Producers' prices fall as dairy prices soar
Producers' output and input prices fell in the September quarter.
Producers' output and input prices fell in the September quarter.
Bridgestone's Japanese owners blame tougher global competition for the closure. They are also shutting a plant in Adelaide.
Manufacturing staff at Norwegian-owned Navico in New Zealand are facing a grim future.
NZ's export commodity prices made their biggest monthly rise in 22 years last montth, rising 6.8 per cent from August, the ANZ Commodity Price Index shows.