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AUGUST KEY FIGURES

	June 2011	July 2011	August 2011
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	738	687	866
Beverages and tobacco	112	132	168
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	224	288	238
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 504	3 069	3 394
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	40	38	47
Chemicals and related products, nes	1 898	2 040	2 128
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 014	2 107	2 599
Machinery and transport equipment	6 899	8 183	7 434
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 228	2 223	2 582
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	740	950	1 064
TOTAL	18 398	19 715	20 521

• In original terms, the August 2011 merchandise imports were $20,521m, an increase of $806m (4%) on the July 2011 merchandise imports of $19,715m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $1,604m (8%) between July and August 2011. In seasonally adjusted terms goods debits rose $733m (4%) from $19,437m in July 2011 to $20,170m in August 2011. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $617m (7%). This increase was driven by the fuels and lubricants component up $325m (11%), following a fall of $457m (14%) between June and July 2011, and the processed industrial supplies n.e.s. component up $242m (11%) between July and August 2011. Consumption goods rose $194m (4%) and non-monetary gold rose $6m (1%). Capital goods fell $83m (2%).

• The merchandise imports series have been revised for the previous six months to incorporate the latest administrative data.