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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

	July 2012	August 2012	September 2012
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	800	859	811
Beverages and tobacco	160	194	184
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	239	226	172
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 184	3 760	3 186
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	45	57	41
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2 201	2 125	1 924
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 230	2 498	2 088
Machinery and transport equipment	8 000	8 307	7 276
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 555	2 635	2 548
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	1 071	975	1 064
TOTAL	20 484	21 634	19 294

• In original terms, the September 2012 merchandise imports were $19,294m, a decrease of $2,340m (11%) on the August 2012 merchandise imports of $21,634m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms fell $1,680m (8%) between August and September 2012.

• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits fell $612m (3%) from $21,215m in August 2012 to $20,603m in September 2012. Capital goods fell $465m (8%) driven by the machinery and industrial equipment component, down $215m (11%). Consumption goods fell $323m (6%) and intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $105m (1%). Non–monetary gold rose $281m (70%).

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