8301.0.55.003 - Manufacturing Production, Monthly, Aug 2008  
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FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
September 2008 12 November 2008
October 2008 10 December 2008
November 2008 12 January 2009
December 2008 11 February 2009
January 2009 11 March 2009
February 2009 14 April 2009



CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

There are no changes in this issue.


DATA NOTES

This publication presents monthly estimates of the manufacturing production for Pre-mixed concrete, Plasterboard and Water heaters in Australia.

More detailed breakdowns and other commodity items collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) are available on request for a charge. Items for which additional production data are available are listed in paragraphs 7 to 11 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.


SUMMARY COMMENTARY


MONTHLY MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION COMMODITIES

Monthly commodity production
Plasterboard
Pre-mixed concrete
Water heaters
'000 m2
'000 m3
no.
2005-06
143 142
23 913
540 682
2006-07
148 317
24 932
576 914
2007-08
152 913
26 573
557 276
2007
June
12 615
1 898
46 028
July
13 538
2 288
51 593
August
13 873
2 338
55 194
September
13 040
2 241
51 061
October
14 457
2 521
44 607
November
13 791
2 414
51 686
December
9 756
1 901
33 669
2008
January
9 658
1 507
30 149
February
12 666
2 176
46 722
March
11 933
2 155
45 452
April
13 013
2 384
43 185
May
14 795
2 564
48 613
June
12 393
2 083
55 345
July
14 344
2 246
46 010
August
14 050
2 337
43 121


AVAILABLE DATA ITEMS FROM THE MANUFACTURING COMMODITY COLLECTIONS

The ABS releases data items from the Manufacturing Commodity collections on a monthly basis in this publication and also releases more detailed breakdowns and other commodity items on a quarterly, half-yearly and annual basis on request for a charge. More detail about these commodity items can be obtained by contacting Damian Sparkes on (08) 8237 7425.