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JUNE KEY FIGURES

	April 2012	May 2012	June 2012
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	712	775	711
Beverages and tobacco	144	154	132
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	255	181	160
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 262	3 734	2 976
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	45	43	32
Chemicals and related products, nes	1 944	2 091	2 014
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	1 950	2 257	2 157
Machinery and transport equipment	7 501	8 174	8 402
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 138	2 404	2 177
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	876	890	1 161
TOTAL	18 828	20 702	19 921

• In original terms, the June 2012 merchandise imports were $19,921m, a decrease of $781m (4%) on the May 2012 merchandise imports of $20,702m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms fell $1,097m (5%) between May and June 2012. In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits fell $336m (2%) from $22,011m in May 2012 to $21,675m in June 2012. Intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $568m (6%), driven by the fuels and lubricants component, down $729m (20%). Consumption goods fell $124m (2%). Capital goods rose $338m (6%), and non-monetary gold rose $18m (4%).

• Revisions have been made to the previous six months to incorporate the latest administrative data relating to international merchandise trade.