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1307.1 JANUARY 2 001 ECONOMIC INDICATORS NEW SOUTH WALES EMBARGO: 11:30AM (CANBERRA TIME) MON 15 JAN 2001 C O N T E N T S Page Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 NSWoverview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Main features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 List of tables and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Labour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Retail trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 New motor vehicle registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Tourism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Consumer and producer price indexes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 State Government finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Investment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 International trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 n For further information about these and related statistics, contact JillTomlinsonon Sydney 02 9268 4123, or the National Information Service on 1300 135 070. NOTES FORTHCOMING ISSUES ISSUE ISSUE DATE February 2001 15 February 2001 March 2001 15 March 2001 April 2001 17 April 2001 May 2001 15 May 2001 June 2001 15 June 2001 July 2001 16 July 2001 DATA NOTES ABS statistical series are being impacted to varying degrees as a result of The New Tax System (TNTS), introduced in Australia from 1 July 2000. TNTS included the removal of Wholesale Sales Tax and the introduction of a Goods and Services Tax (GST), and as a result, a wide range of ABS data series will reflect significant immediate and subsequent impacts. For further information see Australian Economic Indicators, July 2000 (Cat. no. 1350.0). GENERAL This publication provides information on a wide range of economic indicators which are the latest available at the time of publication. In a number of cases, figures appearing in this summary are preliminary and are subject to revision in subsequent issues. SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT Seasonal adjustment is a means of removing the estimated effects of AND TREND ESTIMATION normal seasonal variation from a series so that the effects of other variations on that series can be more clearly recognised. This means that movements of seasonally adjusted estimates may not be reliable indicators of trend behaviour. Smoothing seasonally adjusted series produces a measure of the underlying trend by reducing the impact of the irregular component of the series. For an explanation of seasonal adjustment derivation, refer to the publication Seasonally Adjusted Indicators (Cat. no. 1308.0). SYMBOLS AND OTHER kWh kilowatt hour USAGES n.a. not available n.p. not available for publication but included in totals where applicable n.y.a not yet available r figure or series revised since previous issue . . not applicable — nil or rounded to zero —— break in continuity of series (where a line is drawn across a column between two consecutive figures) Geoff Smith Regional Director New South Wales 2 ABS•ECONOMIC INDICATORS,NSW•1307.1•JANUARY 2001 NSW OVERVIEW POPULATION The NSW estimated resident population at June 2000 was 6,463,500 persons. Since March 2000, the population increased by 17,800 persons, of which natural increase contributed 70% of the growth. EMPLOYMENT Employment in NSW dropped by 0.9% in November 2000 to a seasonally adjusted figure of 3,013,800. National employment in November 2000 was 9,047,100. UNEMPLOYMENT Unemployment in NSW was a seasonally adjusted figure of 185,400 in November 2000. The unemployment rate was 5.8%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points. The national unemployment rate was 6.6% in November 2000. