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JUNE KEY FIGURES

	April 2011	May 2011	June 2011
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	685	715	738
Beverages and tobacco	144	139	112
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	187	280	224
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 334	3 171	3 508
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	47	60	40
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 012	1 988	1 898
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	1 777	1 995	2 014
Machinery and transport equipment	5 977	6 583	6 911
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 093	2 180	2 228
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	1 111	930	739
TOTAL	17 369	18 041	18 413

• In original terms, the June 2011 merchandise imports were $18,413m, an increase of $372m (2%) on the revised May 2011 merchandise imports of $18,041m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $826m (5%) between May and June 2011. In seasonally adjusted terms goods debits rose $605m (3%) from $18,636m in May 2011 to $19,241m in June 2011. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $322m (4%) with the fuels and lubricants component up $333m (11%). Capital goods rose $296m (7%) with the capital goods n.e.s. component up $304m (57%). Non-monetary gold rose $22m (6%) while consumption goods fell $34m (1%).
  

• The Japanese earthquake and tsunami occurred on 11 March 2011. On a month to month basis, original series can be impacted by a number of factors including commodity prices, exchange rates, supply constraints, consumer confidence and unusual influences. It is not usually possible to quantify the impact of a specific event, like the Japanese earthquake and tsunami on the import series. The impact of these events will be closely monitored by the ABS.
• Between May and June 2011 merchandise imports from Japan rose $425m (39%) following a rise of $313m (40%) between April and May 2011. The non-industrial transport equipment component rose $190m between April and May 2011 and rose a further $246m (80%) between May and June 2011. The fuels and lubricants component was up $71m (47%) between May and June 2011.