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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

• 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 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.