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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

	July 2011	August 2011	September 2011
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	687	866	861
Beverages and tobacco	132	168	187
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	288	238	206
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 074	3 408	3 041
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	38	47	43
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 039	2 125	2 203
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 106	2 598	2 122
Machinery and transport equipment	8 180	7 434	7 295
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 222	2 581	2 610
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	952	1 062	1 454
TOTAL	19 718	20 528	20 022

• In original terms, the September 2011 merchandise imports were $20,022m, a decrease of $506m (2%) on the August 2011 merchandise imports of $20,528m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms fell $423m (2%) between August and September 2011. In seasonally adjusted terms goods debits fell $354m (2%) from $20,104m in August 2011 to $19,750m in September 2011. Intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $462m (5%). This decrease was driven by the fuels and lubricants component down $374m (12%) following a rise of $298m (10%) between July and August 2011 and the processed industrial supplies n.e.s. component down $356m (15%) between August and September 2011. Consumption goods fell $155m (3%). Capital goods rose $226m (5%) and non-monetary gold rose $39m (7%).

• Revisions have been made to the previous six months to incorporate the latest administrative data relating to international merchandise trade.