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JUNE KEY FIGURES

	April 2015	May 2015	June 2015
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	1 049	1 060	1 070
Beverages and tobacco	217	239	243
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	231	255	275
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	2 639	2 663	2 723
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	56	51	40
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 312	2 052	2 281
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 501	2 692	3 028
Machinery and transport equipment	9 508	8 207	8 788
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 887	2 949	3 240
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	590	746	906
TOTAL	21 990	20 915	22 594

• In original terms, June 2015 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $22,594m, an increase of $1,679m (8%) on the revised May 2015 merchandise imports of $20,915m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $1,894m (9%) between May and June 2015.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits rose $976m (4%) between May and June 2015 to $23,287m.
• Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $957m (10%), driven by fuels and lubricants, up $599m (24%) and processed industrial supplies n.e.s., up $357m (14%).
• Consumption goods rose $80m (1%), driven by consumption goods n.e.s., up $69m (3%).
• Capital goods fell $42m (1%), driven by capital goods n.e.s., down $310m (57%).
• Non-monetary gold fell $19m (5%).

• Revisions on an international merchandise trade basis have been applied back to December 2014.
• The preliminary balance of payments debits estimates incorporate the latest available data.