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JANUARY KEY FIGURES

	November 2014	December 2014	January 2015
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	1 007	1 220	1 073
Beverages and tobacco	262	273	198
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	223	228	264
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	2 816	2 805	2 484
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	62	44	50
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 003	1 973	2 062
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 365	2 316	2 677
Machinery and transport equipment	8 762	8 537	7 673
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	3 072	2 960	3 116
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	819	846	1 145
TOTAL	21 390	21 203	20 743

• In original terms, January 2015 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $20,743m, a decrease of $460m (2%) on the revised December 2014 merchandise imports of $21,203m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms fell $219m (1%) between December 2014 and January 2015.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits rose $809m (4%) between December 2014 and January 2015 to $22,659m. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $338m (4%), capital goods rose $308m (6%) and consumption goods rose $192m (3%). Non-monetary gold fell $28m (10%).

• 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.