Business Financial Data: December 2023 Quarter

Business financial data provides sales, purchases, salaries and wages, and operating profit estimates for most market industries in New Zealand, and information on stocks for selected industries. This collection uses a combination of survey, tax, and other administrative data.

"Industry""Value""Volume"
"Fruit" 191189000"" 134870000"
oil" 65656000"" 71092000"
cereal" 13365000"" 6050000"
and other food"" 2782000"" 1584000"
"Textile" -809000"" -213000"
leather" -463000"" -3567000"
clothing" -15216000"" -4607000"
and footwear"" -11439000"" -7643000"
"Beverage and tobacco products"" -10447000"" -28786000"
"Petroleum and coal products"" -38138000"" -31826000"
"Printing"" -53492000"" -42658000"
"Chemical" -67873000"" -64405000"
polymer"-540610000""-220916000"
and rubber products"
"Metal products"
"Seafood processing"
"Wood and paper product manufacturing"
"Non-metallic mineral product"
"Furniture and other manufacturing"
"Transport equipment
machinery
and equipment"
"Meat and dairy products"

In actual terms, the volume of finished goods stocks for total manufacturing fell 1.4 percent ($139 million) in the December 2023 quarter compared with the December 2022 quarter.

In actual terms, total manufacturing purchases fell $2.3 billion (8.7 percent), and salaries and wages rose $244 million (5.0 percent) compared with the December 2022 quarter.

More seasonally adjusted manufacturing data can be found under Download data, or on Infoshare (under Industry sectors, Manufacturing Survey (ANZSIC06) - MFG).

Wholesale trade

When adjusted for seasonal effects, the total value of wholesale trade sales fell 1.0 percent ($368 million) in the December 2023 quarter, following a 0.1 percent ($41 million) rise in the September 2023 quarter.

"Industry""$"
"Basic material wholesaling""206530000"
"Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts wholesaling""51088000"
"Commission-based wholesaling""-39393000"
"Others goods wholesaling""-76508000"
"Machinery and equipment wholesaling""-164668000"
"Grocery"-220277000"
liquor and tobacco product wholesaling"

More data

Use Infoshare to access time-series data for this release.
All series are found under the Subject category: Industry sectors.

Business financial data:

  • Group: Business Data Collection - BDC

Manufacturing data:

  • Group: Manufacturing survey (ANZSIC06) - MFG

Wholesale trade data:

  • Group: Wholesale trade survey - WTS

Selected services data:

  • Group: Selected services survey (ANZSIC06) - SSS

Definitions and metadata

Business financial data collection - DataInfo+ gives the methodology and background information used in this release.

Economic survey of manufacturing

Economic survey of manufacturing data collection - DataInfo+ gives the methodology and background information used in this release.

Wholesale trade survey

Wholesale trade survey data collection - DataInfo+ gives the methodology and background information used in this release.

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Next release

Business financial data: March 2024 quarter will be released on 7 June 2024.

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