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ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION
This publication presents a summary of statistics on grape and wine production and related activities collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and from other sources.
CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE
This publication includes a Feature Article describing the demography of the people employed in Wine and Grape-growing industries. This article is presented on page 11. Also included is a Feature Article describing the calculation for an inventory total taken from all wineries that crushed more than 400 tonnes of grapes. This article is presented on page 14.
SOURCE MATERIAL
With the exception of the tables and graphs relating to world comparisons, all sources cited refer to ABS publications and/or ABS data available on request.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The continuing collection of varietal data is supported by Australia’s grape-growers and winemakers and the Australian government through the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation.
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.