MAY KEY FIGURES
 | March 2010 | April 2010 | May 2010 |
| $m | $m | $m |
|
| Food and live animals | 735 | 620 | 633 |
| Beverages and tobacco | 139 | 121 | 114 |
| Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 176 | 183 | 164 |
| Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 2 395 | 2 546 | 2 328 |
| Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 35 | 44 | 34 |
| Chemicals and related products, nes | 2 065 | 1 805 | 1 978 |
| Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 1 966 | 1 751 | 1 793 |
| Machinery and transport equipment | 7 201 | 6 542 | 7 004 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2 052 | 1 962 | 2 009 |
| Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 1 261 | 1 224 | 1 330 |
| TOTAL | 18 025 | 16 798 | 17 387 |
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MAY KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, the May 2010 merchandise imports were $17,387m, an increase of $589m (4%) on the revised April 2010 merchandise imports of $16,798m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis increased $718m (4%) in seasonally adjusted terms from $17,842m in April 2010 to $18,560m in May 2010. Capital goods rose $383m (9%), consumption goods rose $214m (4%) and intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $182m (2%). Non-monetary gold fell $61m (7%).
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE | Release Date |
| June 2010 | 19 July 2010 |
| July 2010 | 19 August 2010 |
| August 2010 | 16 September 2010 |
| September 2010 | 20 October 2010 |
| October 2010 | 18 November 2010 |
| November 2010 | 16 December 2010 |
INQUIRIES
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Olivia Lam on Canberra (02) 6252 7406.
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