1350.0 - Australian Economic Indicators, Apr 2009  
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MANUFACTURING

Manufacturing production, Selected indicators
Period
Clay bricks
(million)
Portland cement
('000 tonnes)
Ready mixed concrete
('000 cubic metres)
Electricity
(million kWh)
Gas
(petajoules)
Beer
(megalitres)
Annual
2005-06
1 605
8 910
23 913
225 303
797
1 714
2006-07
1 570
9 381
24 931
225 930
846
1 706
2007-08
1 459
9 839
26 593
231 995
872
1 677
Percentage change from previous year
2005-06
-5.8
-0.2
4.4
2.9
0.5
1.7
2006-07
-2.2
5.3
4.3
0.3
6.2
-0.5
2007-08
-7.1
4.9
6.7
2.7
3.1
-1.7
Original
2006-2007
December
396
2 451
6 519
56 249
192
491
March
359
2 140
5 750
56 244
187
427
June
393
2 362
6 119
55 036
234
383
2007-2008
September
387
2 536
6 884
59 806
245
394
December
378
2 562
6 836
56 411
205
473
March
323
2 183
5 841
59 118
194
420
June
371
2 558
7 032
56 660
229
390
2008-2009
September
367
2 612
6 924
59 316
248
410
December
385
2 373
6 419
59 504
202
488
Percentage change from previous quarter
2007-2008
September
-1.5
7.3
12.5
8.7
4.6
2.9
December
-2.4
1.0
-0.7
-5.7
-16.5
19.8
March
-14.5
-14.8
-14.6
4.8
-5.0
-11.0
June
14.8
17.1
20.4
-4.2
17.8
-7.3
2008-2009
September
-1.1
2.1
-1.5
4.7
8.3
5.3
December
4.9
-9.1
-7.3
0.3
-18.6
18.9
Source: Manufacturing Production, Australia, (cat. no. 8301.0.55.001)

Manufacturers' inventories, (from Table 4.4) Seasonally adjusted - Chain volume measure
Graph: Manufacturers' inventories, seasonally adjusted, chain volume measures from table 4.4.

Manufacturers' sales and inventories
Sales
Inventories(a)
Period
Current Price
Chain Volume Measures (reference year 2006-07)
Current Price
Chain Volume Measures (reference year 2006-07)
Inventories to sales ratio(b)
Annual ($ million)
2005-06
340 029
355 431
40 623
41 193
0.46
2006-07
363 150
363 150
41 830
41 468
0.45
2007-08
392 520
377 042
46 020
42 230
0.44
Seasonally adjusted ($ million)
2006-2007
December
90 897
91 206
40 916
40 874
0.45
March
91 125
92 026
41 221
41 162
0.45
June
91 965
91 003
41 733
41 375
0.45
2007-2008
September
92 729
91 860
42 115
41 608
0.45
December
96 117
94 192
43 133
41 910
0.45
March
99 696
95 362
44 836
42 848
0.45
June
104 103
95 628
45 866
42 139
0.44
2008-2009
September
106 061
94 792
47 944
41 904
0.45
December
103 015
92 603
47 845
39 771
0.46
(a) As at the end of period.
(b) Current price series. Annual inventories are as at the end of period, annual sales are an average of the quarters in the period.
Source: Business Indicators, Australia, (cat. no. 5676.0)








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