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MARCH KEY FIGURES

	January 2013	February 2013	March 2013
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	840	780	800
Beverages and tobacco	166	142	164
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	176	177	152
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 220	3 393	3 372
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	47	39	32
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	1 959	1 908	2 018
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 216	1 940	2 019
Machinery and transport equipment	7 279	6 564	6 990
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 371	2 375	2 021
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	673	509	553
TOTAL	18 946	17 828	18 121

• In original terms, March 2013 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $18,121m, an increase of $293m (2%) on the revised February 2013 merchandise imports of $17,828m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $329m (2%) between February and March 2013.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits fell $253m (1%) between February and March 2013 to $20,170m. Capital goods fell $578m (11%), with capital goods n.e.s. down $235m (19%) and machinery and industrial equipment down $144m (8%). Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $292m (3%), non-monetary gold rose $28m (8%) and consumption goods rose $6m.

• 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.