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AUGUST KEY FIGURES

	June 2010	July 2010	August 2010
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	733	753	761
Beverages and tobacco	125	135	154
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	175	257	179
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	2 496	2 553	2 222
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	48	62	51
Chemicals and related products, nes	1 886	2 011	2 048
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	1 873	2 136	2 027
Machinery and transport equipment	7 206	7 228	6 971
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 263	2 354	2 473
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	1 099	1 247	555
TOTAL	17 904	18 736	17 441

• In original terms, the August 2010 merchandise imports were $17,441m, a decrease of $1,295m (7%) on the July 2010 merchandise imports of $18,736m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms decreased $1,264m (7%). In seasonally adjusted terms goods debits decreased $1,215m (6%) from $18,799m in July 2010 to $17,584m in August 2010. Intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $1,052m (12%) with the other merchandise goods component down $457m (82%) and the fuels and lubricants component down $308m (13%). Capital goods fell $127m (3%), non–monetary gold fell $78m (22%) while consumption goods rose $42m (1%).