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Table 18.21 shows the production of selected manufactured commodities for the period 1999-2000 to 2002-03.
Volumes of unfortified wine, which includes red, white and rose wines, decreased by 11% in 2002-03 from volumes produced the previous year, but were still around 31% higher than production levels in 1999-2000. Beer production, on the other hand, has remained at approximately the same level over the 1999-2000 to 2002-03 period. Similarly, production of red meat has remained steady throughout the period while production of chicken meat has increased each year to be 15% higher in 2002-03 than in 1999-2000.
Production levels of major textiles commodities have decreased substantially over the period, with production of cotton yarns in 2002-03 more than 46% lower than in 1999-2000.
Production of selected building materials, including ready mixed concrete, fluctuated over the 1999-2000 to 2002-03 period. Production of all selected building materials fell in 2000-01, from record highs in 1999-2000 with production levels rising again in 2001-02 and 2002-03.
18.21 MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION, Selected commodities
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 | | Units | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | Percentage change from 1999-2000
to 2002-03 |
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| Selected vehicles | | | | | | |
| Cars and station wagons for fewer than 10 persons | no. | 314,475 | 340,099 | 318,951 | 358,286 | 13.9 |
| Semi-trailers | no. | 3,934 | 3,755 | 4,053 | 5,214 | 32.5 |
| Selected food products and beverages | | | | | | |
| Brandy | '000 L | 676 | 640 | 417 | 302 | -55.3 |
| Grape spirit | '000 L | 6,106 | 4,456 | 6,731 | n.p. | n.a. |
| Unfortified wine | '000 L | 779,149 | 1,016,306 | 1,150,854 | 1,019,393 | 30.8 |
| Red meat | '000 t | 3,031 | 3,200 | 3,067 | 3,090 | 1.9 |
| Chicken meat | '000 t | 597 | 620 | 667 | 689 | 15.4 |
| Milk | ML | 10,847 | 10,545 | 11,271 | 10,322 | -4.8 |
| Cheese | '000 t | 369 | 361 | 413 | 368 | -0.4 |
| Butter | '000 t | 170 | 160 | 164 | 149 | -12.7 |
| Beer | ML | 1,768 | 1,745 | 1,744 | 1,727 | -2.3 |
| Sugar | '000 t | 5,448 | 4,162 | 4,987 | 5,461 | 0.2 |
| Tobacco and cigarettes | t | 20,688 | 19,124 | 18,367 | 19,561 | -5.4 |
| Selected textiles | | | | | | |
| Scoured and carbonised wool | t | 118,558 | 124,679 | 99,924 | 88,663 | -25.2 |
| Wool and man-made fibre tops | t | 55,335 | 61,315 | 53,828 | 38,903 | -29.7 |
| Wool yarn | t | 19,020 | 14,894 | 15,815 | 14,546 | -23.5 |
| Cotton yarn | t | 33,368 | 33,203 | 26,926 | 17,902 | -46.3 |
| Selected petroleum and metal products | | | | | | |
| Automotive gasoline | ML | 18,652 | 17,887 | 18,000 | 17,984 | -3.6 |
| Fuel oil | ML | 1,839 | 1,951 | 1,684 | 1,441 | -21.6 |
| Automotive diesel oil | ML | 12,737 | 13,212 | 13,065 | 13,335 | 4.7 |
| Aviation turbine fuel | ML | 5,538 | 5,836 | 5,390 | 5,149 | -7.0 |
| Alumina | '000 t | 15,037 | 16,099 | 16,417 | 16,407 | 9.1 |
| Pig iron | '000 t | 6,489 | 6,096 | 6,154 | 6,634 | 2.2 |
| Raw steel | '000 t | 8,053 | 8,003 | 8,311 | 9,399 | 16.7 |
| Selected paper and wood products | | | | | | |
| Newsprint | '000 t | 381 | 391 | 398 | 407 | 6.8 |
| Wood pulp | '000 t | 861 | 895 | 843 | 877 | 1.9 |
| Undressed sawn timber | ’000 m3 | 3,984 | 3,525 | 4,120 | 4,049 | 1.6 |
| Hardwood woodchips | '000 t | 6,164 | 6,401 | 5,912 | 7,079 | 14.8 |
| Selected building materials | | | | | | |
| Portland cement | '000 t | 7,937 | 6,821 | 7,236 | 7,517 | -5.3 |
| Clay bricks | m | 1,711 | 1,436 | 1,516 | 1,639 | -4.2 |
| Ready mixed concrete | ’000 m3 | 20,633 | 17,251 | 19,447 | 21,003 | 1.8 |
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| Source: Australian Wine and Grape Industry (1329.0); Manufacturing Production, Australia (8301.0); ABS data available on request, Manufacturing Production Survey; ABARE, 'Australian Commodity Statistics, 2003. |
International trade in manufactured commodities
Principal commodities exported
Table 18.22 shows the value of the main 20 manufacturing commodities exported from Australia, in the period 1999-2000 to 2003-04. Manufactured commodities made up 57% of the value of all merchandise exports in 2003-04.
