5439.0 - International Merchandise Imports, Australia, Mar 2011 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 19/04/2011   
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MARCH KEY FIGURES

January 2011
February 2011
March 2011
$m
$m
$m

Food and live animals
662
687
740
Beverages and tobacco
120
101
142
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels
159
152
250
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials
2 231
2 792
3 430
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes
28
47
39
Chemicals and related products, nes
1 905
1 806
2 306
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material
1 854
1 937
1 830
Machinery and transport equipment
5 974
5 785
6 936
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
2 085
2 169
2 136
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC
763
1 107
735
TOTAL
15 781
16 583
18 544





MARCH KEY POINTS


ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
  • In original terms, the March 2011 merchandise imports were $18,544m, an increase of $1,961m (12%) on the revised February 2011 merchandise imports of $16,583m.


PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
  • Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms increased $2,117m (13%). In seasonally adjusted terms goods debits increased $291m (2%) from $18,062m in February 2011 to $18,353m in March 2011. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $623m (8%) with the fuels and lubricants component up $615m (23%) after increasing by 27% the previous month. Non-monetary gold rose $84m (25%). Capital goods fell $350m (8%) and consumption goods fell $66m (1%).


IMPACT OF THE FLOODS
  • Flooding began in late December 2010 in Queensland, and was more extensive in both Queensland and other states in January 2011. The collection and processing of data included in this publication were not disrupted. The specific impact of the floods on these estimates cannot be quantified.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
April 2011 18 May 2011
May 2011 21 June 2011
June 2011 19 July 2011
July 2011 18 August 2011
August 2011 19 September 2011
September 2011 19 October 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.