NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES
 | September 2010 | October 2010 | November 2010 |
 | $m | $m | $m |
|
Food and live animals | 800 | 777 | 812 |
Beverages and tobacco | 193 | 167 | 161 |
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 215 | 222 | 239 |
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 2 474 | 2 232 | 2 552 |
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 42 | 48 | 45 |
Chemicals and related products, nes | 1 957 | 1 957 | 1 912 |
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 2 030 | 1 917 | 1 934 |
Machinery and transport equipment | 7 062 | 6 989 | 7 560 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2 605 | 2 520 | 2 584 |
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 972 | 837 | 1 352 |
TOTAL | 18 352 | 17 666 | 19 152 |
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NOVEMBER KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, the November 2010 merchandise imports were $19,152m, an increase of $1,486m (8%) on the October 2010 merchandise imports of $17,666m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms increased $1,306m (7%). In seasonally adjusted terms goods debits increased $613m (4%) from $17,083m in October 2010 to $17,696m in November 2010. Capital goods rose $314m (8%) with the civil aircraft and confidentialised items component up $343m, intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $260m (4%) with the fuels and lubricants component up $339m (16%), consumption goods rose $52m (1%) and non-monetary gold fell $14m (2%).
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE | Release Date |
December 2010 | 19 January 2011 |
January 2011 | 17 February 2011 |
February 2011 | 21 March 2011 |
March 2011 | 19 April 2011 |
April 2011 | 18 May 2011 |
May 2011 | 21 June 2011 |
INQUIRIES
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Olivia Lam on Canberra (02) 6252 7406.
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