6457.0 - International Trade Price Indexes, Australia, Sep 2008  
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APPENDIX INDEX STRUCTURES AND WEIGHTING PATTERNS


COMPOSITION

Both the Import Price Index and the Export Price Index have been reweighted in the September quarter 2008. It is ABS practice to reweight these indexes annually each September quarter, as explained in paragraphs 8-10 of the Explanatory Notes. The new weighting patterns for both the Import Price Index and Export Price Index, based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) (Revision 4), are presented in this Appendix. SITC (Revision 4) replaces SITC (Revision 3) (refer to paragraphs 5-7 of the Explanatory Notes for details of the changes). As Revision 4 is comparable to Revision 3 at the level of classification published in the International Trade Price Indexes, there has been no material impact on the indexes.

All SITC sections and divisions are included in the reweighted index structure for completeness. However, indexes for some of the lower weighted SITC section and divisions are not constructed separately and so are not available for publication.

Corresponding new weighting patterns based on classification by Broad Economic Categories (BEC), Harmonized Tariff Item Statistical Classification (HTSIC) and Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) for the Import Price Index and Australian Harmonised Export Commodity Classification (AHECC) and ANZSIC for the Export Price Index can be made available on request.

IMPORT PRICE INDEX GROUPED BY SITC (REVISION 4)(a)(b)
Percentage Contribution
SITC
Division to Sections
Divisions and Sections to All Groups
0 Food and live animals
100.00
3.76
01 Meat and meat preparations
5.67
0.21
02 Dairy products and birds' eggs
8.97
0.34
03 Fish (not marine mammals), crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, and preparations thereof
14.02
0.53
04 Cereals and cereal preparations
8.79
0.33
05 Vegetables and fruit
21.60
0.81
06 Sugars, sugar preparations and honey
3.08
0.12
07 Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, and manufactures thereof
13.04
0.49
08 Feeding stuff for animals (excl. unmilled cereals)
6.76
0.25
09 Miscellaneous edible products and preparations
18.07
0.68
1 Beverages and tobacco
100.00
0.75
11 Beverages
87.26
0.65
12 Tobacco and tobacco manufactures
12.74
0.10
2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels
100.00
1.32
21 Hides, skins and furskins, raw
0.11
0.00
22 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits
2.28
0.03
23 Crude rubber (incl. synthetic and reclaimed)
7.49
0.10
24 Cork and wood
24.14
0.32
25 Pulp and waste paper
11.31
0.15
26 Textile fibres and their wastes (not manufactured into yarn or fabric)
5.08
0.07
27 Crude fertilisers (excl. those of Division 56) and crude minerals (excl. coal, petroleum and precious stones)
19.03
0.25
28 Metalliferous ores and metal scrap
18.20
0.24
29 Crude animal and vegetable materials, n.e.c.
12.36
0.16
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials
100.00
18.22
32 Coal, coke and briquettes
0.05
0.01
33 Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
96.16
17.52
34 Gas, natural and manufactured
3.79
0.69
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes
100.00
0.30
41 Animal oils and fats
5.89
0.02
42 Fixed vegetable fats and oils, crude, refined or fractionated
83.20
0.25
43 Fats and oils (processed), waxes and inedible mixtures or preparations, of animal or vegetable origin, n.e.c.
10.91
0.03
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.c.
100.00
10.91
51 Organic chemicals
16.00
1.75
52 Inorganic chemicals
5.99
0.65
53 Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials
2.69
0.29
54 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
35.43
3.87
55 Essential oils and resinoids and perfume materials; toilet, polishing and cleansing preparations
7.38
0.80
56 Fertilisers (excluding crude)
10.17
1.11
57 Plastics in primary forms
8.14
0.89
58 Plastics in non-primary forms
5.69
0.62
59 Chemical materials and products, n.e.c.
8.51
0.93
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material
100.00
10.69
61 Leather, leather manufactures, and dressed furskins, n.e.c.
0.59
0.06
62 Rubber manufactures, n.e.c.
11.56
1.24
63 Cork and wood manufactures (excl. furniture)
3.03
0.32
64 Paper, paperboard, and articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
12.41
1.33
65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n.e.c., and related products
11.29
1.21
66 Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n.e.c.
11.34
1.21
67 Iron and steel
18.64
1.99
68 Non-ferrous metals
9.35
1.00
69 Manufactures of metals, n.e.c.
21.79
2.33
7 Machinery and transport equipment
100.00
38.98
71 Power generating machinery and equipment
5.31
2.07
72 Machinery specialised for particular industries
9.72
3.79
73 Metal working machinery
0.95
0.37
74 General industrial machinery and equipment, n.e.c. and machine parts, n.e.c.
12.01
4.68
75 Office machines and automatic data processing machines
10.13
3.95
76 Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment
13.25
5.16
77 Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances, parts (incl. non-elec. counterparts of electrical domestic equip)
11.01
4.29
78 Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)
32.66
12.73
79 Other transport equipment
4.96
1.93
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles
100.00
11.38
81 Prefabricated buildings; sanitary, plumbing, heating and lighting fixtures and fittings, n.e.c.
2.96
0.34
82 Furniture, parts thereof; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings
10.91
1.24
83 Travel goods, handbags and similar containers
2.74
0.31
84 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
19.19
2.18
85 Footwear
4.91
0.56
87 Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.c.
18.90
2.15
88 Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, n.e.c.; watches and clocks
5.78
0.66
89 Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.c
34.61
3.94
9 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC
100.00
3.69
97 Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates)
100.00
3.69
(a) Standard International Trade Classification (Revision 4).
(b) Indexes for some lower weighted sections/divisions are not available for publication.

