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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

	July 2009	August 2009	September 2009
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	817	680	763
Beverages and tobacco	137	138	180
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	137	181	159
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	2 496	1 899	2 334
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	49	53	52
Chemicals and related products, nes	1 932	1 652	1 742
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	1 775	1 722	1 882
Machinery and transport equipment	6 452	5 826	6 886
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 372	2 284	2 418
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	547	1 055	1 221
TOTAL	16 715	15 491	17 637

• In original terms, the September 2009 merchandise imports were $17,637m, an increase of $2,146m (14%) on the revised August 2009 merchandise imports of $15,491m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis increased by $1,033m (6%) in seasonally adjusted terms from $16,185m in August 2009 to $17,218m in September 2009. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $656m (10%) with fuels and lubricants up $448m (25%), non-monetary gold rose $182m (33%), consumption goods rose $123m (2%) and capital goods rose $74m (2%).