DECEMBER KEY FIGURES
 | October 2008 | November 2008 | December 2008 |
 | $m | $m | $m |
|
Food and live animals | 823 | 781 | 844 |
Beverages and tobacco | 196 | 187 | 175 |
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 312 | 287 | 278 |
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 3 450 | 2 571 | 2 291 |
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 53 | 79 | 46 |
Chemicals and related products, nes | 2 336 | 2 068 | 2 109 |
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 2 674 | 2 624 | 2 408 |
Machinery and transport equipment | 8 075 | 7 833 | 7 450 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2 928 | 2 784 | 2 572 |
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 956 | 1 689 | 1 957 |
TOTAL | 21 803 | 20 902 | 20 130 |
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DECEMBER KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, the December 2008 merchandise imports were $20,130m, a decrease of $772m (4%) on the revised November 2008 merchandise imports of $20,902m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis decreased by $432m (2%) in seasonally adjusted terms between November and December 2008. Other goods fell $766m (41%) with non monetary gold down $668m (45%). Intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $623m (7%) with fuels and lubricants down $334m (14%) and parts for transport equipment down $102m (12%). Capital goods rose $872m (20%) and Consumption goods rose $85m (2%).
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE | Release Date |
January 2009 | 18 February 2009 |
February 2009 | 19 March 2009 |
March 2009 | 21 April 2009 |
April 2009 | 20 May 2009 |
May 2009 | 18 June 2009 |
June 2009 | 16 July 2009 |
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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