MARCH KEY FIGURES
| Dec Qtr 18 to Mar Qtr 19 | Mar Qtr 18 to Mar Qtr 19 |
STAGE OF PRODUCTION | % change | % change |
|
Final demand (excl. exports) | 0.4 | 1.9 |
Domestic | 0.4 | 1.7 |
Imports | 0.2 | 3.8 |
Intermediate demand | 0.1 | 2.5 |
Domestic | 0.3 | 2.2 |
Imports | -1.1 | 4.7 |
Preliminary demand | 0.1 | 2.9 |
Domestic | 0.3 | 2.5 |
Imports | -0.8 | 5.4 |
|
Stage of Production Final Demand
| Stage of Production Final Demand, Quarterly % change
|
MARCH KEY POINTS
FINAL DEMAND (EXCL. EXPORTS)
- rose 0.4% in the March quarter 2019.
- mainly due to rises in the prices received for Other agriculture (+10.3%), Heavy and civil engineering construction (+0.4%) and Tertiary Education (+1.7%).
- partly offset by falls in the prices received for Petroleum refining and petroleum fuel manufacturing (-3.1%), Accommodation (-2.8%) and Pharmaceutical and medicinal product manufacturing (-1.9%).
- rose 1.9% through the year to the March quarter 2019.
INTERMEDIATE DEMAND
- rose 0.1% in the March quarter 2019.
- mainly due to rises in the prices received for Electricity supply; gas supply; and water supply, sewerage and drainage services (+3.0%), Other agriculture (+4.3%) and Textile, leather, clothing and footwear manufacturing (+0.8%).
- partly offset by falls in the prices received for Petroleum refining and petroleum fuel manufacturing (-7.4%), Oil and gas extraction (-7.1%) and Basic polymer manufacturing (-5.3%).
- rose 2.5% through the year to the March quarter 2019.
PRELIMINARY DEMAND
- rose 0.1% in the March quarter 2019.
- mainly due to rises in the prices received for Electricity supply; gas supply; and water supply, sewerage and drainage services (+3.1%), Textile, leather, clothing and footwear manufacturing (+0.6%) and Metal ore mining (+6.5%).
- partly offset by falls in the prices received for Petroleum refining and petroleum fuel manufacturing (-7.4%), Oil and gas extraction (-7.0%) and Basic polymer manufacturing (-5.2%).
- rose 2.9% through the year to the March quarter 2019.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE (QUARTER) | Release Date |
June 2019 | 2 August 2019 |
September 2019 | 1 November 2019 |
December 2019 | 31 January 2020 |
March 2020 | 1 May 2020 |
ROUNDING
Any discrepancies between totals and sums of components are due to rounding.
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