OCTOBER KEY FIGURES
 | August 2010 | September 2010 | October 2010 |
 | $m | $m | $m |
|
Food and live animals | 761 | 800 | 777 |
Beverages and tobacco | 154 | 193 | 168 |
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 179 | 215 | 222 |
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 2 226 | 2 470 | 2 242 |
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 51 | 42 | 48 |
Chemicals and related products, nes | 2 043 | 1 957 | 1 956 |
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 2 024 | 2 030 | 1 919 |
Machinery and transport equipment | 6 974 | 7 059 | 6 991 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2 473 | 2 604 | 2 520 |
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 554 | 972 | 836 |
TOTAL | 17 438 | 18 343 | 17 678 |
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OCTOBER KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, the October 2010 merchandise imports were $17,678m, a decrease of $665m (4%) on the September 2010 merchandise imports of $18,343m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms decreased $633m (3%). In seasonally adjusted terms goods debits decreased $565m (3%) from $17,618m in September 2010 to $17,053m in October 2010. Intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $411m (5%) with the fuels and lubricants component down $196m (9%), consumption goods fell $111m (2%) and non-monetary gold fell $48m (8%). Capital goods rose $5m.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE | Release Date |
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 |
April 2011 | 18 May 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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