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11/09/2008 Note: The data cube, Table 17 - EXPORT PRICE INDEX: AHECC and ANZSIC contribution to all groups index, contains amended data for the June quarter 2008 to correct for processing errors. The series affected were 27, Metal Product manufacturing (27) and 28, Machinery and Equipment manufacturing (28) in SELECTED ANZSIC SUBDIVISIONS: Contribution to All groups index (index points). The data for these two series had been inadvertently swapped during production. The totals (All groups) figures were unaffected.

JUNE KEY FIGURES

	Mar Qtr 08 to Jun Qtr 08	Jun Qtr 07 to Jun Qtr 08
	% change	% change
Import Price Index all groups	1.4	3.5
Food and live animals	0.4	7.2
Beverages and tobacco	-0.3	2.8
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	9.1	22.6
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	15.9	50.5
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	8.6	39.7
Chemicals and related products, n.e.c.	2.0	1.2
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	0.1	-2.4
Machinery and transport equipment	-2.8	-7.9
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	-2.7	-6.7
Commodities and transactions, n.e.c.	-7.1	18.8
Export Price Index all groups	13.5	13.3
Food and live animals	8.1	28.9
Beverages and tobacco	-2.9	-13.5
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	20.9	7.8
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	35.0	48.2
Chemicals and related products, n.e.c.	5.3	-3.1
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2.3	-14.4
Machinery and transport equipment	-2.5	-5.1
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	-2.9	-8.5

IMPORT PRICE INDEX: all groups, Quarterly % change	EXPORT PRICE INDEX: all groups, Quarterly % change

• The Import Price Index increased by 1.4% in the June quarter 2008. The increase was mainly driven by rises in prices paid for petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (+15.9%), fertilisers (excluding crude) (+50.9%) and crude fertilisers and minerals (+112.7%). These rises were partly offset by falls in prices paid for office machines and automatic data processing machines (-7.3%) and gold, non-monetary (-7.1%). Through the year to June quarter 2008, the Import Price Index increased by 3.5%.

• The Export Price Index increased by 13.5% in the June quarter 2008. This is the largest quarterly increase since the current index began in September quarter 1974. The increase was mainly driven by rises in prices paid for coal, coke and briquettes (+54.2%), metalliferous ores and metal scrap (+27.0%) and petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (+18.3%). These increases were partly offset by falls in prices received for gold, non-monetary (-7.0%) and textile fibres and their wastes (-4.9%). Through the year to June quarter 2008, the Export Price Index increased by 13.3%.