Economic Survey of Manufacturing: June 2008 quarter

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  15 September 2008

Highlights

For the June 2008 quarter compared with the March 2008 quarter (on a seasonally adjusted basis):
  • Manufacturing sales volumes decreased 1.0 percent.
  • Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, volumes increased 1.8 percent.
  • Manufacturing sales were relatively flat, down 0.6 percent.
  • Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, sales rose 3.1 percent.
  • Meat and dairy industry sales fell 8.9 percent while basic metal industry sales rose 27 percent.

 Graph, Total Manufacturing Sales.

 Geoff Bascand 15 September 2008
 Government Statistician ISSN 1178-024X