MAY KEY FIGURES
 | March 2009 | April 2009 | May 2009 |
 | $m | $m | $m |
|
Food and live animals | 755 | 671 | 661 |
Beverages and tobacco | 145 | 142 | 110 |
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 157 | 124 | 114 |
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 1 861 | 1 872 | 1 847 |
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 49 | 46 | 47 |
Chemicals and related products, nes | 2 040 | 1 996 | 1 821 |
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 1 972 | 1 754 | 1 519 |
Machinery and transport equipment | 6 615 | 5 985 | 5 540 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2 429 | 2 378 | 2 125 |
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 1 299 | 1 239 | 928 |
TOTAL | 17 323 | 16 208 | 14 712 |
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MAY KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, the May 2009 merchandise imports were $14,712m, a decrease of $1,496m (9%) on the revised April 2009 merchandise imports of $16,208m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis decreased by $801m (5%) in seasonally adjusted terms from $17,199m in April 2009 to $16,398m in May 2009. Capital goods fell $577m (14%) with capital goods n.e.s. down $302m (24%) and machinery and industrial equipment down $221m (15%), intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $464m (7%) with other merchandise goods down $132m (60%), and consumption goods fell $54m (1%). Other goods rose $294m (35%) with goods for processing up $203m.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE | Release Date |
June 2009 | 16 July 2009 |
July 2009 | 20 August 2009 |
August 2009 | 17 September 2009 |
September 2009 | 20 October 2009 |
October 2009 | 18 November 2009 |
November 2009 | 17 December 2009 |
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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