SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

	Jun Qtr 16 to Sep Qtr 16	Sep Qtr 15 to Sep Qtr 16
	% change	% change
Import Price Index all groups	-1.0	-5.1
Food and live animals	-0.4	-2.9
Beverages and tobacco	-1.3	-1.9
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2.9	-3.3
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-0.2	-20.7
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	5.8	-3.6
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	-1.2	-9.7
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	-1.5	-5.0
Machinery and transport equipment	-0.9	-1.8
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	-2.3	-2.5
Commodities and transactions, n.e.s.	4.1	13.6
Export Price Index all groups	3.5	-5.4
Food and live animals	3.2	-6.3
Beverages and tobacco	-4.5	-8.5
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	4.4	-1.2
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	5.2	-14.9
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	9.5	27.6
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	-0.5	-8.1
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2.4	-6.5
Machinery and transport equipment	-0.5	-5.3
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	-1.2	-3.2
Commodities and transactions, n.e.s.	3.9	11.3

IMPORT PRICE INDEX: all groups, Quarterly % change

EXPORT PRICE INDEX: all groups, Quarterly % change

SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS


IMPORT PRICE INDEX

• The Import Price Index fell 1.0% in the September quarter 2016. Through the year to the September quarter 2016, the Import Price Index fell 5.1%.

EXPORT PRICE INDEX

• The Export Price Index rose 3.5% in the September quarter 2016. Through the year to the September quarter 2016, the Export Price Index fell 5.4%.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
December 2016	27 January 2017
March 2017	27 April 2017
June 2017	27 July 2017
September 2017	26 October 2017

CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

The Import Price Index and the Export Price Index have been reweighted for the September quarter 2016. These indexes are reweighted annually for the September quarter using import and export values. A detailed explanation of the reweighting methodology and data sources is available in paragraphs 8-10 of the Explanatory Notes. The new weighting patterns are provided in the Appendix of this issue. As a consequence of the annual reweighting, the points contribution data for the June quarter 2016 shown in Tables 2, 8 and 17 have been updated from that published in the previous issue of this publication.


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