Economic Survey of Manufacturing: September 2009 quarter

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  08 December 2009

Highlights

Sales (seasonally adjusted) for the September 2009 quarter compared with the June 2009 quarter:

Volumes

  • Manufacturing fell 1.4 percent.
  • Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, sales rose 1.0 percent.
  • Meat and dairy manufacturing fell 7.1 percent.

Values

  • Manufacturing fell 5.1 percent.
  • Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, sales fell 0.8 percent.
  • Meat and dairy manufacturing fell 15.8 percent.

 Graph, Total manufacturing sales.

Geoff Bascand 8 December 2009
Government Statistician ISSN 1178-024X