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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

	July 2013	August 2013	September 2013
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	895	990	943
Beverages and tobacco	191	223	246
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	225	198	210
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 780	3 305	3 693
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	48	41	60
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 213	2 133	1 929
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 300	2 620	2 460
Machinery and transport equipment	8 434	8 274	7 939
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 994	3 008	2 918
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	963	908	868
TOTAL	22 042	21 699	21 267

• In original terms, September 2013 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $21,267m, a decrease of $432m (2%) on the revised August 2013 merchandise imports of $21,699m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms fell $997m (4%) between August and September 2013.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits fell $319m (1%) between August and September 2013 to $22,213m. Consumption goods fell $213m (3%), driven by non–industrial transport equipment, down $166m (9%). Capital goods fell $174m (3%) and non–monetary gold fell $148m (29%). Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $216m (2%).

• 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.