SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

	Jun Qtr 10 to Sep Qtr 10	Sep Qtr 09 to Sep Qtr 10
	% change	% change
Import Price Index all groups	0.7	-1.5
Food and live animals	-1.2	-1.7
Beverages and tobacco	0.1	-2.7
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	-3.1	12.7
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-0.8	4.6
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	4.9	-14.0
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	1.4	-1.9
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	3.4	0.1
Machinery and transport equipment	0.5	-5.6
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	0.9	-5.2
Commodities and transactions, n.e.s.	0.5	19.3
Export Price Index all groups	7.8	27.7
Food and live animals	1.1	4.5
Beverages and tobacco	-2.3	-4.6
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	13.2	61.6
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	13.4	32.9
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	6.3	9.4
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2.9	5.5
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	-0.9	10.9
Machinery and transport equipment	-1.0	-3.4
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	-4.2	-9.3
Commodities and transactions, n.e.s.	1.0	20.0

IMPORT PRICE INDEX: all groups, Quarterly % change

EXPORT PRICE INDEX: all groups, Quarterly % change

SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS


IMPORT PRICE INDEX

• The Import Price Index increased by 0.7% in the September quarter 2010. Through the year to September quarter 2010, the Import Price Index decreased by 1.5%.

EXPORT PRICE INDEX

• The Export Price Index increased by 7.8% in the September quarter 2010. Through the year to September quarter 2010, the Export Price Index increased by 27.7%.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

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

CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

Both the Import Price Index and the Export Price Index have been reweighted in the September quarter 2010. This is in line with the ABS policy of reweighting these indexes annually in the September quarter, as explained in paragraphs 8-10 of the Explanatory Notes. The new weighting patterns are provided as an Appendix to this issue. As a consequence of the annual reweighting, the points contribution data for June quarter 2010 shown in Tables 2, 8 and 17 differ from that published in the previous issue of this publication.

This issue incorporates revisions to a number of series in the Import Price Index back to September quarter 2009. These revisions are a result of a correction to an error in the underlying weights assigned in the 2009 annual reweight of the Import Price Index. At the All groups level this results in a 0.1% revision to June quarter 2010. The revised series are highlighted with revision annotations in the publication and with i-notes on the ABS website. The revised time series spreadsheets and data cubes for the September quarter 2009, December quarter 2009, March quarter 2010 and June quarter 2010 issues are also included in this release and can be downloaded from the ABS website <https://www.abs.gov.au>.


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>.


INQUIRIES

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