Table 5 U.S. Import Price Indexes, by Harmonized System

Table 5. U.S. import price indexes and percent changes for selected categories of goods: August 2007 to August 2008 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description Harmo-
nized
system		 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

Live animals; animal products

I

 1.053 143.4 149.3 15.8 2.9 1.6 1.3 4.1

Meat and edible meat offal

02

 0.248 173.3 182.2 22.8 4.2 3.8 4.6 5.1

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates

03

 0.503 106.7 110.3 8.8 -1.3 1.9 0.5 3.4

Vegetable products

II

 1.257 162.2 164.5 22.3 0.6 1.5 1.8 1.4

Edible vegetables, roots, and tubers

07

 0.303 214.0 219.8 8.2 -7.3 -2.7 5.6 2.7

Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons

08

 0.363 108.3 114.9 28.5 1.1 5.5 -4.0 6.1

Coffee, tea, mate and spices

09

 0.239 173.6 173.2 19.9 -0.4 0.1 4.1 -0.2

Prepared foodstuffs, beverages, and tobacco

IV

 2.028 142.2 142.3 13.5 1.0 1.7 1.8 0.1

Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares (Dec. 2007=100)

19

 0.169 113.9 114.8 - 0.1 1.5 4.8 0.8

Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts, or other parts of plants

20

 0.212 140.7 139.8 14.1 0.4 -0.4 -0.6 -0.6

Beverages, spirits, and vinegar

22

 0.729 120.1 120.2 7.9 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.1

Mineral products

V

 29.301 416.9 363.5 51.8 9.4 9.2 -0.5 -12.8

Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plaster materials, lime & cement (Dec.2007=100)

25

 0.188 103.2 103.4 - -0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2

Mineral fuels, oils and residuals, bituminous substances and mineral waxes

27

 28.740 419.9 364.9 52.6 9.6 9.4 -0.5 -13.1

Products of the chemical or allied industries

VI

 6.756 139.4 140.9 12.1 0.4 0.7 0.5 1.1

Inorganic chemicals

28

 0.835 243.3 252.9 9.4 -1.7 -1.9 -1.9 3.9

Organic chemicals

29

 2.218 133.4 134.6 11.7 0.2 1.1 0.5 0.9

Pharmaceutical products

30

 2.030 114.0 114.1 4.8 0.8 0.0 -0.2 0.1

Tanning & dyeing extracts; dye & pigments; varnish & paints; putty

32

 0.146 106.5 106.5 4.2 0.8 0.6 1.2 0.0

Essential oils and resinoids (Dec. 2001=100)

33

 0.365 125.4 126.0 10.7 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.5

Miscellaneous chemical products

38

 0.370 101.4 102.1 3.7 1.8 -0.2 0.4 0.7

Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof

VII

 2.618 135.8 136.5 11.2 1.0 1.0 1.9 0.5

Plastics and articles thereof

39

 1.714 132.0 133.0 10.7 0.7 0.5 1.5 0.8

Rubber and articles thereof

40

 0.904 143.3 143.5 12.4 1.6 1.7 2.6 0.1

Raw hides, skins, leather, furskins, travel goods, etc

VIII

 0.517 113.2 113.3 4.9 -0.1 0.3 0.7 0.1

Articles of leather; travel goods, bags, etc. of various materials

42

 0.475 113.8 113.8 5.3 -0.2 0.2 0.9 0.0

Wood, wood charcoal, cork, straw, basketware and wickerwork

IX

 1.065 120.4 122.1 4.4 2.3 3.8 1.6 1.4

Woodpulp, recovered paper, and paper products

X

 1.295 117.0 118.9 9.8 0.3 0.3 1.2 1.6

Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard

48

 0.897 113.2 116.0 11.8 0.5 0.2 1.7 2.5

Printed matter

49

 0.223 118.2 118.2 1.6 0.0 0.1 -0.3 0.0

Textile and textile articles

XI

 4.425 104.0 104.3 1.9 -0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted

61

 1.603 101.2 101.2 0.7 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.0

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted

62

 1.739 102.5 102.6 1.0 -0.9 0.1 0.1 0.1

Made-up or worn textile articles

63

 0.448 95.5 95.5 1.5 0.1 -1.2 0.6 0.0

Headgear, umbrellas, artifical flowers, etc.

XII

 1.063 106.3 106.4 4.3 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.1

Footwear and parts of such articles

64

 0.891 105.4 105.5 3.5 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.1

Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, ceramics, glass etc.

XIII

 0.870 120.0 119.2 6.6 0.0 0.1 4.0 -0.7

Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, or mica (Dec. 2001=100)

68

 0.322 116.0 115.7 11.3 0.0 -0.1 8.5 -0.3

Ceramic products

69

 0.273 125.7 123.4 3.9 0.1 0.6 -0.1 -1.8

Glass and glassware

70

 0.275 116.5 116.6 4.2 0.0 -0.2 2.9 0.1

Pearls, stones, precious metals, imitation jewelry, and coins

XIV

 2.564 157.2 153.6 14.1 -1.8 1.0 0.1 -2.3

Base metals and articles of base metals

XV

 6.987 209.6 210.7 20.9 3.1 3.1 1.2 0.5

Iron and steel

72

 2.393 320.1 320.6 53.0 6.8 8.4 3.4 0.2

Articles of iron or steel

73

 1.669 164.9 167.1 27.9 3.5 3.5 3.2 1.3

Copper and articles thereof

74

 0.791 320.7 325.2 2.7 2.9 -2.2 -1.7 1.4

Aluminum and articles thereof

76

 0.941 156.5 158.9 9.3 -0.1 -1.5 0.4 1.5

Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof

82

 0.323 115.6 116.5 7.6 0.1 0.7 0.4 0.8

Miscellaneous articles of base metal

83

 0.402 130.4 130.7 4.1 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.2

Machinery, electrical equipment, TV image and sound recorders, parts, etc.

XVI

 21.224 88.8 88.6 0.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2

Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

84

 10.941 89.2 88.9 0.0 0.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3

Electrical machinery and equip, sound and TV recorders & reproducers, parts

85

 10.283 88.3 88.3 0.7 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.0

Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment

XVII

 10.873 109.7 109.8 3.4 -0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1

Motor vehicles and their parts

87

 10.079 108.8 108.9 3.3 -0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1

Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (Dec. 2002=100)

88

 0.713 112.1 112.2 2.6 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1

Optical, photo, measuring, medical & musical instruments; & timepieces

XVIII

 2.528 101.5 101.4 2.1 0.4 -0.2 0.2 -0.1

Optical, photographic, measuring and medical instruments

90

 2.263 99.4 99.3 1.8 0.4 -0.2 0.1 -0.1

Clocks and watches and parts thereof

91

 0.199 121.8 121.9 4.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

XX

 3.328 107.4 107.6 6.1 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.2

Furniture & stuffed furnishings; lamps & lighting fittings, nesoi; prefab bldgs

94

 1.943 113.2 113.5 8.2 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.3

Toys, games and sports equipment; parts and accessories thereof

95

 1.207 99.2 99.4 2.9 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

96

 0.178 113.1 113.3 5.9 0.5 0.1 1.6 0.2

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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