1.   A breakdown in talks aimed at settling the industrial dispute between CRA and the Australian Council of Trade Unions offset the positive effects of the imports figures.

2.   Import figures for September were unchanged because no mistakes were found in the registration that month.

3.   The import figures include costs of freight and insurance.

4.   The import figures are CIF, including costs of freight and insurance.

5.   The import figures feed straight into the monthly deficit.

6.   The import figures include costs for freight and insurance.

7.   Under the agreement, which complies with World Trade Organization rules, quotas and the licenses to import bananas would be based on previous import figures.

8.   However, no explanation was immediately available for the soaring import figure in July.

9.   Imports of recorders made overseas by Japanese affiliates drove the imports figure up, an association spokeswoman said.

10.   Import figures are announced separately by the government each month.