EXPORT PRICE INDEX GROUPED BY SITC (REVISION 4)(a)(b)
Percentage Contribution
SITC
Division to Sections
Divisions and Sections to All Groups
0 Food and live animals
100.00
11.71
00 Live animals other than animals of division 03
4.55
0.53
01 Meat and meat preparations
33.71
3.95
02 Dairy products and birds' eggs
12.46
1.46
03 Fish (not marine mammals), crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, and preparations thereof
5.05
0.59
04 Cereals and cereal preparations
24.21
2.84
05 Vegetables and fruit
6.66
0.78
06 Sugars, sugar preparations and honey
6.10
0.71
07 Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof
1.20
0.14
08 Feeding stuff for animals (excl. unmilled cereals)
3.70
0.43
09 Miscellaneous edible products and preparations
2.36
0.28
1 Beverages and tobacco
100.00
1.64
11 Beverages
95.58
1.57
12 Tobacco and tobacco manufactures
4.42
0.07
2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels
100.00
27.16
21 Hides, skins and furskins, raw
1.45
0.39
22 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits
0.69
0.19
23 Crude rubber (incl. synthetic and reclaimed)
0.01
0.00
24 Cork and wood
2.64
0.72
25 Pulp and waste paper
0.46
0.12
26 Textile fibres and their wastes (not manufactured into yarn or fabric)
6.89
1.87
27 Crude fertilisers (excl. those of Division 56) and crude minerals (excl. coal, petroleum and precious stonec)
1.44
0.39
28 Metalliferous ores and metal scrap
85.95
23.35
29 Crude animal materials n.e.c.
0.47
0.13
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials
100.00
24.61
32 Coal, coke and briquettes
58.06
14.29
33 Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
25.85
6.36
34 Gas, natural and manufactured
16.09
3.96
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes
100.00
0.24
41 Animal oils and fats
74.63
0.18
42 Fixed vegetable fats and oils, crude, refined or fractionated
21.70
0.05
43 Fats and oils (processed), waxes and inedible mixtures or preparations, of animal or vegetable origin, n.e.c.
3.67
0.01
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.c.
100.00
4.31
51 Organic chemicals
2.03
0.09
52 Inorganic chemicals
10.16
0.44
53 Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials
7.59
0.33
54 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
49.45
2.12
55 Essential oils and resinoids and perfume materials; toilet, polishing and cleansing preparations
6.74
0.29
56 Fertilisers (excluding crude)
2.97
0.13
57 Plastics in primary forms
5.39
0.23
58 Plastics in non-primary forms
4.58
0.20
59 Chemical materials and products, n.e.c.
11.09
0.48
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material
100.00
12.84
61 Leather, leather manufactures, and dressed furskins, n.e.c.
1.62
0.21
62 Rubber manufactures, n.e.c.
1.00
0.13
63 Cork and wood manufactures (excl. furniture)
0.75
0.10
64 Paper, paperboard, and articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
3.09
0.40
65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n.e.c., and related products
1.75
0.22
66 Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n.e.c.
5.70
0.73
67 Iron and steel
11.90
1.53
68 Non-ferrous metals
69.80
8.96
69 Manufactures of metals, n.e.c.
4.39
0.56
7 Machinery and transport equipment
100.00
7.65
71-75 Power generating, general industrial and other specialised machinery and equipment
41.34
3.16
76-77 Telecommunications equipment, sound recording apparatus and electrical machinery n.e.c.
19.74
1.51
78 Road vehicles (including air cushion vehicles)
29.14
2.23
79 Other transport equipment
9.78
0.75
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles
100.00
2.67
81-82 Prefabricated buildings, building fittings and furniture and parts thereof
5.56
0.15
83 Travel goods, handbags and similar containers
0.60
0.02
84 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
4.87
0.13
85 Footwear
1.10
0.03
87 Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus n.e.c.
35.70
0.95
88 Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, n.e.c.; watches and clocks
6.53
0.17
89 Miscellaneous manufactured articles n.e.c.
45.64
1.22
9 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC
100.00
7.17
93 Special transactions and commodities not classified according to kind
10.40
0.75
96 Coin (other than gold coin), not being legal tender
1.56
0.11
97 Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates)
88.04
6.31
(a) Standard International Trade Classification (Revision 4).
(b) Indexes for some lower weighted sections/divisions are not available for publication.