1350.0 - Australian Economic Indicators, Mar 2009  
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MANUFACTURING

Manufacturing production, Selected indicators
Period
Clay bricks
(million)
Portland cement
('000 tonnes)
Ready mixed concrete
('000 cubic metres)
Electricity
(million kWh)
Gas
(petajoules)
Beer
(megalitres)
ANNUAL
2005-06
1 605
8 910
23 913
225 303
797
1 714
2006-07
1 570
9 381
24 931
225 930
846
1 706
2007-08
1 459
9 839
26 593
231 995
872
1 677
Percentage change from Previous Year
2005-06
-5.8
-0.2
4.4
2.9
0.5
1.7
2006-07
-2.2
5.3
4.3
0.3
6.2
-0.5
2007-08
-7.1
4.9
6.7
2.7
3.1
-1.7
Original
2006-2007
December
396
2 451
6 519
56 249
192
491
March
359
2 140
5 750
56 244
187
427
June
393
2 362
6 119
55 036
234
383
2007-2008
September
387
2 536
6 884
59 806
245
394
December
378
2 562
6 836
56 411
205
473
March
323
2 183
5 841
59 118
194
420
June
371
2 558
7 032
56 660
229
390
2008-2009
September
367
2 612
6 924
59 316
248
410
December
385
2 373
6 419
59 504
202
488
Percentage change from Previous Quarter
2007-2008
September
-1.5
7.3
12.5
8.7
4.6
2.9
December
-2.4
1.0
-0.7
-5.7
-16.5
19.8
March
-14.5
-14.8
-14.6
4.8
-5.0
-11.0
June
14.8
17.1
20.4
-4.2
17.8
-7.3
2008-2009
September
-1.1
2.1
-1.5
4.7
8.3
5.3
December
4.9
-9.1
-7.3
0.3
-18.6
18.9
Source: Manufacturing Production, Australia, (cat. no. 8301.0.55.001)

Manufacturers' inventories, (from Table 4.4) Seasonally adjusted - Chain volume measure
Graph: Manufacturers' inventories, seasonally adjusted, chain volume measures from table 4.4.

Manufacturers' sales and inventories
Sales
Inventories(a)
Period
Current Price
Chain Volume Measures (reference year 2006-07)
Current Price
Chain Volume Measures (reference year 2006-07)
Inventories to sales ratio(b)
Annual ($ million)
2005-06
340 029
355 431
40 623
41 193
0.46
2006-07
363 150
363 150
41 830
41 468
0.45
2007-08
392 520
377 042
46 020
42 230
0.44
Seasonally adjusted ($ million)
2006-2007
September
89 154
89 016
40 423
40 561
0.45
December
90 747
91 055
40 930
40 878
0.45
March
91 005
91 902
41 239
41 177
0.45
June
92 145
91 177
41 778
41 419
0.45
2007-2008
September
92 850
91 976
42 020
41 520
0.45
December
95 910
93 986
43 162
41 939
0.45
March
99 530
95 210
44 859
42 869
0.45
June
104 368
95 869
45 926
42 183
0.44
2008-2009
September
106 182
94 862
47 813
41 779
0.45
(a) As at the end of period.
(b) Current price series. Annual inventories are as at the end of period, annual sales are an average of the quarters in the period.
Source: Business Indicators, Australia, (cat. no. 5676.0)








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