Table 19.18 shows the production of selected manufactured commodities for the three years 1997-98 to 1999-2000.
19.18 SELECTED COMMODITIES PRODUCED BY MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS(a) |
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| Commodity | Units | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 |
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| Red meat | ’000 t | 2,927 | 2,994 | 3,031 |
| Chicken meat | ’000 t | 551 | 565 | 592 |
| Cheese | ’000 t | 300 | 320 | 369 |
| Butter | ’000 t | 154 | 176 | 172 |
| Beer(b) | mill. L | 1,757 | 1,738 | 1,768 |
| Tobacco and cigarettes | t | 21,257 | 21,045 | 20,688 |
| Newsprint | ’000 t | 402 | 400 | 381 |
| Wood pulp | ’000 t | 958 | 871 | 861 |
| Undressed sawn timber | ’000 m3 | 3,650 | 3,602 | 3,928 |
| Hardwood woodchips | ’000 t | 5,665 | 4,856 | 6,164 |
| Automotive gasoline | mill. L | 18,592 | 18,705 | 18,652 |
| Fuel oil | mill. L | 1,673 | 1,635 | 1,839 |
| Aviation turbine fuel | mill. L | 5,423 | 5,219 | 5,538 |
| Automotive diesel oil | mill. L | 13,183 | 12,968 | 12,737 |
| Portland cement | ’000 t | 7,236 | 7,704 | 7,937 |
| Clay bricks | m | 1,532 | 1,594 | 1,735 |
| Ready mixed concrete | ’000 m3 | 17,412 | 18,601 | 20,597 |
| Basic iron, spiegeleisen and sponge iron | ’000 t | 7,928 | 7,453 | 6,489 |
| Blooms and slabs of iron or steel | ’000 t | 8,356 | 7,698 | 6,742 |
| Alumina | ’000 t | 13,538 | 14,208 | 15,037 |
| Zinc | ’000 t | 304 | 323 | 404 |
| Silver | t | 227 | 410 | 543 |
| Copper | ’000 t | 286 | 313 | 476 |
| Lead | ’000 t | 185 | 199 | 235 |
| Tin | ’000 t | 650 | 595 | 600 |
| Gold | t | 349 | 419 | 382 |
| Electricity | mill. kWh | 176,212 | 179,630 | 184,790 |
| Gas(c) | PJ | 649 | 675 | 726 |
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(a) Data in this table exclude production by single establishment businesses employing fewer than four persons.
(b) Includes ale, stout and porter. Excludes extra light beer containing less than 1.15% by volume of alcohol.
(c) Available for issue through mains. Includes natural gas.
Source: Manufacturing Production, Australia (8301.0). |