Producer Price Indexes, Australia

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Contains a range of producer price indexes in the Australian economy, comprising mining, manufacturing, construction and services industries

Reference period
March 2020
Released
1/05/2020

Key statistics

Final demand (excluding exports):

  • rose 0.2% this quarter; and
  • rose 1.3% over the 12 months to March 2020 quarter.

Main features

Final demand (excluding exports)

  • rises in other agriculture (+11.2%), tertiary education (+1.6%) and electricity supply; gas supply; and water supply, sewerage and drainage services (+1.1%)
  • falls in petroleum refining and petroleum fuel manufacturing (-14.1%) and accommodation (-5.6%).
     

Key figures

 Dec 19 Qtr to Mar 20 QtrMar 19 Qtr to Mar 20 Qtr
Final demand% change% change
Final demand (excl. exports)0.21.3

Index reference period: 2011-12 - 100.0

Changes in this issue

The March quarter 2020 issue of the Producer Price Indexes includes re-weighted price indexes for:

  • 3101 Road and bridge construction.
  • 3109 Other heavy and civil engineering construction.
     

Rounding

Any discrepancies between totals and sums of components in this publication are due to rounding.

Use of price indexes in contracts

Price indexes published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) provide summary measures of the movements in various categories of prices over time. They are published primarily for use in Government economic analysis. Price indexes are also often used in contracts by businesses and government to adjust payments and/or charges to take account of changes in categories of prices (Indexation Clauses).

Use of Price Indexes in Contracts sets out a range of issues that should be taken into account by parties considering including an Indexation Clause in a contract using an ABS published price index.

Additional information

The compilation of the quarterly Producer Price Index for the Output of the Retail Trade Industry, normally released as an additional update of the Producer Price Indexes, Australia (ABS cat. No. 6427.0), has been paused indefinitely as a result of changing priorities within the ABS as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Retail Trade Margins Survey, which collects data for this index was paused after despatch and every effort was made to contact respondents to inform them that the data was no longer required. The response rate for the March 2020 quarter of the Retail Trade Margin Survey was 2.6%.

Quarterly changes to industries

Construction industries

Mining industries

​​​​​​​Manufacturing industries

Services industries

Data downloads - time series spreadsheets

Table 1. Final demand, index numbers and percentage changes

Table 11. Input to the coal mining industry, index numbers and percentage changes

Table 12. Output of the manufacturing industries, division, subdivision, group and class index numbers

Table 13. Input to the manufacturing industries, division and selected industries, index numbers and percentage changes

Table 14. Input to the manufacturing industries, subdivision index numbers

Table 17. Output of the construction industries, subdivision and class index numbers

Table 18. Input to the house construction industry, six state capital cities, weighted average and city, index numbers and percentage changes

Table 20. Output of the accommodation and food services industries, group index numbers

Table 21. Output of the transport, postal and warehousing industries, group and class index numbers

Table 22. Output of the information media and telecommunications industries, group and class index numbers

Table 23. Output of the rental, hiring and real estate services industries, subdivision, group and class index numbers

Table 24. Output of the professional, scientific and technical services industries, group and class index numbers

Table 25. Output of the administrative and support services industries, group and class index numbers

Table 26. Output of the public administration and safety industries, group and class index numbers

Table 27. Output of the other services industries, group and class index numbers

Table 34. Output of the education and training industries, group and class index numbers

Table 35. Output of the health care and social assistance industries, group and class index numbers

Table 36. Output of the mining industries, index numbers

Data downloads - data cubes

Table 5 Final demand: contribution to final demand index by industry - index points

Table 28 Contribution to input to the manufacturing industries index, subdivision and index points

Table 29 Contribution to output of the manufacturing industries index, group index points

Table 30 Contribution to input to the house construction industry index, weighted average of six state capital cities, index points

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