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Farm Expenses Price Index


March 2004 quarter

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Highlights


  • Farm input prices rose 0.3 percent in the March 2004 quarter.

 

  • The repairs, maintenance and motor vehicle repairs index rose 1.2 percent in the March 2004 quarter.

 

  • The fertiliser, lime and seeds index fell 1.1 percent in the March 2004 quarter.

 

  • Excluding livestock, input prices rose 0.4 percent in the March 2004 quarter.

 

  • On an annual basis, farm input prices fell 1.4 percent from the March 2003 quarter to the March 2004 quarter.





 

Brian Pink
Government Statistician

25 May 2004
Cat 71.902 Set 03/04 – 186


There is a companion Media Release published  – Farm Expenses Price Index: March 2004 quarter.

 



  Farm Expenses Price Index: March 2004 quarter (pdf)



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