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JULY KEY FIGURES

	May 2013	June 2013	July 2013
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	830	718	896
Beverages and tobacco	164	149	191
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	241	164	225
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 620	3 116	3 753
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	37	37	48
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 130	1 793	2 214
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 277	1 966	2 301
Machinery and transport equipment	7 572	7 348	8 436
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 443	2 277	2 996
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	757	769	968
TOTAL	20 071	18 337	22 028

• In original terms, July 2013 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $22,028m, an increase of $3,691m (20%) on the revised June 2013 merchandise imports of $18,337m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $3,168m (16%) between June and July 2013.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits rose $934m (5%) between June and July 2013 to $21,450m. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $764m (9%), driven by fuels and lubricants, up $506m (17%) and other merchandise goods, up $124m (477%). Consumption goods rose $118m (2%), non-monetary gold rose $41m (11%) and capital goods rose $12m.

• 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.