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JULY KEY FIGURES

	May 2009	June 2009	July 2009
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	661	663	821
Beverages and tobacco	110	113	138
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	114	157	139
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1 860	2 088	2 475
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	47	37	49
Chemicals and related products, nes	1 821	1 788	1 932
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	1 519	1 605	1 774
Machinery and transport equipment	5 536	6 294	6 451
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 122	2 162	2 372
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	933	775	547
TOTAL	14 723	15 682	16 698

• In original terms, the July 2009 merchandise imports were $16,698m, an increase of $1,016m (6%) on the revised June 2009 merchandise imports of $15,682m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis increased by $678m (4%) in seasonally adjusted terms from $16,292m in June 2009 to $16,970m in July 2009. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $455m (7%) with fuels and lubricants up $414m (21%), capital goods rose $186m (5%) with industrial transport equipment n.e.s. up $103m (30%), consumption goods rose $119m (2%) while other goods fell $82m (15%).