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APRIL KEY FIGURES

	February 2010	March 2010	April 2010
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	627	735	620
Beverages and tobacco	102	139	121
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	140	176	184
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	2 163	2 393	2 566
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	32	35	44
Chemicals and related products, nes	1 728	2 065	1 803
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	1 740	1 967	1 751
Machinery and transport equipment	5 894	7 202	6 542
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 090	2 053	1 963
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	763	1 261	1 225
TOTAL	15 279	18 025	16 818

• In original terms, the April 2010 merchandise imports were $16,818m, a decrease of $1,207m (7%) on the revised March 2010 merchandise imports of $18,025m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis increased by $34m in seasonally adjusted terms from $17,702m in March 2010 to $17,736m in April 2010. Non-monetary gold rose $299m (50%). Consumption goods rose $151m (3%), driven by non-industrial transport equipment, up $134m (9%). Capital goods rose $21m (1%), while intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $437m (6%).