MARCH KEY FIGURES
 | January 2010 | February 2010 | March 2010 |
 | $m | $m | $m |
|
Food and live animals | 644 | 627 | 735 |
Beverages and tobacco | 121 | 102 | 139 |
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 162 | 140 | 176 |
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 1 999 | 2 160 | 2 416 |
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 36 | 32 | 35 |
Chemicals and related products, nes | 1 633 | 1 728 | 2 066 |
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 1 892 | 1 740 | 1 967 |
Machinery and transport equipment | 5 790 | 5 894 | 7 205 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2 136 | 2 090 | 2 054 |
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 957 | 763 | 1 262 |
TOTAL | 15 371 | 15 276 | 18 055 |
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MARCH KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, the March 2010 merchandise imports were $18,055m, an increase of $2,779m (18%) on the revised February 2009 merchandise imports of $15,276m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis increased by $676m (4%) in seasonally adjusted terms from $17,026m in February 2010 to $17,702m in March 2010. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $694m (10%) with the other merchandise goods component up $282m and the fuels and lubricants component up $263m (13%). Non-monetary gold rose $128m (27%), capital goods rose $64m (2%) while consumption goods fell $210m (4%).
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE | Release Date |
April 2010 | 19 May 2010 |
May 2010 | 21 June 2010 |
June 2010 | 19 July 2010 |
July 2010 | 19 August 2010 |
August 2010 | 16 September 2010 |
September 2010 | 20 October 2010 |
INQUIRIES
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Selvi Sekhar on Canberra (02) 6252 5540.
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