufacturing Commodity collections on a quarterly basis in this publication and also releases more detailed breakdowns and other commodity items on a monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual basis on request for a charge. Details on the release dates of the preliminary Pre-mixed concrete production data for capital cities and final monthly Pre-mixed concrete, Water heating equipment and Plasterboard data are specified below. More detail about these releases or subscription to the data series can be obtained by contacting Damian Sparkes on (08) 8237 7425.


Monthly preliminary data release 2005-06

Pre-mixed concrete for capital cities only

Month
Release Date

July
14 August 2006
August
14 September 2006
September
13 October 2006
October
14 November 2006
November
14 December 2006
December
15 January 2007


Monthly final data release 2005-06

Pre-mixed concrete, Water heating equipment and Plasterboard

Month
Release Date

July
8 September 2006
August
9 October 2006
September
9 November 2006
October
8 December 2006
November
9 January 2007
December
9 February 2007


Annual data release 2005-06

Flour, semi-trailers, floor coverings, textiles, clothing and footwear 20 October 2006