DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

	Sep Qtr 10 to Dec Qtr 10	Dec Qtr 09 to Dec Qtr 10
	% change	% change
Import Price Index all groups	-3.8	-1.0
Food and live animals	-5.6	-0.9
Beverages and tobacco	-2.1	-4.2
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	-0.2	12.4
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-1.0	4.1
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	6.8	-2.7
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	-3.6	-1.9
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	-4.5	1.9
Machinery and transport equipment	-4.2	-4.3
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	-6.7	-4.7
Commodities and transactions, n.e.s.	2.1	15.6
Export Price Index all groups	-8.1	19.4
Food and live animals	2.3	12.9
Beverages and tobacco	-2.1	-4.2
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	-12.7	43.2
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-13.3	17.5
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	16.6	24.4
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	-1.2	5.8
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	-0.3	12.1
Machinery and transport equipment	-5.1	-4.5
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	-4.0	-7.9
Commodities and transactions, n.e.s.	1.1	14.9

IMPORT PRICE INDEX: all groups, Quarterly % change

EXPORT PRICE INDEX: all groups, Quarterly % change

DECEMBER KEY POINTS


IMPORT PRICE INDEX

• The Import Price Index decreased by 3.8% in the December quarter 2010. Through the year to December quarter 2010, the Import Price Index decreased by 1.0%.

EXPORT PRICE INDEX

• The Export Price Index decreased by 8.1% in the December quarter 2010. Through the year to December quarter 2010, the Export Price Index increased by 19.4%.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
March 2011	20 April 2011
June 2011	22 July 2011
September 2011	21 October 2011
December 2011	20 January 2012

IMPACT OF THE FLOODS

Flooding in Queensland began in late December 2010. It is expected that the first significant economic impact of this and floods in other states will be reflected in the March quarter 2011 release of this publication.

Price collection for the December quarter 2010 was not affected by the floods.


ROUNDING

Any discrepancies between totals and sums of components are due to rounding.


DATA REFERENCES

Data referenced in the Key Points and Commentary are available from the tables shown in this publication, or in the corresponding tables of this publication on the ABS website <https://www.abs.gov.au>.


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