MARCH KEY FIGURES
 | January 2007 | February 2007 | March 2007 |
| $m | $m | $m |
|
| Food and live animals | 633 | 585 | 582 |
| Beverages and tobacco | 104 | 110 | 122 |
| Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 189 | 180 | 245 |
| Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 1 620 | 1 558 | 1 936 |
| Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 49 | 35 | 42 |
| Chemicals and related products, nes | 1 684 | 1 721 | 1 732 |
| Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 1 858 | 1 728 | 1 858 |
| Machinery and transport equipment | 6 095 | 5 682 | 6 448 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1 904 | 1 913 | 2 036 |
| Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 427 | 587 | 359 |
| TOTAL | 14 564 | 14 099 | 15 360 |
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MARCH KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, merchandise imports were $15,360m in March 2007, an increase of $1,261m (8.9%) on February 2007 merchandise imports of $14,099m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis increased by 1% in seasonally adjusted terms between February 2007 and March 2007.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE | Release Date |
| April 2007 | 16 May 2007 |
| May 2007 | 19 June 2007 |
| June 2007 | 17 July 2007 |
| July 2007 | 17 August 2007 |
| August 2007 | 18 September 2007 |
| September 2007 | 18 October 2007 |
INTRODUCTION
This publication presents statistics of Australia's merchandise imports classified according to the broadest level (1 digit sections) of the United Nations Standard International Trade Classification. The data are compiled from information submitted by importers or their agents to the Australian Customs Service. For more details see International Merchandise Trade, Australia: Concepts, Sources and Methods (cat. no. 5489.0) on the ABS web site. More detailed merchandise imports data are available on the ABS web site www.abs.gov.au from the Details tab of this issue or by contacting the National Information and Referral Service.
CHANGES IN FORTHCOMING ISSUES
With this issue there has been a slight change in the presentation of the data cubes for tables 8 & 9. Two new tabs (sheets) will be added, one to the front and one to the end of the existing tabs, to provide a table of contents and explanatory notes.
INQUIRIES
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Julia Jacques on Canberra (02) 6252 7042.
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