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 |
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JULY KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- 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 BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- 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%).
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE | Release Date |
August 2009 | 17 September 2009 |
September 2009 | 20 October 2009 |
October 2009 | 18 November 2009 |
November 2009 | 17 December 2009 |
December 2009 | 19 January 2010 |
January 2010 | 18 February 2010 |
INQUIRIES
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Selvi Sekhar on Canberra (02) 6252 5540.
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