DECEMBER KEY FIGURES
 | October 2009 | November 2009 | December 2009 |
| $m | $m | $m |
|
| Food and live animals | 741 | 712 | 781 |
| Beverages and tobacco | 194 | 173 | 176 |
| Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 160 | 173 | 250 |
| Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 2 091 | 2 162 | 2 717 |
| Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 42 | 44 | 53 |
| Chemicals and related products, nes | 1 864 | 1 696 | 1 700 |
| Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 1 955 | 1 870 | 1 685 |
| Machinery and transport equipment | 6 881 | 7 648 | 7 005 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2 459 | 2 323 | 1 964 |
| Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 1 542 | 749 | 1 330 |
| TOTAL | 17 929 | 17 549 | 17 662 |
|
DECEMBER KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, the December 2009 merchandise imports were $17,662m, an increase of $113m (1%) on the revised November 2009 merchandise imports of $17,549m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis increased by $1,156m (7%) in seasonally adjusted terms from $16,265m in November 2009 to $17,421m in December 2009. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $760m (11%) with the fuels and lubricants component up $535m (26%), capital goods rose $246m (7%), non-monetary gold rose $224m (51%) while consumption goods fell $74m (1%).
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE | Release Date |
| January 2010 | 18 February 2010 |
| February 2010 | 18 March 2010 |
| March 2010 | 21 April 2010 |
| April 2010 | 19 May 2010 |
| May 2010 | 21 June 2010 |
| June 2010 | 19 July 2010 |
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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