DECEMBER KEY FIGURES
 | October 2010 | November 2010 | December 2010 |
 | $m | $m | $m |
|
Food and live animals | 777 | 812 | 762 |
Beverages and tobacco | 167 | 161 | 175 |
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 222 | 239 | 212 |
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 2 231 | 2 556 | 3 004 |
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 48 | 45 | 50 |
Chemicals and related products, nes | 1 952 | 1 912 | 1 845 |
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 1 917 | 1 934 | 1 836 |
Machinery and transport equipment | 6 977 | 7 559 | 6 914 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2 520 | 2 584 | 2 240 |
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 837 | 1 351 | 1 108 |
TOTAL | 17 648 | 19 152 | 18 146 |
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DECEMBER KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, the December 2010 merchandise imports were $18,146m, a decrease of $1,006m (5%) on the November 2010 merchandise imports of $19,152m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms decreased $874m (5%). In seasonally adjusted terms goods debits increased $238m (1%) from $17,672m in November 2010 to $17,910m in December 2010. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $642m (8%) with the fuels and lubricants component up $426m (17%) and the other merchandise goods component up $169m. Non-monetary gold fell $201m (34%), capital goods fell $155m (4%) and consumption goods fell $49m (1%).
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE | Release Date |
January 2011 | 17 February 2011 |
February 2011 | 21 March 2011 |
March 2011 | 19 April 2011 |
April 2011 | 18 May 2011 |
May 2011 | 21 June 2011 |
June 2011 | 19 July 2011 |
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.
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