Overseas Trade Indexes (Volumes): September 2009 quarter (provisional)

All references are to seasonally adjusted series and compared with the June 2009 quarter unless otherwise stated.

• Merchandise export volumes rose 1.0 percent.
• Dairy products (up 3.2 percent) and petroleum and petroleum products (up 12.6 percent, largely due to crude oil), were the main contributors to the rise in total export volumes.
• Partly offsetting the rise in export volumes was a fall in meat volumes (down 12.6 percent).
• Merchandise import volumes rose 1.9 percent.
• Intermediate goods volumes (up 9.0 percent) contributed the most to the overall rise in import volumes.