NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES
 | September 2009 | October 2009 | November 2009 |
| $m | $m | $m |
|
| Food and live animals | 762 | 741 | 713 |
| Beverages and tobacco | 180 | 194 | 173 |
| Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 159 | 160 | 173 |
| Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 2 317 | 2 096 | 2 138 |
| Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 52 | 42 | 44 |
| Chemicals and related products, nes | 1 743 | 1 865 | 1 701 |
| Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 1 882 | 1 955 | 1 871 |
| Machinery and transport equipment | 6 885 | 6 890 | 7 649 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2 418 | 2 459 | 2 323 |
| Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 1 221 | 1 542 | 750 |
| TOTAL | 17 619 | 17 944 | 17 535 |
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NOVEMBER KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, the November 2009 merchandise imports were $17,535m, a decrease of $409m (2%) on the revised October 2009 merchandise imports of $17,944m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis decreased by $565m (3%) in seasonally adjusted terms from $16,871m in October 2009 to $16,306m in November 2009.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE | Release Date |
| December 2009 | 19 January 2010 |
| 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 |
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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