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MAY KEY FIGURES

	March 2014	April 2014	May 2014
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	874	924	1 001
Beverages and tobacco	188	210	202
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	287	195	216
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 070	3 170	3 773
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	60	36	48
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 258	2 273	2 142
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 078	2 438	2 433
Machinery and transport equipment	7 371	7 371	7 750
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 590	2 780	2 669
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	865	820	937
TOTAL	19 643	20 217	21 171

• In original terms, May 2014 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $21,171m, a rise of $954m (5%) on the revised April 2014 merchandise imports of $20,217m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $390m (2%) between April and May 2014.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits fell $175m (1%) between April and May 2014 to $22,303m. Capital goods fell $195m (4%) and consumption goods fell $35m (1%). Non–monetary gold rose $38m (12%) and intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $16m.
  
  

• 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.