AUGUST KEY FIGURES
 | June 2009 | July 2009 | August 2009 |
| $m | $m | $m |
|
| Food and live animals | 664 | 818 | 681 |
| Beverages and tobacco | 113 | 138 | 138 |
| Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 157 | 139 | 182 |
| Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 2 092 | 2 496 | 1 917 |
| Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 37 | 49 | 53 |
| Chemicals and related products, nes | 1 787 | 1 932 | 1 642 |
| Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 1 605 | 1 773 | 1 722 |
| Machinery and transport equipment | 6 293 | 6 452 | 5 827 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2 161 | 2 372 | 2 285 |
| Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC | 775 | 547 | 1 055 |
| TOTAL | 15 684 | 16 715 | 15 502 |
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AUGUST KEY POINTS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- In original terms, the August 2009 merchandise imports were $15,502m, a decrease of $1,213m (7%) on the revised July 2009 merchandise imports of $16,715m.
PRELIMINARY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS GOODS IMPORTS
- Preliminary analysis shows that goods imports (debits) on a balance of payments basis decreased by $658m (4%) in seasonally adjusted terms from $16,844m in July 2009 to $16,186m in August 2009. Intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $728m (10%) with fuels and lubricants down $592m (24%), consumption goods fell $305m (6%) while non-monetary gold rose $289m (90%) and capital goods rose $85m (2%).
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE | Release Date |
| September 2009 | 20 October 2009 |
| October 2009 | 18 November 2009 |
| November 2009 | 17 December 2009 |
| December 2009 | 19 January 2010 |
| January 2010 | 18 February 2010 |
| February 2010 | 18 March 2010 |
INQUIRIES
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Selvi Sekhar on Canberra (02) 6252 5540.
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