Total manufacturing sales in New Zealand climbed a seasonally adjusted 1.3 percent on quarter in the fourth quarter of 2015, Statistics New Zealand said on Tuesday.
That follows the downwardly revised 3.3 percent increase in the third quarter (originally 3.5 percent).
By value, manufacturing dipped 1.9 percent after rising 4.2 percent in the three months prior.
"Petroleum and coal product manufacturing, which can have large movements from quarter to quarter, led the increases in December," business indicators senior manager Neil Kelly said. "Meat and dairy manufacturing sales was also up following a large increase in the previous quarter."
The actual value of manufacturing sales including price changes was NZ$26.4 billion in the fourth quarter, up NZ$17 million (0.1 percent) from a year earlier.
The main industry movements were in: petroleum and coal product manufacturing - up 11 percent; meat and dairy product manufacturing - up 2.5 percent, after a 6.0 percent rise in Q3; and fruit, oil, cereal, and other food manufacturing - down 2.9 percent.
"Across the rest of manufacturing, results were mixed, with more than half of the remaining industries having sales decreases in the December 2015 quarter." Kelly said.
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