SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES
 | July 2010 | August 2010 | September 2010 |
 | $m | $m | $m |
|
Food and live animals | 753 | 761 | 800 |
Beverages and tobacco | 135 | 154 | 193 |
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 257 | 179 | 216 |
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 2 564 | 2 195 | 2 455 |
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 62 | 51 | 42 |
Chemicals and related products, nes | 2 010 | 2 046 | 1 958 |
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 2 136 | 2 027 | 2 031 |
Machinery and transport equipment | 7 229 | 6 971 | 7 060 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2 355 | 2 472 | 2 606 |
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 1 246 | 554 | 972 |
TOTAL | 18 747 | 17 409 | 18 332 |
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SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, the September 2010 merchandise imports were $18,332m, an increase of $923m (5%) on the August 2010 merchandise imports of $17,409m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms increased $928m (5%) in September 2010. In seasonally adjusted terms goods debits increased $350m (2%) from $17,384m in August 2010 to $17,734m. Non-monetary gold rose $333m and Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $185m (2%) with the fuels and lubricants component up $229m (11%). Capital goods fell $167m (4%) and consumption goods fell $1m.
- This preliminary analysis incorporates the results of annual seasonal re-analysis of seasonally adjusted series.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE | Release Date |
October 2010 | 18 November 2010 |
November 2010 | 16 December 2010 |
December 2010 | 19 January 2011 |
January 2011 | 17 February 2011 |
February 2011 | 21 March 2011 |
March 2011 | 19 April 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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