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CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE
This publication presents quarterly estimates of selected indicators of manufacturing production in Australia.
More detailed breakdowns and other commodity items collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) are available on request for a charge. Monthly series are also available for a limited number of data items. Items for which additional production data are available are listed in paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.
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 Christine Heywood-Smith on Adelaide (08) 8237 7589.
QUARTERLY MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION COMMODITIES
Table 1
Table 1 Quarterly Commodity Production |
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| | Beer | Portland cement | Clay bricks | Pre-mixed concrete | Gas | Electricity | |
Period | megalitres | '000 tonnes | million | '000 m3 | petajoules | million kWh | |
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1999 | | | | | | | |
| Dec | 521 | 2 027 | 417 | 5 217 | 165 | 44 591 | |
2000 | | | | | | | |
| Mar | 421 | 1 835 | 416 | 4 880 | 164 | 46 040 | |
| Jun | 402 | 2 070 | 447 | 5 349 | 199 | 47 374 | |
| Sep | 414 | 1 898 | 421 | 4 679 | 213 | 49 387 | |
| Dec | 500 | 1 652 | 379 | 4 188 | 173 | 45 977 | |
2001 | | | | | | | |
| Mar | 451 | 1 554 | 304 | 3 932 | 177 | 46 865 | |
| Jun | 380 | 1 717 | 337 | 4 452 | 205 | 46 317 | |
| Sep | 416 | 1 679 | 385 | 4 880 | 218 | 47 412 | |
| Dec | 492 | 1 836 | 381 | 4 523 | 185 | 45 977 | |
2002 | | | | | | | |
| Mar | 428 | 1 729 | 345 | 4 896 | 166 | 45 814 | |
| Jun | 408 | 1 992 | 405 | 5 148 | 204 | 46 650 | |
| Sep | 406 | 2 030 | 417 | 5 570 | 228 | 48 462 | |
| Dec | 506 | 1 978 | 420 | 5 433 | 186 | 46 459 | |
2003 | | | | | | | |
| Mar | 435 | 1 831 | 387 | 4 771 | 172 | 46 159 | |
| Jun | 380 | 1 892 | 415 | 5 213 | 204 | 46 128 | |
| Sep | 421 | 2 227 | 440 | 5 903 | 232 | 48 641 | |
| Dec | 490 | 2 090 | 413 | 5 542 | 188 | 46 261 | |
2004 | | | | | | | |
| Mar | 435 | 1 963 | 409 | 5 325 | 173 | 48 362 | |
| Jun | 390 | 2 180 | 423 | 5 698 | 214 | 48 443 | |
| Sep | 412 | 2 307 | 428 | 5 983 | 226 | 49 712 | |
| Dec | 454 | 2 157 | 397 | 5 625 | 190 | 46 623 | |
2005 | | | | | | | |
| Mar | 416 | 1 980 | 355 | 5 287 | 170 | 48 811 | |
| Jun | 403 | 2 481 | 435 | 6 020 | 206 | 48 855 | |
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FORTHCOMING DATA RELEASE DATES
The ABS releases selected data items from the Manufacturing Commodity collections on a quarterly basis in this publication and also releases more detailed breakdowns and other commodity items on a monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual basis on request for a charge. Details on the release dates of the preliminary Pre-mixed concrete production data for capital cities and final monthly Pre-mixed concrete, Water heating equipment and Plasterboard data are specified below. More detail about these releases or subscription to the data series can be obtained by contacting Chris Heywood-Smith on (08) 8237 7589.
Monthly preliminary data release 2005
Pre-mixed concrete for capital cities only
Month | Release Date |
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July | 15 August 2005 |
August | 14 September 2005 |
September | 14 October 2005 |
October | 14 November 2005 |
November | 14 December 2005 |
December | 16 January 2006 |
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Monthly final data release 2005
Pre-mixed concrete, Water heating equipment and Plasterboard
Month | Release Date |
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July | 9 September 2005 |
August | 10 October 2005 |
September | 9 November 2005 |
October | 9 December 2005 |
November | 9 January 2006 |
December | 9 February 2006 |
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Annual data release 2004-05
Flour, semi-trailers, floor coverings, textiles, clothing and footwear 20 October 2005