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FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES

	December 2012	January 2013	February 2013
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	808	840	780
Beverages and tobacco	173	166	142
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	164	176	177
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 319	3 225	3 421
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	44	47	39
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	1 748	1 959	1 908
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	1 921	2 216	1 940
Machinery and transport equipment	7 412	7 283	6 571
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 220	2 371	2 384
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	602	673	509
TOTAL	18 412	18 956	17 871

• In original terms, the February 2013 merchandise imports were $17,871m, a decrease of $1,085m (6%) on the revised January 2013 merchandise imports of $18,956m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms fell $1,562m (8%) between January and February 2013.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits fell $241m (1%) from $20,717m in January 2013 to $20,476m in February 2013. Capital goods fell $253m (4%) with civil aircraft and confidentialised items down $132m (45%) and capital goods n.e.s. down $124m (9%), and non-monetary gold fell $32m (9%). Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $41m and consumption goods rose $3m.

• Revisions have been made to April 2010, June 2010, December 2010, September 2011, May 2012, and August 2012 to January 2013 to incorporate the latest administrative data relating to international merchandise trade.
• The preliminary balance of payments debits estimates incorporate the latest available data.