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The Manufacturing sector accounts 31% of BERD in 2006-7 but the mining sector (21%) has been an increasingly strong performer. Services sectors accounted for 48% of BERD in 2006-7, one of the highest levels in the OECD. In 2006-07, more than three quarters (78%) of GERD was directed into applied research and experimental development (approximately $8 billion each). Engineering and technology accounted for the largest share of GERD (38% or $8.0 billion), followed by Information, computing and communication sciences (17% or $3.6 billion) and medical and health sciences (15% or $3.1 billion).
Business expenditure on R&D (BERD) in Australia during 2007-08 was $14,380 million as per ABS report in September 2009. BERD increased by 15% in current price terms. R&D expenditure data from Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and OECD data is presented below.
Source | National R&D Survey | OECD |
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Year | Year: 2006-07 | Year: 2006 |
Units | A$ million | million PPP USD |
Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D | 21,000 | 14,914.4 |
R&D Expenditure by spending sector: |   |   |
Business/Industry | 12,040 | 8,546.0 |
Government | 2,954 | 2,102.9 |
Higher Education | 5,404 | 3,833.0 |
Private &/or non-profit/FFRDCs | 606 | 432.5 |
Others |   |   |
R&D Expenditure by source of funds |   |   |
Business/Industry | 11,746 | 8,531.0 |
Government | 8,026 | 5,727.1 |
Higher Education |   |   |
Foreign | 545 | 387.8 |
Other sectors (e.g. Public Research Institutes) |   |   |
Others | 684 | 268.5 |