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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

	July 2015	August 2015	September 2015
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	1 222	1 129	1 221
Beverages and tobacco	276	265	330
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	249	206	311
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	2 543	2 350	2 317
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	66	54	71
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 401	2 349	2 384
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	3 010	2 642	2 850
Machinery and transport equipment	9 192	8 132	9 485
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	3 672	3 607	3 967
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	1 263	1 124	1 193
TOTAL	23 893	21 858	24 128

• In original terms, September 2015 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $24,128m, an increase of $2,270m (10%) on the revised August 2015 merchandise imports of $21,858m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $1,562m (7%) to $25,043m between August and September 2015.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits rose $332m (1%) between August and September 2015 to $23,853m. This is the highest on record surpassing the revised August 2015 estimate of $23,521m. Consumption goods rose $264m (3%) and non-monetary gold rose $161m (47%). Intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $59m (1%) and capital goods fell $34m (1%).

• Revisions on an international merchandise trade basis have been applied back to March 2015.
• The preliminary balance of payments debits estimates incorporate the latest available data.

ISSUE	Release Date
October 2015	18 November 2015
November 2015	17 December 2015
December 2015 (Final Issue)	19 January 2016