PREFACE
This publication extends and updates information contained in the previous issue which was released on 21 March 1996. The main focus of this publication is on describing information which the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has available from annual manufacturing industry collections for the years 1989-90 to 1995-96 (inclusive). It also previews the nature of the information which is expected to be available from the annual manufacturing industry collections through to 2001-02. The previous issue provides more details about data sources other than the annual collections which are of interest to users of information about manufacturing activity and industry.
Details are given for the wide range of data about Australian manufacturing which the ABS has available in either published or unpublished form. However, in presenting the information on available statistics, it has not been possible to list every combination of geographic level and industry level for which data may be available from a particular collection.
Readers are encouraged to either refer to the relevant publications (see pages 4 to 7) or to contact the ABS about their requirements and whether they can be met from published series. Where published series do not contain the particular data required, ABS staff can advise whether they can be produced from unpublished data sets, and the likely cost and delivery time for providing the data. Where finely classified data are sought, ABS staff can also advise on likely sample error or other data quality aspects.
