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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

	October 2011	November 2011	December 2011
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	845	913	851
Beverages and tobacco	189	211	169
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	269	306	213
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3 309	3 195	3 850
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	60	61	32
Chemicals and related products, nes	1 998	2 218	1 872
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 206	2 505	1 910
Machinery and transport equipment	7 866	7 725	7 471
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 631	2 732	2 444
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	1 416	1 611	1 300
TOTAL	20 789	21 476	20 111

• In original terms, the December 2011 merchandise imports were $20,111m, a decrease of $1,365m (6%) on the November 2011 merchandise imports of $21,476m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms fell $1,465m (7%) between November and December 2011.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits rose $206m (1%) from $20,802m in November 2011 to $21,008m in December 2011. Intermediate and other merchandise goods rose $346m (4%), driven by the fuels and lubricants component, up $666m (22%), and consumption goods rose $151m (3%). Non-monetary gold fell $185m (27%) and capital goods fell $106m (2%).

• Revisions have been made to the previous six months to incorporate the latest administrative data relating to international merchandise trade.