Economic Survey of Manufacturing: September 2011 quarter

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  08 December 2011
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Manufacturing down again

Key facts

Sales (seasonally adjusted) for the September 2011 quarter compared with the June 2011 quarter.

Volumes

  • Total manufacturing fell 1.4 percent.
  • Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, sales fell 1.1 percent.
  • Meat and dairy product manufacturing fell 1.9 percent.

Values

  • Total manufacturing was flat.
  • Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, sales fell 0.9 percent.
  • Meat and dairy product manufacturing rose 1.4 percent.

Graph, Total manufacturing sales, current and constant dollars, quarterly, September 2004 to September 2011.    

Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician

8 December 2011
ISSN 1178-024X