FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES
 | December 2006 | January 2007 | February 2007 |
| $m | $m | $m |
|
| Food and live animals | 610 | 633 | 585 |
| Beverages and tobacco | 121 | 104 | 110 |
| Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 220 | 189 | 181 |
| Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 1 986 | 1 624 | 1 550 |
| Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 39 | 49 | 35 |
| Chemicals and related products, nes | 1 293 | 1 685 | 1 720 |
| Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 1 602 | 1 858 | 1 727 |
| Machinery and transport equipment | 6 416 | 6 095 | 5 659 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1 905 | 1 904 | 1 913 |
| Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 374 | 427 | 579 |
| TOTAL | 14 566 | 14 567 | 14 060 |
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FEBRUARY KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, merchandise imports were $14,060m in February 2007, a decrease of $507m on January 2007 merchandise imports of $14,567m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis increased by 3% in seasonally adjusted terms between January 2007 and February 2007.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE | Release Date |
| March 2007 | 19 April 2007 |
| 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 |
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
As of the March 2007 issue there will be 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. The contents of the current tabs will remain unchanged.
INQUIRIES
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Olivia Lam on Canberra (02) 6252 7406.
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