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MARCH KEY FIGURES

	January 2009	February 2009	March 2009
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	770	628	755
Beverages and tobacco	130	110	145
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	251	138	158
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	2 011	2 014	1 854
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	49	40	49
Chemicals and related products, nes	1 887	1 816	2 038
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 097	1 859	1 972
Machinery and transport equipment	6 119	5 253	6 619
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 421	2 064	2 429
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	1 428	2 630	1 300
TOTAL	17 164	16 551	17 318

• In original terms, the March 2009 merchandise imports were $17,318m, an increase of $767m (5%) on the revised February 2009 merchandise imports of $16,551m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis decreased by $748m (4%) in seasonally adjusted terms from $18,481m in February 2009 to $17,733m in March 2009. Other goods fell $639m (32%) with non-monetary gold down $806m (46%). Capital goods fell $563m (12%) and intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $207m (3%). Consumption goods rose $661m (15%) with consumption goods n.e.s., up $206m (13%), textiles, clothing and footwear, up $134m (21%) and non-industrial transport equipment, up $104m (13%).