6427.0 - Producer Price Indexes, Australia, Jun 2002  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 22/07/2002   
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PLEASE NOTE:

There will be three changes to the September quarter 2002 issue of Producer Price Indexes, Australia (6427.0). They are as follows:

  • The current Table 15, 'Copper materials used in the manufacture of electrical equipment' (6427015.wks) will be re-numbered as a new Table 47, 'Copper materials used in the manufacture of electrical equipment' (6427047.wks);
  • The current Table 16, 'Output of the building industry' (6427016.wks) will be replaced by a new table 'Output of the general construction industry: Subdivision index' and will be renumbered as Table 15 (6427015.wks);
  • A new Table 16, 'Output of the general construction industry: Group and class indexes' (6427016.wks) will be introduced.

The current Table 15, 'Copper materials used in the manufacture of electrical equipment', has a low user demand. It will be discontinued in the publication but the data will continue to be available on the ABS web site as a new Table 47. However, the index series relating to copper materials used in the manufacture of industrial electric motors will no longer be available. The production technologies for electric motors have changed, with the result that this series has become outdated.

As foreshadowed in a note accompanying the June quarter 2002 issue of 6427.0, a new index for ANZSIC subdivision 41 (general construction) will be published for the first time. In addition to the existing published series for 'Output of the building industry', which equates to ANZSIC group 411 (building construction), the ABS will also publish the three constituent ANZSIC classes 4111 (house construction), 4112 (residential building construction n.e.c.) and 4113 (non-residential building construction). As part of this process the aggregate series for ANZSIC group 411 has been revised. Also, a new series will be published for the first time for ANZSIC group 412 (non-building construction) and ANZSIC class 4121 (road and bridge construction).

The combined index for ANZSIC subdivision 41 will be published in table 15, along with relevant percentage movements, while the indexes for the constituent ANZSIC groups and classes will be published in Table 16. An example of how these tables will appear in the September quarter hard copy issue of 6427.0 is attached.

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Any queries regarding these changes should be addressed to Steve Whennan, Assistant Director, Prices Branch on 02 6252 6251 or by email to steve.whennan@abs.gov.au.