2 GOODS
for periods indicated
in million U.S. dollars
	2021 p										Q1	Q2		Q3			Growth (%)		Jan-Sep			Growth (%)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep					2020 p	2021  p		2021  p		2020 p	2021  p		2021  p
Goods	-3,746	-3,520	-3,770	-3,893	-4,007	-4,274	-4,361	-4,210	-4,840		-11,036	-12,174		-8,973	-13,411		-49.5		-24,317	-36,621		-50.6
Exports	3,962	3,848	4,970	4,173	4,300	4,831	4,786	4,810	4,875		12,780	13,304		12,862	14,471		12.5		34,949	40,555		16.0
Imports	7,708	7,368	8,740	8,065	8,307	9,105	9,147	9,020	9,716		23,816	25,477		21,835	27,883		27.7		59,266	77,177		30.2
General Merchandise on a BOP basis	-3,814	-3,600	-3,844	-3,951	-4,059	-4,320	-4,436	-4,298	-4,952		-11,257	-12,330		-9,238	-13,685		-48.1		-25,449	-37,273		-46.5
General Merchandise Exports, fob	3,889	3,763	4,889	4,108	4,243	4,778	4,706	4,717	4,759		12,541	13,129		12,584	14,182		12.7		33,781	39,853		18.0
Of which: Re-exports	11	6	8	5	6	8	11	6	5		25	19		31	21		-32.6		70	65		-6.1
General Merchandise Imports, fob	7,702	7,363	8,733	8,060	8,302	9,098	9,142	9,015	9,711		23,798	25,460		21,822	27,867		27.7		59,230	77,125		30.2
Net exports of goods under merchanting	.	3	-2	-3	1	5	1	2	2		1	4		32	5		-83.7		192	10		-94.7
Goods acquired under
merchanting (negative credits)	8	5	9	9	6	6	5	4	5		21	21		17	14		-13.8		37	57		53.6
Goods sold under merchanting	8	8	7	6	7	11	6	7	7		22	25		48	19		-59.8		228	67		-70.7
Nonmonetary Gold	68	77	76	61	51	41	74	86	109		220	153		233	268		15.0		940	641		-31.8
Exports	73	82	83	67	56	47	80	90	114		238	170		247	284		15.1		977	693		-29.1
Imports	6	6	7	6	5	7	6	5	5		18	18		13	16		17.1		36	52		41.6
Details may not add up to total due to rounding.
p Preliminary
. Rounds off to zero