Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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OCTOBER KEY FIGURES

	August 2012	September 2012	October 2012
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	859	811	922
Beverages and tobacco	194	184	209
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	226	172	292
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 761	3 178	3 502
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	57	42	36
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2 125	1 923	2 240
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 498	2 088	2 414
Machinery and transport equipment	8 306	7 297	8 815
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 635	2 546	2 855
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	975	1 064	1 060
TOTAL	21 634	19 305	22 345

• In original terms, the October 2012 merchandise imports were $22,345m, an increase of $3,040m (16%) on the September 2012 merchandise imports of $19,305m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $2,942m (15%) between September and October 2012.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits rose $771m (4%) from $20,413m in September 2012 to $21,184m in October 2012. Capital goods rose $674m (13%) driven by the capital goods n.e.s. component, up $491m (43%) and civil aircraft and confidentialised items component, up $130m (35%). Consumption goods rose $152m (3%) and intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $84m (1%). Non–monetary gold fell $138m (20%).

• Revisions have been made to the previous six months to incorporate the latest administrative data relating to international merchandise trade.
• The preliminary balance of payments debits estimates incorporate the latest available data.