5439.0 - International Merchandise Imports, Australia, Jun 2007  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 17/07/2007   
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JUNE KEY FIGURES

April 2007
May 2007
June 2007
$m
$m
$m

Food and live animals
565
558
497
Beverages and tobacco
97
88
87
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels
246
174
187
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials
1 808
2 126
2 065
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes
47
60
33
Chemicals and related products, nes
1 724
1 817
1 589
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material
1 684
1 717
1 646
Machinery and transport equipment
6 198
6 747
6 659
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
1 733
1 902
1 959
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC
493
447
674
TOTAL
14 596
15 636
15 396




JUNE KEY POINTS


ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
  • In original terms, the June 2007 merchandise imports were $15,396m, a decrease of $240m (1.5%) on the revised May 2007 merchandise imports of $15,636m.


PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
  • Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis increased by 1% in seasonally adjusted terms between May and June 2007.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
July 2007 17 August 2007
August 2007 18 September 2007
September 2007 18 October 2007
October 2007 19 November 2007
November 2007 18 December 2007
December 2007 17 January 2008



INTRODUCTION

This publication presents statistics of Australia's merchandise imports classified according to the broadest level (1 digit sections) of the United Nations Standard International Trade Classification. The data are compiled from information submitted by importers or their agents to the Australian Customs Service. For more details see International Merchandise Trade, Australia: Concepts, Sources and Methods (cat. no. 5489.0) on the ABS web site. More detailed merchandise imports data are available on the ABS web site www.abs.gov.au from the Details tab of this issue or by contacting the National Information and Referral Service.



INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Julia Jacques on Canberra (02) 6252 7042.