In 2003-04 five manufacturing commodities contributed 27.6% of the total value of exports - non-ferrous metals (6.3%); petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (6.1%); meat and meat preparations (5.3%); non-monetary gold (5.2%); and cereals and cereal preparations (4.7%). The value of exports of road vehicles increased by 48% from 1999-2000 to $4.2b in 2003-04, and represented 3.8% of the total value of Australian exports.
The value of exports of cereals and cereal preparations fell by 31% in 2002-03 at a time of drought, before recovering by 13% in 2003-04.
18.22 EXPORTS OF SELECTED MANUFACTURED COMMODITIES
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| Commodities as defined by the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | Change
from 1999-00
to 2003-04 | Change
from 2002-03
to 2003-04 | Share of total exports 2003-04 |
| $m | $m | $m | $m | $m | % | % | % |
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| Non-ferrous metals | 7,395 | 9,404 | 8,854 | 7,881 | 6,804 | -8.0 | -13.7 | 6.3 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials | 7,145 | 10,858 | 8,369 | 8,351 | 6,632 | -7.2 | -20.6 | 6.1 |
| Meat and meat preparations | 4,467 | 5,796 | 6,249 | 5,657 | 5,722 | 28.1 | 1.1 | 5.3 |
| Gold, non-monetary (excl. gold ores and concentrates) | 5,031 | 5,110 | 5,129 | 5,584 | 5,651 | 12.3 | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| Cereals and cereal preparations | 4,940 | 5,936 | 6,482 | 4,487 | 5,086 | 3.0 | 13.4 | 4.7 |
| Road vehicles (incl. air-cushion vehicles) | 2,808 | 3,840 | 4,293 | 4,185 | 4,160 | 48.2 | -0.6 | 3.8 |
| Textile fibres and their wastes (not manufactured into yarn or fabric) | 4,299 | 5,600 | 4,983 | 4,489 | 3,499 | -18.6 | -22.0 | 3.2 |
| Beverages | 1,515 | 1,931 | 2,287 | 2,605 | 2,614 | 72.6 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| Medicinal and pharmaceutical products | 1,715 | 2,230 | 2,262 | 2,006 | 2,431 | 41.7 | 21.2 | 2.2 |
| Dairy products and birds' eggs | 2,383 | 2,971 | 3,156 | 2,373 | 2,161 | -9.3 | -8.9 | 2.0 |
| Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances, parts (incl. non-elec. counterparts of electrical domestic equip) | 1,322 | 1,720 | 1,680 | 1,672 | 1,456 | 10.1 | -12.9 | 1.3 |
| Fish (not marine mammals), crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, and preparations thereof | 1,538 | 1,718 | 1,663 | 1,486 | 1,317 | -14.3 | -11.4 | 1.2 |
| General industrial machinery and equipment, n.e.s. and machine parts, n.e.s. | 1,040 | 1,221 | 1,290 | 1,308 | 1,219 | 17.3 | -6.8 | 1.1 |
| Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s. | 1,061 | 1,254 | 1,344 | 1,241 | 1,210 | 14.1 | -2.5 | 1.1 |
| Office machines and automatic data processing machines | 1,312 | 1,564 | 1,657 | 1,483 | 1,203 | -8.3 | -18.8 | 1.1 |
| Machinery specialised for particular industries | 1,112 | 1,344 | 1,398 | 1,270 | 1,142 | 2.7 | -10.0 | 1.0 |
| Transport equipment (excl. road vehicles) | 1,672 | 1,200 | 1,860 | 2,013 | 998 | -40.3 | -50.4 | 0.9 |
| Cork and wood | 777 | 886 | 882 | 994 | 995 | 28.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n.e.s. | 966 | 1,025 | 956 | 885 | 833 | -13.7 | -5.9 | 0.8 |
| Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment | 1,183 | 1,454 | 1,083 | 810 | 758 | -35.9 | -6.4 | 0.7 |
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| Source: ABS data available on request, International Trade. |
Principal commodities imported
Table 18.23 shows the value of the main 20 manufactured commodities imported into Australia during the period 1999-2000 to 2003-04. Manufactured commodities comprised 94% of the value of all merchandise imports in 2003-04.
