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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

	Sep Qtr 09 to Dec Qtr 09	Dec Qtr 08 to Dec Qtr 09
	% change	% change
Import Price Index all groups	-4.3	-15.5
Food and live animals	-6.3	-18.7
Beverages and tobacco	-0.5	4.1
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	-0.4	-44.6
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-0.5	-17.9
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	-5.6	-29.0
Chemicals and related products, n.e.c.	-3.7	-21.3
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	-6.2	-17.1
Machinery and transport equipment	-5.5	-13.0
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	-7.2	-18.8
Commodities and transactions, n.e.c.	5.3	2.8
Export Price Index all groups	-1.7	-32.7
Food and live animals	-5.2	-24.8
Beverages and tobacco	-2.4	-13.8
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	-1.5	-37.6
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-1.8	-49.4
Chemicals and related products, n.e.c.	-1.4	-12.2
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	-1.3	-22.5
Machinery and transport equipment	-4.0	-15.4
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	-5.5	-15.5

IMPORT PRICE INDEX: all groups, Quarterly % change

EXPORT PRICE INDEX: all groups, Quarterly % change

• The Import Price Index decreased by 4.3% in the December quarter 2009. The decrease was driven mainly by the appreciation of the Australian dollar against all major trading currencies, and lower prices paid for telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment (-7.5%) and road vehicles (-3.5%). These falls were partly offset by rises in prices paid for gold, non-monetary (+5.3%). Through the year to December quarter 2009, the Import Price Index decreased by 15.5%, the largest annual decrease since the series began in September quarter 1981.

• The Export Price Index decreased by 1.7% in the December quarter 2009. The decrease was driven mainly by the appreciation of the Australian dollar against all major trading currencies, and falls in prices received for coal, coke and briquettes (-7.0%) and metalliferous ores and metal scrap (-1.9%). These falls were partly offset by rises in prices received for gas, natural and manufactured (+16.5%) and gold, non-monetary (6.2%). Through the year to December quarter 2009, the Export Price Index decreased by 32.7%. This is the largest annual decrease since the series began in September quarter 1974.