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MARCH KEY FIGURES

	January 2014	February 2014	March 2014
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	1 017	946	874
Beverages and tobacco	200	205	188
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	198	201	287
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 802	3 748	3 107
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	50	33	60
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 242	1 925	2 271
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 640	2 082	2 081
Machinery and transport equipment	7 543	7 414	7 430
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 951	2 590	2 592
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	959	1 010	865
TOTAL	21 601	20 154	19 756

• In original terms, March 2014 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $19,756m, a fall of $398m (2%) on the revised February 2014 merchandise imports of $20,154m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $1,142m (6%) between February and March 2014.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits rose $16m between February and March 2014 to $22,436m. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $225m (2%). Capital goods fell $119m (2%), consumption goods fell $48m (1%) and non–monetary gold fell $41m (12%).

• 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.