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES In NSW in September 2000 there were 8,300 working days lost due to industrial disputes, a decrease of 4.6% on the working days lost in the previous month. Nationally there were 31,000 working days lost due to industrial disputes in September 2000. BUILDING APPROVALS The seasonally adjusted number of new dwelling units approved for NSW in October 2000 increased by 28.4% from the previous month to 3,571 dwelling units. This was a decrease of 24.9% on the corresponding month of the previous year. Nationally, there were 9,496 new dwelling units, an increase of 6% from the previous month. RETAIL In seasonally adjusted terms, total retail sales for NSW in October 2000 was $4,471.6 million. This was a decrease of 2.5% on the previous month. NEW MOTOR VEHICLE New motor vehicle registrations for NSW in seasonally adjusted terms in REGISTRATIONS October 2000 decreased by 5.8% compared to the previous month to 21,653 registrations. TOURISM In NSW, the annual movements recorded an increase of 5.9% in room nights occupied, and the takings from accommodation increased significantly with an overall increase of 48.1%. FINANCE The seasonally adjusted value of housing finance commitments for owner occupation in NSW in October 2000 was $2,051 million, a decrease of 5.3% on the previous month and an overall decrease of 29.1% on October 1999. GOVERNMENT FINANCE The underlying General Government operating surplus for the four STATISTICS (GFS) months ended 31 October 2000 was $117 million. The General Government Net Lending result for the four months ended 31 October 2000 was $199 million. INVESTMENT The total actual private fixed capital expenditure, current prices (trend) for NSW in the September quarter 2000 was $4,166 million, an increase of 5.3% from the June quarter 2000 and an increase of 19.2% from the corresponding period of the previous year. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS The customs value of imports into NSW during October 2000 was $4,865 million, an increase of 8.3% on September 2000. The value of exports (FOB) from NSW in October 2000 was $2,008 million, an increase of 8.9% over the same period. ABS•ECONOMIC INDICATORS,NSW•1307.1•JANUARY 2001 3 MAIN FEATURES BUILDING APPROVALS There has been an increase in the number of new houses approved this month. The number of new houses (seasonally adjusted) was 1,733 in NSW, an increase of 23.3% on the previous month but a decrease of 36.7% from the corresponding period of the previous year. The number of new dwelling units (seasonally adjusted) in October 2000 was 3,571 an increase of 28.4% on September 2000 but a decrease of 24.9% from October 1999. Nationally, the number of new dwelling units was 9,496 an increase of 6% from September 2000 and a decrease of 39% from October 1999. For NSW in October 2000 the seasonally adjusted value of new residential building was $458.2 million, an increase of 15.2% from September 2000 but a decrease of 21.3% from October 1999. The value (seasonally adjusted) of alterations and additions to residential building in October 2000 increased 42.4% from the previous month to $115.6 million. The value (in original terms) of non-residential