RDP 9106: The Direction of Australian Investment from 1985/86 to 1988/89 Appendix 1: Estimation Industries Description

Christopher Kent and Patricia Scott

August 1991

This information has been taken from the Australian Standard Classification (1983).

Estimation Industry DESCRIPTION Contribution to Growth in Total Investment 1985/86 to 1988/89 Growth of Investment 1985/86 to 1988/89
01 mining metallic minerals 13.5 115.3
02 mining coal, oil and gas, construction materials, other non-metallic minerals, services to mining including mineral exploration −3.5
 		 −11.2
 
03 manufacturing food (meat and milk products, flour mill and cereal food products, bread, cakes and biscuits) 0.7
 		 9.3
 
04 manufacturing fruit and vegetable products – –
05 manufacturing other food products 1.9 87.2
06 manufacturing beverages and malt 1.5 61.5
07 manufacturing tobacco products including cigarettes – –
08 manufacturing textile fibres, yarns and woven fabrics, household textiles and textile floor covering 1.7
 		 97.4
 
09 manufacturing clothing and footwear 0.7 54.1
10 manufacturing wood, wood products and furniture 0.7 17.1
11 manufacturing paper and paper products 3.9 84.5
12 printing and publishing includes manufacturing paper stationary and bookbinding −0.4
 		 −6.7
 
13 manufacturing basic chemicals 4.7 80.9
14 petroleum refining, petroleum and coal products 1.1 50.2
15 manufacturing non metallic mineral products 3.1 63.3
16 manufacturing basic iron and steel −3.0 −41.6
17 manufacturing non ferrous metals 0.2 2.9
18 manufacturing fabricated metal products 2.3 63.5
19 manufacturing motor vehicles and parts 1.7 21.7
20 manufacturing other transport parts 1.5 225.3
21 manufacturing photographic, professional and scientific equipment 0.1
 		 5.4
 
22 manufacturing appliances and electrical equipment 0.7 17.8
23 manufacturing industrial machinery and equipment 2.0 134.8
24 manufacturing miscellaneous items including leather, rubber and plastic products 1.4
 		 36.0
 
25 electricity and gas −0.2 −17.7
26 water sewerage and drainage −1.1 −26.5
32 petroleum product wholesalers 1.9 37.2
33 mineral, metals and chemical wholesalers 1.0 111.8
34 farm properties and produce dealers nec (wool selling brokers, stock and station agents, wool buyers and merchants and cereal grain wholesalers) 0.7
 		 68.7
 
35 food, drink, tobacco, textile and clothing wholesalers 1.6 71.3
36 general and other specialist wholesalers including photographic equipment, jewellery, toys and sporting goods, books and pharmaceuticals 2.2
 		 83.2
 
37 remainder of wholesale trade including timber merchants, building hardware dealers, machinery and equipment wholesalers, farm and construction machinery wholesalers, motor vehicle parts wholesalers, electrical and electronic wholesalers −0.2
 		 −1.8
 
38 department stores, general, clothing, fabric, shoe and furniture stores −1.2
 		 −23.3
 
39 food, milk and bread vendors 4.0 56.7
40 new motor vehicle dealers, boats and caravans dealers −2.7
 		 −58.4
 
41 used motor vehicle dealers, motor cycle dealers etc −0.2 −31.3
42 service stations 0.6 467.0
43 smash repairers 0.7 144.2
44 remainder of retail trade nec including domestic hardware stores, watch-makers and jewellers, music stores, household appliance stores, pharmacies, newsagents and nurseries 0.8
 		 24.5
 
45 road freight transport including long distance interstate road freight transport and intrastate and short distance road freight −1.7
 		 −16.2
 
46 bus and tramway transport including interstate bus transport and short and long distance bus hire and tourist coaches 1.6
 		 86.7
 
47 road passenger transport and services including taxi and hire cars, car park operations, container terminals and toll road operations 2.0
 		 65.0
 
48 rail transport – –
49 water transport including international sea, coastal and inland transport, stevedoring and water transport terminals −0.9
 		 −23.7
 
50 air transport – –
51 other transport and storage including road freight forwarding (except road), pipeline operation, shipping agents, travel agents, custom agency services, grain storage, cold storage −3.2
 		 −59.4
 
52 communication services including cable services, post offices, radio telephone, satellite, coaxial cable operation, telephone, telex and teleprinter services –
 		 –
 
53 finance and investment sector including all bank, non-bank financial institutions, stock exchanges and services to finance and investment 6.1
 		 38.5
 
54 insurance including life, health and general insurance and superannuation funds 7.2
 		 107.7
 
55 property and business services nec including plant hire and leasing 5.2
 		 90.1
 
56 real estate operators and developers 27.5 136.4
57 other business services including data processing services, advertising agencies, market and business consultancy services and pest control 1.8
 		 21.8
 
58 entertainment, recreational and personal services including motion picture production, motion picture theatres, radio and television stations, creative arts, parks and zoological gardens, lotteries, laundries and dry-cleaners –
 		 –
 
59 restaurants, hotels and club −1.3 −6.9

Estimation industries 27–31 which cover the construction sector are not included in the published CAPEX total.