SALES AND SERVICE INCOME
Sales and service income of manufacturing industry in Australia in 2006-07 was $377.9b, an increase of $39.8b (or 12%) from 2005-06. The majority of manufacturing industries presented in this publication experienced an increase in sales and service income in 2006-07.
Three of the 15 industries for which data are shown reported a decline in sales and service income. Wood product manufacturing experienced a decrease of $0.3b (or 3%), Printing (including the reproduction of recorded media) reported a decrease of $0.07b (or 1%) and Transport equipment manufacturing experienced a decline of $0.06b (or 0.2%).
Conversely the industry which contributed the most to the increase in sales and service income was Primary metal and metal product manufacturing with an increase of $15.7b (or 34%).