building in NSW increased 23.2% from September 2000 to $380.7 million and increased 43% from October 1999. The value of all building (in original terms) in NSW was $938.4 million, an increase of 22.7% from September 2000. Nationally, the value of all building was $2,520.7 million which represented an increase of 5.9% on September 2000 but a decrease of 13% on the corresponding period the previous year. TOURISM Demand for accommodation across NSW for room nights occupied in licensed hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms or units in the September quarter 2000 increased by 5.9% when compared with the September quarter 1999. Quarterly movements showed an increase of 6.6% from the previous June quarter. In NSW the room occupancy rates for licensed hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments in the September quarter 2000 were lower than those recorded in September quarter 1999 (down by 1.4 percentage points to 59.7%). However, during the month of September the occupancy rate was 66.8%, up 3.1 percentage points on the same time last year. The Sydney Tourism Region (TR) experienced a 12.2% increase in room nights occupied in licensed hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments between September quarter 1999 and September quarter 2000. In this TR, the room occupancy rate for the September quarter 2000 for accommodation establishments overall was 69.6%, a decrease of two percentage points over the year, however room supply increased by 14.3% over the same period. In the Sydney TR takings from accommodation increased significantly in aggregate for each accommodation type in the September quarter 2000 compared with the September quarter 1999 with an overall increase of 66.6% to $412.4 million. In NSW, takings from accommodation were $555.2 million for the September quarter 2000, an increase of 48.1% compared with the same period previous year. This may reflect both the impact of the Olympic Games and the effect of the GST. 4 ABS•ECONOMIC INDICATORS,NSW•1307.1•JANUARY 2001 LIST OF TABLES AND GRAPHS page POPULATION 1 Estimated resident population, NSW 6 LABOUR 2 Labour data, latest time period, NSW and Australia 7 3 Labour data, time series, NSW 7 4 Labour force status of the civilian population, NSW 8 5 Graph: Unemployment rates, NSW and Australia 9 PRODUCTION 6 Coal and electricity production, latest time period, NSW and Australia 10 7 Coal and electricity production, time series, NSW 10 BUILDING 8 Building approvals, latest time period, NSW and Australia 11 9 Building approvals, time series, NSW 11 RETAIL TRADE 10 Turnover of retail establishments, latest time period, NSW and Australia 12 11 Turnover of retail establishments, seasonally adjusted, time series, NSW 12 NEW MOTOR VEHICLE 12 New motor vehicle registrations, latest time period, NSW REGISTRATIONS and Australia 13 13 New motor vehicle registrations, seasonally adjusted, time series, NSW 13 TOURISM 14 Accommodation Establishments, latest time period, NSW and Australia 14 15 Accommodation Establishments, time series, Sydney and NSW 14 16 Graph: Hotels, motels etc., monthly room occupancy rates, Sydney Tourism Region and NSW 14 CONSUMER AND PRODUCER 17 Consumer and producer price indexes, latest time period, PRICE INDEXES NSW and Australia 15 18 Consumer and producer price indexes, time series, NSW 15 19 Graph: Consumer Price Index, Sydney and average of 8 capital cities 15 FINANCE 20 Finance commitments, latest time period, NSW and Australia 16 21 