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JULY KEY FIGURES

	May 2015	June 2015	July 2015
	$m	$m	$m
Food and live animals	1 060	1 069	1 222
Beverages and tobacco	239	243	276
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	255	275	249
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	2 663	2 706	2 576
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	51	40	66
Chemicals and related products, nes	2 052	2 281	2 401
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2 692	3 027	3 011
Machinery and transport equipment	8 207	8 785	9 197
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2 948	3 239	3 674
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC	746	905	1 264
TOTAL	20 913	22 572	23 936

• In original terms, July 2015 imports on an international merchandise trade basis were $23,936m, an increase of $1,364m (6%) on the revised June 2015 merchandise imports of $22,572m.

• Preliminary analysis shows that goods debits (imports) on a balance of payments basis in original terms rose $1,119m (5%) between June and July 2015.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, goods debits rose $41m between June and July 2015 to $23,399m. This is the highest on record surpassing June 2015 at $23,358m.
• Capital goods rose $662m (13%), driven by civil aircraft and confidentialised items, up $394m (72%) and machinery and industrial equipment, up $157m (9%).
• Consumption goods rose $228m (3%), driven by toys, books and leisure goods, up $64m (13%) and textiles, clothing and footwear, up $59m (4%).
• Intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $811m (8%), driven by fuels and lubricants, down $693m (23%).
• Non-monetary gold fell $38m (11%).
  

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