Total information technology sales
Results from the 2003 Information Technology Survey show that the total value of sales of information technology (IT) commodities (excluding communication services) for the 2003 financial year was estimated at $6,975 million. This is 1 percent lower than the result for the 2002 financial year. This decrease was mostly due to lower sales of communication hardware and cables, down $250 million (22 percent). Partly offsetting this decrease was a 4 percent or $111 million increase in sales of computer hardware (including peripheral equipment).
IT Sales by Commodity
1998-2003 financial years
IT exports
The total value of export sales of IT goods and services (excluding communication services) during the 2003 financial year was $677 million. This is a decrease of $291 million (30 percent), when compared with the 2002 financial year.
Between the 2002 and 2003 financial years, exports of communication hardware and cables fell by 39 percent to $265 million, while exports of computer services fell by $119 million (33 percent).
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IT Exports by Commodity
1998-2003 financial years
Sales to New Zealand end-users
For the 2003 financial year, the total value of sales of IT goods and services to New Zealand end-users (excluding on-selling activities and communication services) is estimated at $4,367 million, an increase of $92 million (2 percent) from the 2002 financial year.
Sales of computer services rose 3 percent in the 2003 financial year to reach $1,896 million, while sales of peripheral equipment rose $52 million (14 percent).
These increases were partly offset by a 15 percent or $79 million decrease in sales of communication hardware and cables to New Zealand end-users
IT Sales to New Zealand End-users by Commodity
1998-2003 financial years
Sales to other New Zealand customers
Sales to other New Zealand customers are sales made to businesses that on-sell the goods or services (including sales to retail or wholesaling outlets). Total IT sales (excluding communication services) to other New Zealand customers increased 7 percent from the 2002 financial year, to reach $1,932 million in the 2003 financial year.
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Stu Pettigrew or Henry Minish
Christchurch 03 964 8700
Email: info@stats.govt.nz