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JANUARY KEY FIGURES

	November 2012	December 2012	January 2013
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	878	808	840
Beverages and tobacco	237	173	167
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	260	164	176
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 793	3 334	3 229
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	63	44	47
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2 145	1 748	1 956
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 475	1 921	2 216
Machinery and transport equipment	9 337	7 414	7 287
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 796	2 220	2 373
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	893	602	673
TOTAL	22 878	18 429	18 962

• In original terms, the January 2013 merchandise imports were $18,962m, an increase of $533m (3%) on the revised December 2012 merchandise imports of $18,429m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $444m (2%) between December 2012 and January 2013.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits rose $187m (1%) from $20,433m in December 2012 to $20,620m in January 2013. Capital goods rose $299m (6%), driven by telecommunications equipment up $257m (52%), and consumption goods rose $166m (3%). Intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $272m (3%) and non-monetary gold fell $6m (2%).

• 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.