RDP 9401: Resource Flows to the Traded Goods Sector Appendix 1: Data

(a) Input-Output Data

Taken from an absorption matrix in which competing imports are allocated indirectly. Official published data are used for 1980/81, 1982/83, 1986/87 and 1989/90, while unpublished estimates are used for 1990/91. They are provisional and confidential estimates, prepared by the Commonwealth Treasury, in which input-output tables for 1986/87 have been updated by applying the RAS (Richard A. Stone) System to national accounts data for 1990/91. For a discussion of the RAS technique see Gretton and Cotterell (1979). Given that relevant data for the air and water transport industries are not available in the 1989/90 input-output tables, unofficial estimates of the export/import orientation and output of these industries are taken from the 1990/91 tables.

Source: ABS, unpublished; ABS, Catalogue No. 5209.0; and Treasury Dept.

(b) Investment

Disaggregated unpublished data from the 59 estimation industries in the CAPEX survey. The estimation industries correspond to the four digit Australian Standard Industrial Classification (ASIC) codes from 1111 to 3478. Published investment data from the Australian national accounts were used for the following industry divisions and industries: agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting; electricity, gas and water; water sewerage and drainage; construction; wholesale and retail trade; transport storage and communication; finance, property and business services; community services; and recreation, personal and other services.

Source: ABS, unpublished CAPEX Survey; ABS, Catalogue No. 5221.0.

(c) Employment

Disaggregated unpublished data from the Australian Bureau Statistics, Labour Force Survey for 88 industries that correspond to the three digit ASIC codes from 013 to 940.

Source: ABS, unpublished.