1. Introduction
This is the ninth annual release of the Ministry of Economic Development's information paper on IT Statistics in New Zealand. Not all of the information is new; some is carried over from previous versions for completeness. Sections that include new or updated information are clearly indicated. This year the statistics are being released in a number of parts. Part 2 will be released later in May 2002 and will include statistics on the use of computers in the home and Internet use.
Papers published by the Ministry of Economic Development that include statistical information may be found by looking in the Electronic Commerce or Information Technology sections of the Ministry's website or by looking under Statistics and Research on the ECAT website. New information in this paper includes:
- figures for IT hardware imports and exports updated to December 2001; and
- figures for trade in software and services and the size of the New Zealand information technology (IT) market updated to December 2001.
Information carried over from previous reports:
- figures for employment in segments of the IT industry from the 1996 Census.
1.2 Acknowledgements
Information in this paper has been derived mainly from public sources, or from specially commissioned surveys by Statistics New Zealand or the Ministry of Economic Development. References and sources are highlighted (bold) in the text and detailed in Section 5.
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