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Merchandise imports drop $88 million in July: ABS

Merchandise imports dropped $88 million to $10.63 billion in July, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. There was a $400 million fall in the import of machinery and transport equipment, which fell to $4.97 billion. Imports of crude ...

Bank of Queensland to buy UFJ Finance Australia

The Bank of Queensland Ltd today announced its intention to buy a $1 billion equipment finance business, saying it would pay $13 million for UFJ Finance Australia. The Brisbane-based bank also said its 2002/03 net profit would fall in the upper end ...

ORIX Australia launches $230 million securitisation issue

Macquarie Bank Ltd announced today that ORIX Australia Corporation Ltd is launching a $230 million automobile and equipment backed securitisation issue under its Eden Park Trust programme. Macquarie is the arranger and lead manager for the issue. ORIX ...

Australian manufacturing up 1.1 points in July: Ai Group/PwC survey

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2003
Activity in Australia's manufacturing sector rose marginally in July, driven by a strong contribution from the motoring industry, a new survey has found. The Performance of Manufacturing Index, compiled by the Australian Industry (Ai) Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers ...

Import trade price index dips 5% for the June quarter: ABS

Australia's import price index for all groups of products and services dipped by five per cent for the June 2003 quarter as compared with the March 2003 quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The ABS also said that the percentage ...

Merchandise imports increase by 3.45% in June: ABS

Imports of merchandise products into Australia increased by $358 million or 3.45 per cent from $10.37 billion in May to $10.73 billion in June, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. Significant increases in imports were in food and live ...

NZ Telecom signs A$232.55 million agreement with Lucent

Telecom New Zealand has signed a NZ$200 (A$232.55 million) agreement with Lucent Technologies for the global network provider to supply its 027 mobile network, in what is deemed as one of the most extensive managed service agreements in the world among ...

Merchandise imports drop to $10.397 billion in May: ABS

The total value of international merchandise imports decreased from $10.959 billion in April 2003 to $10.397 billion in May 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The bulk of the imports was in the machinery and transport equipment ...

GDP grows 2.9% for 2002-2003 and 0.7% in the March quarter: ABS

The Australian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at 2.9 per cent from March 2002 to March 2003, while the change from the December 2002 to the March 2003 quarter was 0.7%, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The non-farm GDP rose 0.8% ...

New private capital expenditure falls 5.3% in March quarter

New private capital expenditure for the March quarter decreased 5.3 per cent to $13.20 billion compared to the December 2002 quarter, but has risen 18.2% since March 2002, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ...