Table 1 U.S. Import Price Indexes, by End Use

Table 1. U.S. import price indexes and percent changes for selected categories of goods: August 2007 to August 2008 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description End
Use		 Relative
import-
ance
July
2008(1)		 Index Percent change
July
2008		 Aug.
2008		 Annual Monthly
Aug.
2007
to
Aug.
2008		 Apr.
2008
to
May
2008		 May
2008
to
June
2008		 June
2008
to
July
2008		 July
2008
to
Aug.
2008

All commodities

   100.000 145.9 140.5 16.0 2.8 3.1 0.2 -3.7

All imports excluding petroleum

   72.881 115.6 115.2 7.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 -0.3

All imports excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)

   70.389 117.2 117.4 6.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.2

Foods, feeds, & beverages

0

 4.188 149.7 150.8 15.9 0.9 1.8 1.4 0.7

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages

00

 3.275 167.9 168.5 18.6 1.5 1.8 1.7 0.4

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)

01

 0.913 108.5 110.8 7.4 -1.2 1.9 0.6 2.1

Industrial supplies & materials

1

 44.746 283.6 259.8 37.8 6.6 6.9 0.1 -8.4

Industrial supplies & materials excluding petroleum

   17.628 176.9 173.9 22.0 2.2 3.1 1.9 -1.7

Industrial supplies & materials excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)

   15.136 181.7 182.4 19.8 1.4 2.5 1.6 0.4

Industrial supplies & materials, durable

   10.119 176.1 176.3 18.8 1.8 2.7 1.4 0.1

Industrial supplies & materials nondurable excluding petroleum

   5.017 177.1 169.8 26.3 2.8 3.6 2.5 -4.1

Fuels & lubricants

10

 29.611 421.7 367.4 50.6 9.5 9.3 -0.6 -12.9

Petroleum & petroleum products

100

 27.119 446.8 389.6 52.0 9.7 9.4 -1.0 -12.8

Crude

10000

 20.136 465.3 401.6 52.5 9.8 9.5 -2.1 -13.7

Fuels, n.e.s.-coals & gas

101

 2.261 281.8 239.4 63.1 9.0 8.4 4.7 -15.0

Gas-natural

10110

 2.116 283.4 236.9 68.7 9.7 9.1 4.9 -16.4

Paper & paper base stocks

11

 0.697 119.8 120.6 8.9 0.8 0.7 1.6 0.7

Materials associated with nondurable supplies & materials

12

 4.383 155.8 157.3 23.6 0.6 2.0 2.1 1.0

Selected building materials

13

 1.636 121.6 122.5 5.2 1.7 2.6 2.0 0.7

Unfinished metals related to durable goods

14

 5.089 275.6 273.9 27.2 1.7 3.8 0.8 -0.6

Finished metals related to durable goods

15

 1.875 161.3 162.4 19.3 2.8 2.2 1.6 0.7

Nonmetals related to durable goods

16

 1.456 110.9 112.1 9.7 1.0 0.4 3.0 1.1

Capital goods

2

 18.956 93.4 93.3 1.6 0.3 -0.1 0.2 -0.1

Electric generating equipment

20

 2.462 112.7 112.9 6.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.2

Nonelectrical machinery

21

 15.036 88.4 88.2 0.7 0.5 -0.2 0.2 -0.2

Transportation equipment excluding motor vehicles (Dec. 2001=100)

22

 1.458 117.9 118.0 4.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines

3

 11.747 108.0 108.1 3.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1

Consumer goods, excluding automotives

4

 20.362 105.2 105.2 3.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0

Nondurables, manufactured

40

 9.401 108.3 108.6 3.5 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3

Durables, manufactured

41

 9.952 101.8 101.7 2.9 0.2 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Nonmanufactured consumer goods

42

 1.009 106.7 106.7 3.2 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.0

Footnotes
 (1) Relative importance figures are based on 2006 trade values.

NOTES: Data may be revised in each of the three months after original publication.
Dash = Not available

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