Economic Survey of Manufacturing: March 2010 quarter

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  08 June 2010

Highlights

Sales (seasonally adjusted) for the March 2010 quarter compared with the December 2009 quarter:

Volumes

  • Manufacturing fell 2.7 percent.
  • Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, sales rose 1.3 percent.
  • Meat and dairy product manufacturing fell 10.1 percent.

Values

  • Manufacturing rose 0.9 percent.
  • Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, sales rose 1.8 percent.
  • Meat and dairy product manufacturing rose 1.0 percent.

Graph, Manufacturing sales volumes, at December 1997 quarter prices, quarterly.   Graph, Manufacturing sales values, at current prices, quarterly.

Cathryn Ashley-Jones 8 June 2010
Acting Government Statistician ISSN 1178-024X