8301.0 - Production of Selected Construction Materials, May 2012  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/06/2012   
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NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
June 2012 27 July 2012
July 2012 24 August 2012
August 2012 28 September 2012
September 2012 26 October 2012
October 2012 23 November 2012
November 201221 December 2012



CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE


After the 2012 June release, scheduled for 27 July 2012, the ABS will cease production of the Production of Plasterboard series presented in this publication. For queries regarding the cessation of this series please contact the Manufacturing Commodity Section on 1800 809 168.


DATA NOTES

This publication presents estimates at the national and state level. More detailed breakdowns collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) may be available on request for a charge. Items for which additional production data are available are listed in paragraphs 8 and 9 of the Explanatory Notes.

Compared with estimates in previous issues, there have been significant revisions to data dating from July 2006 to April 2012 in Victoria resulting in a 3-6% increase in the estimate of concrete production per month in Victoria across this period. There have also been revisions to Queensland between December 2011 and March 2012.


ROUNDING

Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.


SUMMARY COMMENTARY


MONTHLY MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION COMMODITIES

Monthly Commodity Production

Plasterboard
Pre-mixed concrete
'000 m2
'000 m3

Australia
2008-09
152 778
24 132
2009-10
149 495
23 323
2010-11
157 093
23 483
2011
March
14 292
2 184
April
11 942
1 753
May
13 342
2 069
June
13 134
2 025
July
13 481
2 041
August
13 538
2 192
September
13 066
2 213
October
12 866
2 043
November
13 624
2 185
December
10 794
1 797
2012
January
9 498
1 256
February
11 995
2 015
March
11 798
2 075
April
10 295
1 712
May
13 095
2 277