FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES TO THE ANNUAL MANUFACTURING COLLECTION
Manufacturing management unit collection
1 This publication, Manufacturing Industry, Australia, Preliminary, 2000-01 (Cat. no. 8201.0), is the first to present manufacturing industry data based on information collected solely from manufacturing businesses (i.e. manufacturing management units). Prior to the 2000-01 survey, data were primarily collected from manufacturing establishments.
2 This represents a fundamental shift in the statistical unit from which data are primarily being sought and published (for the definitions of management units and establishments, see paragraphs 12 and 13 of the Explanatory Notes). As such, this publication of data for manufacturing management units represents a break in series from the data previously published for manufacturing establishments.
3 Although, prior to 2000-01, the annual manufacturing collection has primarily collected data from manufacturing establishments, it has also collected data from a relatively small sample of manufacturing management units. This annual sample of approximately 5,000 manufacturing businesses has provided data on employment, wages and salaries, sales and service income, purchases, inventories, capital expenditure and detailed information required to derive operating profit before tax (OPBT). Information from this sample of manufacturing management units has generally been available at the Australian level for industry groups and selected industry classes on request and for a charge.
Manufacturing census
4 Every fifth year, the annual ABS manufacturing collection is expanded from a survey to a census. It is proposed to retain this cycle with the shift to manufacturing management unit based collections. The next manufacturing census will be conducted in respect of 2001-02.
Australian level data
5 This publication presents data down to the industry subdivision level only for Australia (and States and Territories). However, later this year, it is intended to publish in Manufacturing Industry, Australia, 2000-01 (Cat. no. 8221.0) most, if not all, of the previously published tables but now on a management unit basis. The approximately 9,500 businesses included will provide a sample large enough to support manufacturing management unit based data at the industry class level for Australia.
6 The 2000-01 issue of Manufacturing Industry, Australia (Cat. no. 8221.0) will draw on summary of operations data collected previously from manufacturing management units to provide a time series, at the industry subdivision level, from 1998-99. This publication will also contain a table for 1999-2000 showing both manufacturing establishment data and manufacturing management unit data for employment, wages and salaries, turnover, sales and service income and IVA. This table will be designed to provide a bridge between the existing establishment based series and the new manufacturing management unit based series.
State and Territory data
7 Management units do not normally apportion activity by State and Territory, as was the case for establishments. However, in order to ensure that reliable data by State and Territory are available, approximately 400 businesses (i.e. those that have significant operations in more than one State or Territory) have been requested to provide additional details on employment, wages and salaries and sales of goods and services for each State and/or Territory in which they operate. This information will be used to synthesise on a pro-rata basis all other data reported for the whole business to each State and/or Territory in which they operate. This will enable the production of State/Territory data for employment, wages and salaries, sales and service income and IVA at the industry subdivision level. However, it will not be possible to produce data by employment size or data relating to exported production.
8 State publications, Manufacturing Industry, [State], (Cat. nos 8221.1-8221.6), will not be produced for 2000-01. However, it is intended that they next be produced for 2001-02, that is, for the next census year. The publication Manufacturing Industry, Australia (Cat. no. 8221.0) will continue to publish in all years State and Territory data for employment, wages and salaries, sales and service income and IVA at the industry subdivision level.
9 The ABS produces industry estimates for a range of selected industries (including Manufacturing) and these results are available in Australian Industry (Cat. no. 8155.0). These results are derived using a combination of data from the annual economic activity survey (EAS) and business income tax data provided to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). State and Territory estimates of these data have recently been produced in Experimental Estimates, Australian Industry, a State Perspective (Cat. no. 8156.0). These data are considered experimental at this stage while the methodology used to produce them is reviewed and improved. The estimates are available at the ANZSIC industry subdivision level for total operating income, total operating expenses, OPBT and labour costs.
Regional data
10 Regional or sub-State data will not be available from the 2000-01 manufacturing survey. This is a direct result of moving to a manufacturing management unit based collection for 2000-01; see paragraphs 1 and 2. However, it is proposed to make available sub-State data from information collected from the 2001-02 manufacturing census. Further investigations will be undertaken to decide if it is possible to produce some sub-State estimates in survey collection years from 2002-03.
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