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MAY KEY FIGURES

	March 2015	April 2015	May 2015
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	1 021	1 049	1 060
Beverages and tobacco	253	217	239
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	328	231	255
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	2 407	2 642	2 682
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	48	56	51
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 430	2 312	2 050
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 485	2 511	2 692
Machinery and transport equipment	8 199	9 509	8 207
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 913	2 887	2 951
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	1 026	590	746
TOTAL	21 110	22 004	20 933

• In original terms, May 2015 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $20,933m, a decrease of $1,071m (5%) on the revised April 2015 merchandise imports of $22,004m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $921m (4%) between April and May 2015.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits fell $1,077m (5%) between April and May 2015 to $22,400m.
• Capital goods fell $1,025m (17%), driven by machinery and industrial equipment, down $1,367m (46%).
• Intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $113m (1%), driven by fuels and lubricants, down $165m (6%).
• Consumption goods fell $28m, driven by consumption goods n.e.s., down $92m (4%).
• Partly offsetting these falls was the non-monetary gold component, up $89m (31%).

• Revisions on an international merchandise trade basis have been applied back to July 2013.
• The preliminary balance of payments debits estimates incorporate the latest available data.