1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2002  
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Table 19.18 shows the production of selected manufactured commodities for the three years 1997-98 to 1999-2000.


19.18 SELECTED COMMODITIES PRODUCED BY MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS(a)

Commodity
Units
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000

Red meat
’000 t
2,927
2,994
3,031
Chicken meat
’000 t
551
565
592
Cheese
’000 t
300
320
369
Butter
’000 t
154
176
172
Beer(b)
mill. L
1,757
1,738
1,768
Tobacco and cigarettes
t
21,257
21,045
20,688
Newsprint
’000 t
402
400
381
Wood pulp
’000 t
958
871
861
Undressed sawn timber
’000 m3
3,650
3,602
3,928
Hardwood woodchips
’000 t
5,665
4,856
6,164
Automotive gasoline
mill. L
18,592
18,705
18,652
Fuel oil
mill. L
1,673
1,635
1,839
Aviation turbine fuel
mill. L
5,423
5,219
5,538
Automotive diesel oil
mill. L
13,183
12,968
12,737
Portland cement
’000 t
7,236
7,704
7,937
Clay bricks
m
1,532
1,594
1,735
Ready mixed concrete
’000 m3
17,412
18,601
20,597
Basic iron, spiegeleisen and sponge iron
’000 t
7,928
7,453
6,489
Blooms and slabs of iron or steel
’000 t
8,356
7,698
6,742
Alumina
’000 t
13,538
14,208
15,037
Zinc
’000 t
304
323
404
Silver
t
227
410
543
Copper
’000 t
286
313
476
Lead
’000 t
185
199
235
Tin
’000 t
650
595
600
Gold
t
349
419
382
Electricity
mill. kWh
176,212
179,630
184,790
Gas(c)
PJ
649
675
726

(a) Data in this table exclude production by single establishment businesses employing fewer than four persons.
(b) Includes ale, stout and porter. Excludes extra light beer containing less than 1.15% by volume of alcohol.
(c) Available for issue through mains. Includes natural gas.

Source: Manufacturing Production, Australia (8301.0).



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