Volume of finished goods stocks in the petroleum refining and coal product manufacturing industry in New Zealand

Purchases and operating expenditure: something obtained, especially for a price in money or its equivalent.
Sales and other operating income: the transfer of ownership of and title to goods or services from one person or entity to another for a price.
Stocks of raw materials: crude or processed material that can be converted by manufacture, processing, or combination into a new product.
Stocks of finished goods: goods ready for sale without further transformation.
Volume series: are value series that are adjusted (divided by price indexes) to remove the effect of price changes. They provide a measure of quantity change and are currently expressed in September 2010 quarter dollars. The price indexes used are from the Producers Price Index and are available on Infoshare (http://stats.govt.nz/infoshare/Default.aspx).

Published values exclude GST.

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Purchases and operating expenditure includes:
- purchases of goods, fuels, and materials (whether for production or resale)
- general expenses (eg advertising, freight, insurance, motor vehicle, rates, rent, repairs, utilities)
- management fees and payments to other businesses or divisions
- payments to welfare and superannuation schemes (eg ACC, KiwiSaver)
- royalties and patent fees.

Sales and other operating income includes:
- sales of goods (whether manufactured, processed, or traded)
- sales of services (including repair services)
- manufacturing, processing, and management fees
- rental and leasing income
- royalties and patent fees.

Stocks of raw materials include materials, fuels, and livestock.
Stocks of finished goods include work in progress.

Purchases and operating expenditure excludes:
- interest, dividends, donations, and bad debts
- excise duty, fringe benefit tax, and road-user charges
- extraordinary items (eg exchange-rate losses, losses on sales of fixed assets)
- depreciation.

Sales and other operating income includes:
interest, dividends, donations, bad debts, and insurance claims
excise duty, government grants, and subsidies
extraordinary items (eg exchange-rate gains, gains on sales of fixed assets).

This industry’s results were affected by the end of petroleum refining activity in New Zealand, see https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/business-financial-data-june-2022-quarter/#petroleum for more information.
There were a number of corrections and improvements to the methodology as part of this publication affecting the December 2023 and March 2024 quarter results.

At URL provided, download 'Economic survey of manufacturing: June 2024 quarter – CSV.

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.