JUNE KEY FIGURES
 | April 2010 | May 2010 | June 2010 |
 | $m | $m | $m |
|
| Food and live animals | 620 | 633 | 734 |
| Beverages and tobacco | 120 | 114 | 125 |
| Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 183 | 164 | 176 |
| Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 2 522 | 2 235 | 2 509 |
| Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 44 | 34 | 50 |
| Chemicals and related products, nes | 1 805 | 1 976 | 1 884 |
| Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 1 750 | 1 793 | 1 873 |
| Machinery and transport equipment | 6 540 | 7 005 | 7 207 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1 962 | 2 008 | 2 263 |
| Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 1 224 | 1 329 | 1 091 |
| TOTAL | 16 772 | 17 290 | 17 911 |
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JUNE KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, the June 2010 merchandise imports were $17,911m, an increase of $621m (4%) on the revised May 2010 merchandise imports of $17,290m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis increased $4m in seasonally adjusted terms from $18,403m in May 2010 to $18,407m in June 2010. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $351m (5%) with the fuels and lubricants component up $282m (13%), consumption goods rose $41m (1%). Non-monetary gold fell $240m (28%) and capital goods fell $147m (3%).
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE | Release Date |
| July 2010 | 19 August 2010 |
| August 2010 | 16 September 2010 |
| September 2010 | 20 October 2010 |
| October 2010 | 18 November 2010 |
| November 2010 | 16 December 2010 |
| December 2010 | 19 January 2011 |
INQUIRIES
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