SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES
 | July 2007 | August 2007 | September 2007 |
| $m | $m | $m |
|
| Food and live animals | 568 | 655 | 609 |
| Beverages and tobacco | 102 | 148 | 123 |
| Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 214 | 197 | 195 |
| Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 1 861 | 2 226 | 1 918 |
| Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 56 | 44 | 38 |
| Chemicals and related products, nes | 1 750 | 1 771 | 1 624 |
| Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 1 758 | 1 892 | 1 655 |
| Machinery and transport equipment | 6 163 | 6 990 | 6 663 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2 042 | 2 180 | 2 133 |
| Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 734 | 794 | 482 |
| TOTAL | 15 247 | 16 896 | 15 441 |
|
SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, the September 2007 merchandise imports were $15,441m, a decrease of $1,455m (8.6%) on the revised August 2007 merchandise imports of $16,896m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis decreased by 4% in seasonally adjusted terms between August and September 2007.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE | Release Date |
| October 2007 | 19 November 2007 |
| November 2007 | 18 December 2007 |
| December 2007 | 17 January 2008 |
| January 2008 | 19 February 2008 |
| February 2008 | 19 March 2008 |
| March 2008 | 17 April 2008 |
INTRODUCTION
This publication presents statistics of Australia's merchandise imports classified according to the broadest level (1 digit sections) of the United Nations Standard International Trade Classification. The data are compiled from information submitted by importers or their agents to the Australian Customs Service. For more details see
International Merchandise Trade, Australia: Concepts, Sources and Methods (cat. no. 5489.0)
on the ABS web site. More detailed merchandise imports data are available on the ABS web site
www.abs.gov.au from the Details tab of this issue or by contacting the National Information and Referral Service.
CHANGES TO THIS ISSUE
Corrections have been applied to two country groupings. For all time series, the European Union grouping used in Merchandise trade country statistics will include Bulgaria and Romania, making a total of 27 countries. Minor corrections have been made to OECD from 1992.
INQUIRIES
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Julia Jacques on Canberra (02) 6252 7042.
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