The major commodity imported into Australia during the period was road vehicles, which represented 13.6% of the total value of imports in 2003-04. Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials made up 7.6% of imports in 2003-04, and was one of the few large imported commodities which was not machinery of one type or another.
In comparing the list of largest manufactured commodities Australia exports with the list of imports in terms of value, it is apparent many of Australia's manufactured exports are simply transformed manufactured commodities such as food products and metals, while the majority of manufactured imports are elaborately transformed commodities such as machinery and equipment.
18.23 IMPORTS OF SELECTED MANUFACTURED COMMODITIES(a)
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| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | Change
from 1999-00
to 2003-04 | Change
from 2002-03
to 2003-04 | Share of total imports 2003-04 |
| Commodities as defined by the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) | $m | $m | $m | $m | $m | % | % | % |
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| Road vehicles (incl. air-cushion vehicles) | 12,784 | 14,346 | 14,895 | 16,826 | 17,839 | 39.5 | 6.0 | 13.6 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials | 7,516 | 10,369 | 8,893 | 10,502 | 9,899 | 31.7 | -5.7 | 7.6 |
| Office machines and automatic data processing machines | 7,589 | 8,319 | 7,965 | 7,732 | 7,738 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 5.9 |
| Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment | 6,773 | 7,930 | 6,862 | 7,003 | 7,479 | 10.4 | 6.8 | 5.7 |
| General industrial machinery and equipment, n.e.s. and machine parts, n.e.s. | 5,398 | 5,726 | 6,221 | 7,062 | 7,034 | 30.3 | -0.4 | 5.4 |
| Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances, parts (incl. non-elec. counterparts of electrical domestic equip) | 6,213 | 6,791 | 6,629 | 6,958 | 7,022 | 13.0 | 0.9 | 5.4 |
| Medicinal and pharmaceutical products | 3,520 | 4,370 | 5,009 | 5,285 | 5,907 | 67.8 | 11.8 | 4.5 |
| Machinery specialised for particular industries | 4,153 | 3,835 | 4,050 | 4,543 | 5,040 | 21.3 | 10.9 | 3.8 |
| Transport equipment (excl. road vehicles) | 5,432 | 3,409 | 3,468 | 6,454 | 4,630 | -14.8 | -28.3 | 3.5 |
| Articles of apparel and clothing accessories | 2,794 | 3,187 | 3,215 | 3,419 | 3,369 | 20.6 | -1.5 | 2.6 |
| Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s. | 2,593 | 2,742 | 2,998 | 3,059 | 3,213 | 23.9 | 5.0 | 2.5 |
| Manufactures of metals, n.e.s. | 2,522 | 2,710 | 2,790 | 3,133 | 3,190 | 26.5 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| Power generating machinery and equipment | 2,655 | 2,700 | 3,034 | 3,210 | 2,962 | 11.6 | -7.7 | 2.3 |
| Gold, non-monetary (excl. gold ores and concentrates) | 2,397 | 1,688 | 2,219 | 2,959 | 2,544 | 6.1 | -14.0 | 1.9 |
| Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n.e.s. and related products | 2,632 | 2,607 | 2,562 | 2,723 | 2,458 | -6.6 | -9.7 | 1.9 |
| Paper, paperboard, and articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,329 | 2,444 | 2,363 | 2,497 | 2,450 | 5.2 | -1.9 | 1.9 |
| Organic chemicals | 2,874 | 2,854 | 2,501 | 2,445 | 2,363 | -17.8 | -3.3 | 1.8 |
| Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n.e.s. | 1,878 | 1,871 | 1,970 | 2,116 | 2,100 | 11.8 | -0.8 | 1.6 |
| Iron and steel | 1,505 | 1,430 | 1,764 | 1,961 | 2,027 | 34.6 | 3.4 | 1.5 |
| Rubber manufactures, n.e.s. | 1,255 | 1,412 | 1,607 | 1,753 | 1,712 | 36.4 | -2.3 | 1.3 |
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(a) Customs value.
Source: ABS data available on request, International Trade. |
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