JUNE KEY FIGURES
 | Mar Qtr 08 to Jun Qtr 08 | Jun Qtr 07 to Jun Qtr 08 |
| STAGE OF PRODUCTION | % change | % change |
|
| Final (Stage 3) commodities (excl. exports) | 1.0 | 4.7 |
| Domestic | 1.4 | 6.0 |
| Imports | -1.0 | -3.2 |
| Intermediate (Stage 2) commodities | 2.7 | 7.1 |
| Domestic | 2.4 | 6.8 |
| Imports | 4.3 | 8.5 |
| Preliminary (Stage 1) commodities | 3.5 | 8.5 |
| Domestic | 2.8 | 7.4 |
| Imports | 7.6 | 16.2 |
|
Final Stage, Base: 1998-99 = 100.0
| Final Stage, Quarterly % change
|
JUNE KEY POINTS
FINAL (STAGE 3) COMMODITIES
- increased by 1.0% in the June quarter 2008.
- mainly due to price increases in building construction (+1.6%), petroleum refining (+8.2%), meat and meat product manufacturing (+3.1%), and non-building construction (+2.0%).
- partially offset by price falls in other agriculture (-7.3%) and electronic equipment manufacturing (-6.4%).
- increased by 4.7% through the year to June quarter 2008.
INTERMEDIATE (STAGE 2) COMMODITIES
- increased by 2.7% in the June quarter 2008.
- mainly due to price increases in oil and gas extraction (+16.3%), petroleum refining (+7.7%), grain, sheep and beef farming (+5.1%) and iron and steel manufacturing (+10.0%).
- increased by 7.1% through the year to June quarter 2008.
PRELIMINARY (STAGE 1) COMMODITIES
- increased by 3.5% in the June quarter 2008, the largest quarterly increase since the series began in the September quarter 1998.
- mainly due to price increases in oil and gas extraction (+16.3%), iron and steel manufacturing (+10.0%), petroleum refining (+7.8%) and basic chemical manufacturing (+9.2%).
- increased by 8.5% through the year to June quarter 2008.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE (QUARTER) | Release Date |
| September 2008 | 20 October 2008 |
| December 2008 | 27 January 2009 |
| March 2009 | 20 April 2009 |
| June 2009 | 20 July 2009 |
ROUNDING
Any discrepancies between totals and sums of components in this publication are due to rounding.
DATA REFERENCES
Data referenced in the Key points and Commentary are available from the tables shown in this publication, or in the corresponding tables of this publication on the ABS website <
https://www.abs.gov.au>.
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