PRIVATE NEW CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
PURPOSE
To provide information about actual and expected new capital expenditure by private employing businesses for selected industries, including cultural and recreational services industries.
DESCRIPTION
The scope of the survey is private employing businesses in all industries except for agriculture, forestry and fishing; government administration and defence; education; health and community services; and other services (ANZSIC subdivision 96). Also excluded from the scope are public sector business units (i.e. all departments, authorities and other organisations owned or controlled by the Commonwealth Government, State/Territory or local governments).
Data are collected by mail-out questionnaire on a quarterly basis. The questionnaire is sent to a random sample of approximately 8,000 businesses.
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
Australia
FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION
Quarterly
DATA ITEMS
Industry
New capital expenditure data are available for industries at 2-digit and, to some extent, 3-digit ANZSIC level. For more information see ANZSIC codes related to culture and leisure.
Type of asset
Estimates of new capital expenditure are collected for two different types of asset, namely:
Buildings and structures
Equipment, plant and machinery
Capital expenditure
Businesses are asked to provide data on:
Actual capital expenditure during the reference quarter
Expected capital expenditure in a specified short-term period
Expected capital expenditure in a specified longer-term period
Derived data items
Using the data collected, further data items or series are derived, including:
Chain volume measures
Realisation ratios (subsequent actual expenditure divided by previously expected expenditure for the same period)
Geographic area
Australia, States and Territories.
HISTORICAL DATA
The Survey of New Capital Expenditure commenced in 1947 as a half-yearly survey of a sample of private businesses subject to payroll tax. The survey has been conducted quarterly since 1958. Some changes impacting on the collection, such as the introduction of ANZSIC in 1994 and the Goods and Services Tax in 2000 are described in the New Capital Expenditure (Survey of) entry in the Directory of Statistical Sources.
DISSEMINATION
Publications
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia, Cat. no. 5625.0, ABS, Canberra. Price $26.00. Released quarterly.
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Private New Capital Expenditure, State Estimates, Cat. no. 5646.0, ABS, Canberra. Price $19.00. Released quarterly until the December quarter of 2001.
CONTACT
In the first instance, refer to To obtain data or further information in the Introduction to this directory.
Assistant Director
Survey of New Capital Expenditure
Quarterly Economy-Wide Surveys National Project Centre
Australian Bureau of Statistics
GPO Box 796
SYDNEY NSW 1041
Telephone: Sydney 02 9268 4357
Facsimile: Sydney 02 9268 4101
Email: client.services@abs.gov.au
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