• Summary
• Downloads
• Explanatory Notes
• Related Information
• Past Releases

MARCH KEY FIGURES

	January 2010	February 2010	March 2010
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	644	627	735
Beverages and tobacco	121	102	139
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	162	140	176
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1 999	2 160	2 416
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	36	32	35
Chemicals and related products, nes	1 633	1 728	2 066
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	1 892	1 740	1 967
Machinery and transport equipment	5 790	5 894	7 205
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 136	2 090	2 054
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	957	763	1 262
TOTAL	15 371	15 276	18 055

• In original terms, the March 2010 merchandise imports were $18,055m, an increase of $2,779m (18%) on the revised February 2009 merchandise imports of $15,276m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis increased by $676m (4%) in seasonally adjusted terms from $17,026m in February 2010 to $17,702m in March 2010. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $694m (10%) with the other merchandise goods component up $282m and the fuels and lubricants component up $263m (13%). Non-monetary gold rose $128m (27%), capital goods rose $64m (2%) while consumption goods fell $210m (4%).