Finance commitments, time series, NSW 16 STATE GOVERNMENT FINANCE 22 Government finance, general government sector, monthly operating statement, NSW 17 INVESTMENT 23 Actual private new fixed capital expenditure, latest time period, NSW and Australia 18 24 Actual private new fixed capital expenditure, time series, NSW 18 25 Graph: Actual private new fixed capital expenditure by type of asset, trend estimate, NSW 18 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 26 Imports and exports, latest time period, NSW and Australia 19 27 Imports and exports, time series, NSW 19 ABS•ECONOMIC INDICATORS,NSW•1307.1•JANUARY 2001 5 1 ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION—NSW Estimated resident population Mean estimated resident at end of period Increase during period population for year ended Natural Net estimated Total Males Females Persons increase(a) migration increase 30 June 31 December ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 1997 3 129.0 3 171.5 6 300.5 40.9 17.6 58.5 6 240.9 6 276.1 1998 3 164.5 3 204.0 6 368.5 39.9 28.1 68.1 6 303.5 6 335.7 1999 3 199.8 3 236.9 6 436.7 42.3 25.8 68.2 6 367.3 6 398.3 1999 March qtr 3 171.0 3 210.5 6 381.5 10.7 2.3 13.0 . . . . June qtr 3 179.2 3 217.5 6 396.7 10.1 5.1 15.2 . . . . September qtr r 3 187.8 r 3 224.7 r 6 412.5 8.1 r 7.7 r 15.8 . . . . December qtr r 3 198.5 r 3 235.1 r 6 433.6 13.4 r 7.7 r 21.1 . . . . 2000 March qtr r 3 205.0 r 3 240.6 r 6 445.7 7.6 4.5 12.1 . . . . June qtr 3 214.6 3 248.9 6 463.5 12.5 5.2 17.8 . . . . (a) Excess of live births over deaths. Source: Australian Demographic Statistics (Cat. no. 3101.0). 6 ABS•ECONOMIC INDICATORS,NSW•1307.1•JANUARY 2001 2 LABOUR—NSW AND AUSTRALIA New South Wales Australia Change Change from from Change same Change same from period from period prior prior Latest prior prior period year figure period year Latest Latest Unit period figure % % no. % % Employed persons (seasonally adjusted) ’000 November 2000 3 013.8 –0.9 1.8 9 047.1 –0.6 2.0 Unemployed persons (seasonally adjusted) ’000 November 2000 185.4 5.2 4.8 637.1 3.5 –1.4 Labour force (seasonally adjusted) ’000 November 2000 3 199.2 –0.5 2.0 9 684.2 –0.4 1.7 Participation rate (seasonally adjusted) % November 2000 61.9 –0.5 0.7 63.3 –0.5 0.3 Unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) % November 2000 5.8 5.5 3.6 6.6 4.8 –2.9 Industrial disputes—working days lost ’000 September 2000 8.3 –4.6 –75.4 31.0 –5.8 –52.2 Job vacancies ’000 August 2000 43.9 5.0 –9.1 127.7 19.5 16.1 Average weekly employee earnings—full-time adult ordinary time earnings (seasonally adjusted) $ August 2000 834.9 1.2 5.9 798.3 1.9 6.1 Source: Average Weekly Earnings, States and Australia (Cat. no. 6302.0); Industrial Disputes, Australia (Cat. no. 6321.0); Job Vacancies, Australia (Cat. no. 6354.0); Labour Force, Australia, Preliminary (Cat. no. 6202.0). 3 LABOUR—NSW Seasonally adjusted Industrial disputes Employed Unemployed Labour Participation Unemployment (working days Job persons persons force rate rate lost) vacancies ’000 ’000 ’000 % % ’000 ’000 1999 September 2 948.9 217.8 3 166.7 62.2 6.9 33.8 . . October 2 967.0 190.0 3 157.0 61.9 6.0 16.7 . . November 2 960.5 176.9 3 137.4 61.5 5.6 121.4 36.9 December 2 971.5 199.9 3 171.4 62.0 6.3 29.1 . . 