Biotechnology Statistics - New Zealand

Collection/compilation agency: Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MORST) and Statistics New Zealand (SNZ)

Collection/compilation type: Biotechnology firm survey.

Variables:

• Biotechnology processes used by business
• Stage of development of biotechnology processes
• Number of biotechnology processes used by the enterprise
• Type of biotechnology process used by the enterprise
• Industry sectors
• Percentage of sales represented by each industry sector
• Most important bioindustry sector
• Number of bioindustry sectors implemented in the last three years
• Number of bioindustry sectors planned to be implemented in the next three years
• Industry sectors that are expected to grow in the future
• New Zealand organisations on whose behalf research was carried out
• Overseas organisations on whose behalf research was carried out
• Strategic alliances – New Zealand organisations
• Strategic alliances – Foreign organisations
• Product and process sales
• Contract research revenue
• Royalty income
• Income from direct government subsidies and cash grants
• All other income
• Total income
• Raw materials and finished good opening stocks
• Raw materials and finished good closing stocks
• Research and development expenses
• Royalty payments
• Salaries and wages
• All other expenses
• Cost of raw materials sourced from New Zealand
• Cost of raw materials sourced from overseas
• Total expenses
• Total exports
• Total value of biotechnology exports
• Biotechnology exports to Australia
• Biotechnology exports to Asia
• Biotechnology exports to Europe
• Biotechnology exports to United States
• Biotechnology exports to other countries
• Number of projects abandoned due to inability to purchase IP rights
• Number of projects abandoned due to inability to licence IP rights
• Number of projects abandoned due to other reason
• Number of projects abandoned due to inability to access basic research
• Number of litigations
• Number of disputes
• Number of arrangements to share IP instruments
• Number of arrangements to share acquire IP instruments
• Number of successful biotechnology-related patent applications in the year ended 30 June 1999
• Number of successful biotechnology-related patent applications in the last five years
• Number of biotechnology-related articles published in refereed journals in the year ended 30 June 1999
• Number of conferences on biotechnology related subjects attended in the year ended 30 June 1999
• Total number of FTEs
• Number of FTEs involved in R&D
• Number of FTEs involved in quality assurance
• Number of FTEs involved in regulatory/legal/government affairs
• Number of FTEs involved in marketing and sales
• Number of FTEs involved in business development/finance
• Number of FTEs involved in administration/human resources
• Head count of those involved in R&D
• Head count of those involved in quality assurance
• Head count of those involved in regulatory/legal/government affairs
• Head count of those involved in marketing and sales
• Head count of those involved in business development/finance
• Head count of those involved in administration/human resources
• Head count by qualification
• Number of enterprises who have recruited staff from overseas
• Problems for biotechnology commercialisation
• Countries from which employees were recruited
• Reasons why foreigners declined an offer of employment.
  

Scope: Firms, government and university units engaged in modern biotechnology activities. The survey excludes all industries which use traditional forms of biotechnologies such as bread-, wine-, beer-making.

Frequency: First survey was carried out in 2000 for reference year 1998/99. Statistics New Zealand is currently in the process of running a Biotechnology Survey for the reference year 2003/2004 (post out in late August 2004), which will essentially be a repeat of a biotechnology survey last run in 1999.

Periodicity: Annual.

Classification used:

Industry:

• Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC four-digit level).
  

Sector:

• New Zealand Institutional Sector Classification (NZISC).
  

Definition used: The 2000 survey carried the following definition: Modern biotechnology is defined as: The application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing of material by biological agents and the processing of biological materials to improve the quality of life by isolating, modifying and synthesising the genetic instructions responsible for actual biological processes.
The 2004 survey uses the OECD definition of biotechnology.

Output:

- Standard tables, approximately 30 standard tables would be produced.
- Biotechnological statistics would also be released in Key Statistics, the Yearbook and various other publications produced by SNZ.
- Statistics New Zealand (2001), Modern Biotechnology Activity in New Zealand, April.
- Preliminary results of the 2004 survey -- released in April 2005 -- are available here.  

Contact comments: In October 2003 Statistics New Zealand established a new work area (Business Performance Division) which is charged with producing statistics on the broad area of business performance, and in particular on areas such as:

 - Research and Development
 - Innovation
 - Biotechnology
 - Information and Communication Technology.

Future plans (plans for new collections, strategies, experiences etc.): A more comprehensive redevelopment, planned for the 2005/06 year, will incorporate work currently being undertaken by New Zealand Trade and Enterprises (NZTE) in developing a measurement framework for the Biotechnology sector.

Contact details: www.stats.govt.nz

1998/99 Survey

2003/04 Survey

2007 Survey