FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES
 | December 2007 | January 2008 | February 2008 |
| $m | $m | $m |
|
| Food and live animals | 634 | 664 | 641 |
| Beverages and tobacco | 129 | 115 | 115 |
| Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 199 | 226 | 182 |
| Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 2 435 | 2 737 | 2 647 |
| Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 36 | 50 | 59 |
| Chemicals and related products, nes | 1 512 | 1 809 | 1 733 |
| Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 1 572 | 1 920 | 1 776 |
| Machinery and transport equipment | 6 825 | 6 496 | 6 629 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1 975 | 2 047 | 2 209 |
| Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 381 | 813 | 665 |
| TOTAL | 15 698 | 16 877 | 16 657 |
|
FEBRUARY KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, the February 2008 merchandise imports were $16,657m, a decrease of $220m (1%) on the revised January 2008 merchandise imports of $16,877m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis increased by 0.3% in seasonally adjusted terms between January and February 2008. Capital goods rose $269m (7%) with civil aircraft increasing by $404m. Consumption goods fell $93m (2%), intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $72m (1%) and other goods fell $53m (6%).
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE | Release Date |
| March 2008 | 17 April 2008 |
| April 2008 | 19 May 2008 |
| May 2008 | 18 June 2008 |
| June 2008 | 17 July 2008 |
| July 2008 | 19 August 2008 |
| August 2008 | 17 September 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.
INQUIRIES
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Selvi Sekhar on Canberra (02) 6252 5540.
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