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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

	October 2012	November 2012	December 2012
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	922	878	809
Beverages and tobacco	209	237	173
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	293	260	164
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 448	3 768	3 353
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	37	63	44
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2 238	2 145	1 747
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 413	2 476	1 922
Machinery and transport equipment	8 814	9 335	7 421
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 853	2 798	2 220
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	1 060	893	602
TOTAL	22 286	22 855	18 457

• In original terms, the December 2012 merchandise imports were $18,457m, a decrease of $4,398m (19%) on the November 2012 merchandise imports of $22,855m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms fell $4,146m (18%) between November and December 2012.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits fell $1,651m (8%) from $21,857m in November 2012 to $20,206m in December 2012. Capital goods fell $1,197m (19%), intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $373m (4%) and consumption goods fell $91m (2%). Non–monetary gold rose $11m (3%).

• 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.