Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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MAIN FEATURES PRODUCTION CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

	Trend			Seasonally adjusted
	% change Sep 12 to Dec 12	% change Dec 11 to Dec 12	% points contributions to growth in GDP Sep 12 to Dec 12	% change Sep 12 to Dec 12	% change Dec 11 to Dec 12	% points contributions to growth in GDP Sep 12 to Dec 12
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	-2.9	-10.3	-0.1	-0.7	-9.5	-
Mining	2.3	9.4	0.2	0.8	8.6	0.1
Manufacturing	1.1	-0.1	0.1	2.1	1.0	0.1
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	-0.1	0.9	-	-	1.3	-
Construction	0.5	2.1	-	0.9	3.5	0.1
Wholesale trade	1.2	7.0	0.1	0.3	6.8	-
Retail trade	0.2	2.8	-	0.7	3.1	-
Accommodation and food services	0.3	0.3	-	-1.3	-	-
Transport, postal and warehousing	-0.3	2.6	-	-	2.9	-
Information media and telecommunications	-1.3	-3.1	-	-1.2	-2.7	-
Financial and insurance services	1.0	4.1	0.1	1.3	4.7	0.1
Rental, hiring and real estate services	-	2.6	-	1.3	4.2	-
Professional, scientific and technical services	-0.4	2.2	-	0.5	3.3	-
Administrative and support services	0.3	4.8	-	-1.1	3.7	-
Public administration and safety	-0.1	-0.8	-	1.9	0.3	0.1
Education and training	0.6	2.2	-	0.6	2.2	-
Health care and social assistance	1.8	7.0	0.1	1.8	7.0	0.1
Arts and recreation services	1.6	0.9	-	4.1	1.1	-
Other services	-2.1	-7.2	-	-0.6	-6.2	-
Ownership of dwellings	0.6	2.6	-	0.6	2.6	-
Taxes less subsidies on products	0.2	1.4	-	-0.6	1.7	-
Statistical discrepancy (P)	na	na	-	na	na	-0.1
Gross domestic product	0.6	2.9	0.6	0.6	3.1	0.6
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
na not available

• The trend estimate fell 2.9%. The seasonally adjusted estimate fell 0.7% driven by the fall in the Agriculture subdivision (down 0.7%).

• The trend estimate rose 2.3%. The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 0.8% driven by growth in Iron ore mining (up 2.1%) and Coal mining (up 4.3%).

• The trend estimate rose 1.1%. The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 2.1% driven by growth in Food, beverage and tobacco products (up 4.0%) driven by stronger sugar production.

• The trend estimate rose 0.5%. The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 0.9% driven by growth in Building construction and Construction services.

• The trend estimate rose 1.0%. The seasonally adjusted estimate (up 1.3%) rose for the tenth quarter in a row.