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FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES

	December 2013	January 2014	February 2014
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	958	1 017	946
Beverages and tobacco	253	200	205
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	191	198	201
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 698	3 809	3 793
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	46	50	33
Chemicals and related products, nes	1 856	2 243	1 925
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 021	2 641	2 082
Machinery and transport equipment	7 805	7 543	7 715
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 631	2 952	2 591
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	1 035	959	1 020
TOTAL	20 494	21 610	20 510

• In original terms, February 2014 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $20,510m, a fall of $1,100m (5%) on the revised January 2014 merchandise imports of $21,610m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms fell $1,592m (7%) between January and February 2014.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits rose $321m (1%) between January and February 2014 to $22,988m. Capital goods rose $803m (16%) and non-monetary gold rose $109m (43%). Intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $531m (5%) and consumption goods fell $58m (1%).

• 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.