Table 5 U.S. Import Price Indexes, by Harmonized System
Description | Harmo- nized system |
Relative import- ance July 2008(1) |
Index | Percent change | |||||
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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 |
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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 |
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NOTES: Data may be revised in each of the three months after original publication. |
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Last Modified Date: September 11, 2008