2000 January 2 974.0 189.5 3 163.5 61.8 6.0 7.5 . . February 3 004.5 186.4 3 190.9 62.3 5.8 20.1 46.4 March 3 013.9 193.3 3 207.2 62.5 6.0 11.8 . . April 3 038.2 181.8 3 220.0 62.7 5.6 20.0 . . May 3 053.4 185.1 3 238.5 63.0 5.7 47 41.8 June 3 038.4 187.9 3 226.3 62.7 5.8 16.3 . . July 3 060.2 173.4 3 233.6 62.7 5.4 7.5 . . August 3 070.3 178.6 3 248.9 63.0 5.5 8.7 43.9 September 3 059.7 176.8 3 236.5 62.7 5.5 8.3 . . October 3 040.5 176.2 3 216.7 62.2 5.5 n.y.a. . . November 3 013.8 185.4 3 199.2 61.9 5.8 n.y.a. . . Source: Industrial Disputes, Australia (Cat. no. 6321.0); Job Vacancies, Australia (Cat. no. 6354.0); Labour Force, Australia, Preliminary (Cat. no. 6202.0). ABS•ECONOMIC INDICATORS,NSW•1307.1•JANUARY 2001 7 4 LABOUR FORCE STATUS, NSW—ORIGINAL Employed Unemployed Civilian Looking population for Not in aged 15 Full-time full-time Labour labour years and Unemployment Participation workers Total work Total force force over rate(a) rate(b) ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 % % MALES November 1996 1 416.1 1 587.9 116.2 132.6 1 720.5 684.3 2 404.8 7.7 71.5 1997 1 431.3 1 615.4 117.5 136.6 1 752.0 685.1 2 437.1 7.8 71.9 1998 1 441.2 1 633.0 112.0 129.4 1 762.4 709.1 2 471.5 7.3 71.3 1999 September 1 502.7 1 696.2 97.6 124.8 1 820.9 681.5 2 502.4 6.9 72.8 October 1 504.7 1 688.4 87.4 105.5 1 793.9 712.6 2 506.4 5.9 71.6 November 1 498.9 1 681.8 81.4 95.1 1 777.0 733.5 2 510.5 5.4 70.8 December 1 530.2 1 711.0 95.2 116.1 1 827.0 687.5 2 514.5 6.4 72.7 2000 January 1 497.6 1 680.2 104.8 119.9 1 800.1 717.6 2 517.7 6.7 71.5 February 1 503.6 1 694.0 95.8 113.8 1 807.8 713.1 2 520.9 6.3 71.7 March 1 494.2 1 701.8 93.5 114.1 1 815.9 708.2 2 524.0 6.3 71.9 April 1 504.7 1 716.6 81.8 100.5 1 817.1 710.5 2 527.6 5.5 71.9 May 1 504.2 1 719.5 79.7 98.2 1 817.7 713.5 2 531.1 5.4 71.8 June 1 517.3 1 718.7 86.3 100.5 1 819.2 715.5 2 534.7 5.5 71.8 July 1 528.2 1 732.5 81.4 99.6 1 832.1 705.5 2 537.6 5.4 72.2 August 1 492.5 1 701.7 87.1 101.2 1 802.8 737.7 2 540.5 5.6 71.0 September 1 519.3 1 738.0 85.8 106.6 1 844.6 698.9 2 543.5 5.8 72.5 October 1 506.1 1 719.3 85.0 101.5 1 820.9 724.6 2 545.5 5.6 71.5 November 1 489.4 1 700.1 88.3 104.8 1 805.0 742.5 2 547.4 5.8 70.9 FEMALES November 1996 732.1 1 215.9 49.7 81.9 1 297.8 1 198.8 2 496.5 6.3 52.0 1997 727.5 1 230.3 61.3 87.0 1 317.4 1 210.5 2 527.9 6.6 52.1 1998 733.3 1 235.5 61.0 96.8 1 332.3 1 227.2 2 559.6 7.3 52.1 1999 September 749.9 1 285.6 61.3 97.6 1 383.2 1 204.7 2 587.9 7.1 53.4 October 767.2 1 289.1 51.3 77.1 1 366.2 1 225.1 2 591.3 5.6 52.7 November 756.5 1 283.3 50.5 71.8 1 355.1 1 239.7 2 594.8 5.3 52.2 December 788.4 1 307.0 54.7 80.9 1 387.9 1 210.4 2 598.3 5.8 53.4 2000 January 776.9 1 257.2 55.3 80.7 1 337.9 1 262.8 2 600.7 6.0 51.4 February 755.7 1 282.3 57.0 98.2 1 380.5 1 222.7 2 603.2 7.1 53.0 March 771.1 1 307.8 57.0 92.4 1 400.2 1 205.4 2 605.6 6.6 53.7 April 791.3 1 318.7 52.1 82.4 1 401.1 1 207.3 2 608.4 5.9 53.7 May 784.9 1 324.9 53.2 83.7 1 408.7 1 202.5 2 611.2 5.9 53.9 June 783.4 1 326.0 39.8 76.1 1 402.2 1 211.8 2 614.0 5.4 53.6 July 812.3 1 344.0 36.0 60.9 1 404.8 1 211.8 2 616.7 4.3 53.7 August 787.2 1 329.4 40.1 72.3 1 401.7 1 217.6 2 619.3 5.2 53.5 September 805.6 1 356.4 43.0 73.9 1 430.3 1 191.7 2 622.0 5.2 54.6 October 784.8 1 332.5 40.1 67.7 1 400.2 1 223.3 2 623.5 4.8 53.4 November 787.6 1 318.1 43.6 70.6 1 388.7 1 236.2 2 624.9 5.1 52.9 For footnotes see end of table. ...continued 8 ABS•ECONOMIC INDICATORS,NSW•1307.1•JANUARY 2001 4 LABOUR FORCE STATUS, NSW—ORIGINAL—continued Employed Unemployed Civilian Looking population for Not in aged 15 Full-time full-time Labour labour years and Unemployment Participation workers Total work Total force force over rate(a) rate(b) ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 % % PERSONS November 1996 2 148.1 2 803.8 166.0 214.5 3 018.3 1 883.1 4 901.3 7.1 61.6 1997 2 158.8 2 845.8 178.8 223.6 3 069.4 1 895.6 4 965.0 7.3 61.8 1998 2 174.5 2 868.5 173.0 226.3 3 094.7 1 936.4 5 031.1 7.3 61.5 1999 September 2 252.6 2 981.8 158.9 222.4 3 204.2 1 886.2 5 090.3 6.9 62.9 October 2 271.8 2 977.5 138.6 182.6 3 160.1 1 937.7 5 097.8 5.8 62.0 November 2 255.4 2 965.1 131.9 167.0 3 132.1 1 973.2 5 105.3 5.3 61.3 December 2 318.6 3 017.9 149.9 197.0 3 214.9 1 897.9 5 112.8 6.1 62.9 2000 January 2 274.5 2 937.4 160.1 200.6 3 138.0 1 980.4 5 118.4 6.4 61.3 February 2 259.3 2 976.3 152.8 212.0 3 188.3 1 935.7 5 124.0 6.6 62.2 March 2 265.4 3 009.6 150.4 206.5 3 216.1 1 913.6 5 129.7 6.4 62.7 April 2 296.0 3 035.3 133.9 182.9 3 218.2 1 917.8 5 136.0 5.7 62.7 May 2 289.1 3 044.4 132.8 181.9 3 226.3 1 916.0 5 142.3 5.6 62.7 June 2 300.6 3 044.7 126.0 176.6 3 221.3 1 927.3 5 148.6 5.5 62.6 July 2 340.5 3 076.5 117.4 160.5 3 237.0 1 917.3 5 154.3 5.0 62.8 August 2 279.7 3 031.1 127.2 173.4 3 204.6 1 955.3 5 159.9 5.4 62.1 September 2 324.9 3 094.4 128.9 180.5 3 274.9 1 890.6 5 165.5 5.5 63.4 October 2 290.9 3 051.8 125.1 169.2 3 221.1 1 947.9 5 169.0 5.3 62.3 November 2 277.0 3 018.2 131.9 175.4 3 193.7 1 978.7 5 172.4 5.5 61.7 (a) The number of unemployed in each group expressed as a percentage of the labour force in the same group. (b) The labour force in each group expressed as a percentage of the civilian population aged 15 years and over in the same group. Source: Labour Force, Australia, Preliminary (Cat. no. 6202.0). 5 UNEMPLOYMENTRATE—ORIGINAL % Australia 13 NSW 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Source:LabourForce,Australia,Preliminary(Cat.no.6202.0). ABS•ECONOMIC INDICATORS,NSW•1307.1•JANUARY 2001 9 6 COAL AND ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, NSW AND AUSTRALIA—ORIGINAL New South Wales Australia Change Change Change from same Change from same from prior period prior from prior period prior period year period year Unit Latest period Latest figure % % Latest figure % % Raw coal won Underground ’000 tonnes Sept 2000 3 837 –31.6 –30.9 6 797 –23.2 –23.3 Open cut ’000 tonnes Sept 2000 8 301 –0.1 1.0 20 288 0.3 4.1 Total ’000 tonnes Sept 2000 12 138 –12.8 –11.8 27 085 –6.9 –4.5 Electricity mill. kWh Septqtr2000 19 289 11.3 13.6 49 387 4.2 5.6 Source: Joint Coal Board for NSW and Australia from ABS unpublished statistics, Manufacturing Production, Australia (Cat. no. 8301.0). 7 COAL AND ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, NSW—ORIGINAL Raw coal won Underground Open cut Total Electricity ’000 tonnes ’000 tonnes ’000 tonnes mill. kWh 1997–98 58 299 75 710 134 009 61 804 1998–99 51 158 80 209 131 367 63 743 1999–2000 52 709 80 186 132 895 65 934 1999 July 4 560 6 706 11 266 (cid:252) August 3 861 6 442 10 303 (cid:253) 16 977 September 5 552 8 215 13 767 (cid:254) October 4 015 6 369 10 384 (cid:252) November 4 573 6 323 10 596 (cid:253) 15 284 December 5 918 6 967 11 985 (cid:254) 2000 January 3 633 5 907 9 541 (cid:252) February 3 834 6 376 10 210 (cid:253) 16 339 March 4 799 6 549 11 348 (cid:254) April 3 854 5 084 8 938 (cid:252) May 5 601 8 611 14 212 (cid:253) 17 334 June 3 793 6 443 10 237 (cid:254) July 3 958 6 161 10 119 (cid:252) August 5 609 8 310 13 919 (cid:253) 19 289 (cid:254) September 3 837 8 301 12 138 Source: Joint Coal Board, Manufacturing Production, Australia (Cat. no. 8301.0). 10 ABS•ECONOMIC INDICATORS,NSW•1307.1•JANUARY 2001