Indicator Latest Previous West Coast % Change New Zealand % Change
economic performance        
real value added GDP ($'08m) 1,278 1,202 6.3% 3.2%
FDP per capita ($'08) 40,461 38,187 6.0% 2.2%
employment (FTEs) 14,049 13,896 1.1% 0.8%
business units (number) 3,915 3,862 1.4% 1.4%
commercial        
total dairy cows (thousands) 133 128 3.9% 2.5%
milk supplied (million litres) 475 467 2.4% -2.6%
average payout (cents/kg milksolids) 799 466 71.5% 68.9%
coal production (million tonnes) 2.1 3.0 -28.4% -16.3%
gold production (tonnes) 0.5 0.5 1.5% 1.4%
tourism        
tourism GDP ($m) 88.0 88.4 -0.6% 2.9%
visitors (thousands) 1,110 1,085 2.3% 2.6%
guest nights (thousands) 2,032 1,824 11.4% 1.3%
occupancy rates (%) 36 37 -0.6% -1.6%