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.
| “Industry” | “Value” | “Volume” |
| “Meat and dairy products” | “646653000” | “242509000” |
| “Wood and paper products” | ” 71991000″ | ” 47724000″ |
| “Non-metallic mineral products” | ” 51874000″ | ” 30268000″ |
| “Transport equipment | “120908000” | ” 28754000″ |
| machinery | ” 42578000″ | ” 18914000″ |
| and equipment” | ” 42489000″ | ” 18181000″ |
| “Textile | ” 5621000″ | ” 1972000″ |
| leather | ” 4124000″ | ” 1354000″ |
| clothing | ” 8338000″ | ” -6142000″ |
| and footwear” | “-10255000” | “-11764000” |
| “Seafood processing” | “153214000” | “-16283000” |
| “Furniture and other manufacturing” | ” 6490000″ | “-71835000” |
| “Petroleum and coal products” | “-51183000” | “-77033000” |
| “Beverage and tobacco products” | ||
| “Printing” | ||
| “Chemical | ||
| polymer | ||
| and rubber products” | ||
| “Metal products” | ||
| “Fruit | ||
| oil | ||
| cereal | ||
| and other foods” |
In actual terms, the volume of finished goods stocks for total manufacturing rose 2.6 percent ($234 million) in the June 2026 quarter compared with the June 2025 quarter.
In actual terms, total manufacturing purchases rose $2.5 billion (10 percent), and salaries and wages rose $204 million (4.0 percent) compared with the June 2025 quarter.
More seasonally adjusted manufacturing data can be found under Download data, or on Infoshare (under Industry sectors, Manufacturing Survey (ANZSIC06) – MFG).
Wholesale trade
When adjusted for seasonal effects, the total value of wholesale trade sales rose 6.4 percent ($2.7 billion) in the June 2026 quarter, following a 3.8 percent ($1.6 billion) rise in the March 2026 quarter.
Within this, the value of basic material wholesaling industry sales rose 18 percent ($2.2 billion) in the June 2026 quarter, following a 6.0 percent ($683 million) rise in the March 2026 quarter. The latest rise was influenced by prices for petroleum products such as diesel, petrol, aviation fuel, and lubricants .
In addition to petroleum products, basic material wholesaling includes a range of other activities such as agricultural, metal, and timber products wholesaling.
| “Industry” | “$” |
| “Basic materials” | “2183966000” |
| “Machinery and equipment” | “235433000” |
| “Other goods” | “145534000” |
| “Commission-based” | “64427000” |
| “Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts” | “49090000” |
| “Grocery | “19897000” |
| liquor | |
| and tobacco products” |
More data
Use Infoshare to access time-series data for this release.
All series are found under the Subject category: Industry sectors.
Business financial data:
Group: Business Data Collection – BDC
Manufacturing data:
Group: Manufacturing Survey (ANZSIC06) – MFG
Wholesale trade data:
Group: Wholesale Trade Survey – WTS
Selected services data:
Group: Selected Services Survey (ANZSIC06) – SSS
Definitions and metadata
Business financial data collection – DataInfo+ gives the methodology and background information used in this release.
Economic Survey of Manufacturing
Economic Survey of Manufacturing data collection – DataInfo+ gives the methodology and background information used in this release.
Wholesale Trade Survey
Wholesale Trade Survey data collection – DataInfo+ gives the methodology and background information used in this release.
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Next release
Business financial data: September 2026 quarter will be released on 8 December 2026.
