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NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES

	September 2012	October 2012	November 2012
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	811	922	878
Beverages and tobacco	184	209	238
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	172	293	260
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 184	3 448	3 787
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	42	37	63
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	1 923	2 238	2 145
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 088	2 413	2 477
Machinery and transport equipment	7 297	8 815	9 337
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 546	2 853	2 798
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	1 064	1 060	894
TOTAL	19 311	22 288	22 876

• In original terms, the November 2012 merchandise imports were $22,876m, an increase of $588m (3%) on the October 2012 merchandise imports of $22,288m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $315m (1%) between October and November 2012.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits rose $518m (2%) from $21,244m in October 2012 to $21,762m in November 2012. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $411m (5%) with fuels and lubricants up $189m (6%). Consumption goods rose $163m (3%) and capital goods rose $124m (2%). Non-monetary gold fell $179m (33%).

• Revisions have been made to the previous six months to incorporate the latest administrative data relating to international merchandise trade.
• The preliminary balance of payments debits estimates incorporate the latest available data.