In the December 2011 quarter, compared with the September 2011 quarter:
| Prices received by producers (outputs) rose 0.1 percent. |
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Prices paid by producers (inputs) rose 0.5 percent. |
- Agriculture was the key contributor to the rise, with milk and meat prices up.
- Horticulture and fruit growing prices were down, mainly due to lower vegetable prices.
- Mining prices grew 4.2 percent, recovering last quarter's drop.
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- Higher farm-gate prices for milk pushed the prices paid by dairy product manufacturers up 2.4 percent.
- Lower prices for electricity generation decreased the prices paid by the electricity and gas supply industry by 3.8 percent.
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In the December 2011 quarter, compared with the December 2010 quarter:
- The prices received by producers rose 3.4 percent.
- The prices paid by producers rose 4.2 percent.
Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician |
20 February 2012
ISSN 1178-0622 |
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