5439.0 - International Merchandise Imports, Australia, Jul 2007  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 17/08/2007   
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JULY KEY FIGURES

May 2007
June 2007
July 2007
$m
$m
$m

Food and live animals
557
498
568
Beverages and tobacco
88
87
102
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels
174
187
214
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials
2 128
2 077
1 884
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes
60
33
56
Chemicals and related products, nes
1 816
1 590
1 754
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material
1 717
1 644
1 758
Machinery and transport equipment
6 748
6 659
6 163
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
1 902
1 959
2 042
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC
447
674
734
TOTAL
15 637
15 409
15 275




JULY KEY POINTS


ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
  • In original terms, the July 2007 merchandise imports were $15,275m, a decrease of $134m (0.9%) on the revised June 2007 merchandise imports of $15,409m.


PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
  • Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis decreased by 4% in seasonally adjusted terms between June and July 2007.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
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
January 2008 19 February 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 Olivia Lam on Canberra (02) 6252 7406.