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JUNE KEY FIGURES

	April 2013	May 2013	June 2013
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	737	830	718
Beverages and tobacco	168	164	149
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	208	241	164
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 364	3 629	3 208
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	47	37	37
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	1 922	2 130	1 794
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	1 929	2 277	1 966
Machinery and transport equipment	7 106	7 573	7 349
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 214	2 444	2 280
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	926	758	769
TOTAL	18 621	20 082	18 434

• In original terms, June 2013 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $18,434m, a decrease of $1,648m (8%) on the revised May 2013 merchandise imports of $20,082m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms fell $1,580m (8%) between May and June 2013.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits fell $413m (2%) between May and June 2013 to $20,144m. Intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $598m (7%) with fuels and lubricants down $489m (14%). Non–monetary gold fell $59m (14%). Capital goods rose $163m (3%) and consumption goods rose $80m (1%).

• 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.