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OCTOBER KEY FIGURES

	August 2014	September 2014	October 2014
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	982	1 055	1 179
Beverages and tobacco	228	275	271
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	232	308	323
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	2 814	3 609	3 416
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	61	47	60
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 082	2 051	2 154
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 504	2 516	2 651
Machinery and transport equipment	7 221	8 405	8 333
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 983	3 176	3 370
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	1 098	1 150	688
TOTAL	20 204	22 592	22 446

• In original terms, October 2014 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $22,446m, a decrease of $146m (1%) on the revised September 2014 merchandise imports of $22,592m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $388m (2%) between September and October 2014.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits fell $543m (2%) between September and October 2014 to $22,382m. Intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $372m (4%), consumption goods fell $95m (1%), capital goods fell $43m (1%) and non–monetary gold fell $34m (9%).

• 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.