MARCH KEY FIGURES

	Dec Qtr 09 to Mar Qtr 10	Mar Qtr 09 to Mar Qtr 10
	% change	% change
Import Price Index all groups	0.3	-12.9
Food and live animals	3.8	-11.7
Beverages and tobacco	-0.6	-2.7
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	4.1	-26.7
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-0.5	20.9
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	-5.7	-34.3
Chemicals and related products n.e.s.	-2.2	-15.5
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	1.4	-17.6
Machinery and transport equipment	0.5	-15.8
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	-0.2	-22.9
Commodities and transactions, n.e.s.	2.0	-9.3
Export Price Index all groups	3.8	-26.8
Food and live animals	6.3	-11.0
Beverages and tobacco	0.0	-15.3
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	5.9	-26.8
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	2.5	-48.4
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	-11.8	9.4
Chemicals and related products n.e.s.	2.0	-8.6
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	7.2	7.7
Machinery and transport equipment	0.5	-15.6
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	-3.1	-17.4
Commodities and transactions, n.e.s.	1.2	-11.1

IMPORT PRICE INDEX: all groups, Quarterly % change

EXPORT PRICE INDEX: all groups, Quarterly % change

MARCH KEY POINTS


IMPORT PRICE INDEX

• The Import Price Index increased by 0.3% in the March quarter 2010. Through the year to March quarter 2010, the Import Price Index decreased by 12.9%.

EXPORT PRICE INDEX

• The Export Price Index increased by 3.8% in the March quarter 2010. Through the year to March quarter 2010, the Export Price Index decreased by 26.8%.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
June 2010	23 July 2010
September 2010	22 October 2010
December 2010	21 January 2011
March 2011	20 April 2011

CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

Data for SITC Section 4 - Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes and SITC Section 9 - Commodities and transactions, n.e.s. are now included in the Export Price Index Key Figures tables on the front page of this publication. Tables 8 and 9 of this release and corresponding tables of this publication on the ABS website <https://www.abs.gov.au> have been updated to incorporate this change.

As a consequence of including these two SITC sections on the front page of the publication, the Key Points information has been reduced, with more detailed commentary now included on page 3.

The abbreviation 'n.e.c.' (not elsewhere classified) has been changed to 'n.e.s.' (not elsewhere specified) throughout this publication.


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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