Manufacturing volumes, values up in second quarter
New Zealand's manufacturing sector has been in almost continuous expansion since October 2012.
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Both the volume and value of New Zealand's manufacturing sales rose in the June quarter, lifted by meat and dairy product manufacturing.
The volume of total manufacturing sales rose a seasonally adjusted 1% in the June quarter after a 0.2% fall in the March quarter, Statistics New Zealand said. The value of manufacturing sales rose a seasonally adjusted 3.9% in the June quarter after lifting 3.1% in the March quarter.
Meat and dairy product manufacturing volumes rose 8.2% in the quarter while the sales values for those commodities lifted 13%. Excluding meat and dairy, the manufacturing sales volume fell 0.2%, following a 1.5% rise in the March quarter.
"The rise in the meat and dairy sales volume followed falls in the previous two quarters," manufacturing manager Sue Chapman said. Overseas trade indices showed dairy export volumes rose 19%, while the meat export volume rose 2.5% in the June 2017 quarter.
New Zealand's manufacturing sector has been in almost continuous expansion since October 2012, based on the Bank of New Zealand-BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index. However, over the longer term, manufacturing has declined as a%age of the economy, from about 26% of gross domestic production 40 years ago to about 13% in 2009, with a rise in services, now the biggest contributor to GDP.
Of the 13 manufacturing industries that are measured, eight rose on a volume basis and five fell in the latest quarter. Petroleum and coal product manufacturing (which is not seasonally adjusted) fell 10% while chemical, polymer, and rubber product manufacturing was down 7.9%.
In terms of the value of manufacturing sales, chemical, polymer, and rubber manufacturing dropped 8.3% while petroleum and coal product manufacturing fell 8.1%.
The volume of finished goods stock, which is not seasonally adjusted, for total manufacturing was 7.2% lower than it was in the same quarter a year earlier, Statistics NZ said.
(BusinessDesk)
Rebecca Howard
Fri, 08 Sep 2017
Fri, 08 Sep 2017
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Manufacturing volumes, values up in second quarter
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