5439.0 - International Merchandise Imports, Australia, Feb 2007  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 16/03/2007   
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FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES

December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
$m
$m
$m

Food and live animals
610
633
585
Beverages and tobacco
121
104
110
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels
220
189
181
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials
1 986
1 624
1 550
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes
39
49
35
Chemicals and related products, nes
1 293
1 685
1 720
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material
1 602
1 858
1 727
Machinery and transport equipment
6 416
6 095
5 659
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
1 905
1 904
1 913
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC
374
427
579
TOTAL
14 566
14 567
14 060




FEBRUARY KEY POINTS


ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
  • In original terms, merchandise imports were $14,060m in February 2007, a decrease of $507m on January 2007 merchandise imports of $14,567m.


PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
  • Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis increased by 3% in seasonally adjusted terms between January 2007 and February 2007.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
March 2007 19 April 2007
April 2007 16 May 2007
May 2007 19 June 2007
June 2007 17 July 2007
July 2007 17 August 2007
August 2007 18 September 2007



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.



CHANGES IN FORTHCOMING ISSUES

As of the March 2007 issue there will be a slight change in the presentation of the data cubes for tables 8 & 9. Two new tabs (sheets) will be added, one to the front and one to the end of the existing tabs, to provide a table of contents and explanatory notes. The contents of the current tabs will remain unchanged.



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.