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OCTOBER KEY FIGURES

	August 2010	September 2010	October 2010
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	761	800	777
Beverages and tobacco	154	193	168
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	179	215	222
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	2 226	2 470	2 242
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	51	42	48
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 043	1 957	1 956
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 024	2 030	1 919
Machinery and transport equipment	6 974	7 059	6 991
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 473	2 604	2 520
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	554	972	836
TOTAL	17 438	18 343	17 678

• In original terms, the October 2010 merchandise imports were $17,678m, a decrease of $665m (4%) on the September 2010 merchandise imports of $18,343m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms decreased $633m (3%). In seasonally adjusted terms goods debits decreased $565m (3%) from $17,618m in September 2010 to $17,053m in October 2010. Intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $411m (5%) with the fuels and lubricants component down $196m (9%), consumption goods fell $111m (2%) and non-monetary gold fell $48m (8%). Capital goods rose $5m.