Volume of finished goods stocks in the metal 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: March 2026 quarter – CSV' zip file.

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.