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JANUARY KEY FIGURES

	November 2013	December 2013	January 2014
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	1 016	958	1 017
Beverages and tobacco	265	253	200
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	187	191	198
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 943	3 711	3 819
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	50	46	50
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 057	1 856	2 250
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 371	2 021	2 641
Machinery and transport equipment	8 200	7 808	7 543
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 937	2 630	2 950
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	669	1 037	921
TOTAL	21 695	20 513	21 588

• In original terms, January 2014 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $21,588m, a rise of $1,075m (5%) on the revised December 2013 merchandise imports of $20,513m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $94m between December 2013 and January 2014.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits rose $162m (1%) between December 2013 and January 2014 to $22,705m. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $742m (8%) and consumption goods rose $47m (1%). Capital goods fell $532m (9%) and non-monetary gold fell $95m (27%).

• Revisions have been made to the previous six months to incorporate the latest administrative data relating to international merchandise trade.
• The preliminary balance of payments debits estimates incorporate the latest available data.