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OCTOBER KEY FIGURES

	August 2013	September 2013	October 2013
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	990	943	1 096
Beverages and tobacco	223	245	268
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	198	210	219
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 296	3 686	3 854
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	41	60	53
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 133	1 927	2 205
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 620	2 460	2 428
Machinery and transport equipment	8 272	7 935	8 205
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	3 007	2 918	3 054
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	908	868	886
TOTAL	21 687	21 252	22 268

• In original terms, October 2013 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $22,268m, an increase of $1,016m (5%) on the revised September 2013 merchandise imports of $21,252m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $1,716m (8%) between September and October 2013.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits rose $186m (1%) between September and October 2013 to $22,317m. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $85m (1%), consumption goods rose $78m (1%), capital goods rose $23m and non-monetary gold rose $1m.

• 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.