OCTOBER KEY FIGURES
 | August 2005 | September 2005 | October 2005 |
| $m | $m | $m |
|
| Food and live animals | 514 | 501 | 478 |
| Beverages and tobacco | 97 | 102 | 106 |
| Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 169 | 188 | 138 |
| Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 1 379 | 1 479 | 1 720 |
| Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 31 | 32 | 29 |
| Chemicals and related products, nes | 1 613 | 1 530 | 1 370 |
| Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 1 645 | 1 588 | 1 508 |
| Machinery and transport equipment | 5 910 | 6 033 | 5 854 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2 027 | 2 025 | 2 067 |
| Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 362 | 252 | 130 |
| TOTAL | 13 747 | 13 731 | 13 401 |
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OCTOBER KEY POINTS
NOTES
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. More detailed merchandise imports data are available from AusStats or by contacting the National Information and Referral Service.
CUSTOMS AND ABS CHANGES TO IMPORTS FROM OCTOBER 2005
For more information on these changes refer to the article 'Impact of Customs and ABS changes on import statistics from October 2005', released on the ABS website concurrently with this issue. To access this article select: Themes then International Trade then Topics of Interest then Methodological issues.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For more details see the ABS publication International Merchandise Trade, Australia: Concepts, Sources and Methods (cat. no. 5489.0) which is accessible on the ABS web site.
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