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AUGUST KEY FIGURES

	June 2015	July 2015	August 2015
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	1 069	1 222	1 129
Beverages and tobacco	243	276	265
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	275	249	207
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	2 707	2 541	2 363
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	40	66	54
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 281	2 401	2 347
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	3 026	3 010	2 643
Machinery and transport equipment	8 785	9 192	8 132
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	3 229	3 673	3 608
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	905	1 263	1 124
TOTAL	22 561	23 895	21 871

• In original terms, August 2015 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $21,871m, a decrease of $2,024m (8%) on the revised July 2015 merchandise imports of $23,895m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms fell $670m (3%) between July and August 2015.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits rose $189m (1%) between July and August 2015 to $23,604m. This is the highest on record surpassing the revised April 2015 estimate of $23,423m.
• Consumption goods rose $142m (2%), driven by consumption goods n.e.s, up $121m (5%).
• Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $62m (1%), driven by fuels and lubricants, up $548m (24%). This was partly offset by processed industrial supplies n.e.s., down $365 (13%) and other merchandise goods down $82m (74%).
• Capital goods fell $41m (1%), driven by machinery and industrial equipment, down $291m (15%), civil aircraft and confidentialised items, down $156m (17%) and telecommunications equipment, down $77m (8%). This was partly offset by capital goods n.e.s., up $512m (145%).
• Non-monetary gold rose $26m (8%).

• Revisions on an international merchandise trade basis have been applied back to February 2015.
• The preliminary balance of payments debits estimates incorporate the latest available data.
• The seasonally adjusted estimates of goods debits on a balance of payments basis have been revised as a result of the annual seasonal re-analysis. This re-analysis reviews the seasonal and trading day factors and assesses the appropriateness of any prior corrections.