Table 2. U.S. export 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
May
2008		 June
2008		 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

   100.000 124.8 126.1 (r)128.0 125.8 8.2 0.3 1.0 (r)1.5 -1.7

Agricultural commodities

   10.594 190.8 (r)195.2 (r)207.8 187.8 24.8 0.2 (r)2.3 (r)6.5 -9.6

Nonagricultural commodities

   89.406 120.1 121.2 (r)122.3 121.4 6.7 0.4 0.9 (r)0.9 -0.7

Foods, feeds, & beverages

0

 9.687 193.3 (r)198.1 (r)211.1 188.9 24.8 0.3 2.5 (r)6.6 -10.5

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages

00

 9.020 (r)198.9 (r)204.1 (r)218.4 194.0 26.2 (r)0.4 (r)2.6 (r)7.0 -11.2

Wheat and rice

000

 0.982 301.0 290.7 295.7 256.9 30.2 -9.1 -3.4 1.7 -13.1

Wheat

00000

 0.698 293.3 278.0 283.1 240.5 12.1 -16.7 -5.2 1.8 -15.0

Soybeans & other oil seeds

001

 1.998 262.9 (r)285.8 (r)325.0 266.0 57.4 3.3 (r)8.7 (r)13.7 -18.2

Soybeans and soybean by-products, prior to the extraction of oil

00100

 1.684 245.6 270.2 313.5 249.5 54.8 2.9 10.0 16.0 -20.4

Feedstuff

002

 2.520 249.3 257.7 (r)292.5 221.7 37.3 0.1 3.4 (r)13.5 -24.2

Corn

00200

 1.808 270.4 279.1 322.5 228.4 37.0 0.0 3.2 15.5 -29.2

Other animal feeds, n.e.s.

00220

 0.577 188.7 196.9 (r)216.0 199.4 39.5 0.7 4.3 (r)9.7 -7.7

Other agricultural foods

003

 3.520 (r)143.4 (r)144.9 (r)146.4 150.2 8.8 (r)2.2 1.0 1.0 2.6

Meat, poultry & other edible animal products (Dec. 2006=100)

00300

 1.032 134.1 138.0 142.1 147.4 17.8 3.3 2.9 3.0 3.7

Fruit and fruit preparations, including fruit juices

00320

 0.666 135.5 140.4 137.9 143.9 10.3 0.8 3.6 -1.8 4.4

Vegetables and vegetable preparations and juices

00330

 0.335 140.0 130.2 134.9 149.8 16.6 9.4 -7.0 3.6 11.0

Nuts & preparations (Dec. 2007=100)

00340

 0.301 98.0 99.0 (r)105.0 103.0 - 0.3 1.0 (r)6.1 -1.9

Bakery & confectionery products (Dec. 2007=100)

00350

 0.299 (r)103.6 (r)103.8 (r)104.1 106.8 - (r)0.2 (r)0.2 (r)0.3 2.6

Other foods and food preparations (lard,soft bev, spices), n.e.s.

00360

 0.662 127.2 127.1 126.4 126.6 5.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.6 0.2

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)

01

 0.667 (r)145.5 (r)146.1 (r)147.1 145.2 9.8 (r)-0.6 0.4 (r)0.7 -1.3

Fish and shellfish

01000

 0.475 157.7 157.8 158.8 155.7 11.5 -1.3 0.1 0.6 -2.0

Industrial supplies & materials

1

 31.971 169.6 (r)173.2 (r)177.9 173.7 16.7 1.0 (r)2.1 (r)2.7 -2.4

Industrial supplies & materials, durable

   11.740 (r)173.4 (r)172.9 (r)174.9 174.6 11.6 (r)-0.6 (r)-0.3 (r)1.2 -0.2

Industrial supplies & materials, nondurable

   20.231 (r)168.2 (r)174.2 (r)180.5 174.0 20.1 2.1 3.6 (r)3.6 -3.6

Agricultural industrial supplies & materials

10

 1.574 156.9 158.0 (r)162.8 161.6 17.6 -0.6 0.7 3.0 -0.7

Cotton, incl linters-raw (Dec. 2005=100)

100

 0.507 122.1 121.4 126.1 124.1 16.7 -3.0 -0.6 3.9 -1.6

Other agricultural materials

101

 1.067 171.0 (r)173.2 (r)178.0 177.3 18.0 0.5 1.3 (r)2.8 -0.4

Nonagricultural industrial supplies & materials

   30.397 170.6 (r)174.3 (r)179.0 174.6 16.7 1.1 2.2 (r)2.7 -2.5

Fuels & lubricants

11

 6.066 275.8 (r)297.3 (r)313.4 275.0 39.3 6.4 (r)7.8 (r)5.4 -12.3

Coals & related fuels (Dec. 2007=100)

110

 0.411 100.2 100.2 103.3 105.8 - 3.6 0.0 3.1 2.4

Petroleum & petroleum products

111

 5.161 296.5 (r)323.3 (r)347.1 301.9 45.5 6.5 (r)9.0 (r)7.4 -13.0

Fuel oil

11110

 2.232 393.8 441.2 466.6 388.2 60.8 8.6 12.0 5.8 -16.8

Other petroleum products

11120

 2.690 347.4 (r)372.7 (r)408.7 366.9 39.6 4.7 (r)7.3 (r)9.7 -10.2

Nonagricultural supplies & materials excluding fuels & building materials

12

 23.357 160.1 161.6 (r)165.0 165.0 13.2 0.0 0.9 (r)2.1 0.0

Steelmaking & ferroalloying materials (Dec. 2005=100)

120

 0.887 (r)166.9 (r)171.7 (r)174.9 170.3 27.8 (r)-1.5 (r)2.9 (r)1.9 -2.6

Iron and steel products

121

 1.422 193.2 200.7 (r)205.9 208.6 21.8 3.4 3.9 (r)2.6 1.3

Iron & steel mill products

12100

 0.842 222.1 228.5 (r)236.8 241.4 26.5 4.8 2.9 (r)3.6 1.9

Iron and steel products advance manufacturing

12110

 0.580 158.0 166.5 (r)168.3 169.0 15.8 1.3 5.4 (r)1.1 0.4

Nonferrous & other metals

122

 4.256 (r)278.5 270.5 (r)270.5 269.1 15.4 -2.9 (r)-2.9 (r)0.0 -0.5

Aluminum & alumina

12200

 0.699 166.4 161.6 163.0 159.9 1.5 -1.2 -2.9 0.9 -1.9

Nonmonetary gold

12260

 1.149 316.4 309.5 311.0 327.3 40.9 -5.4 -2.2 0.5 5.2

Other precious metals (Dec. 2001=100)

12270

 1.270 395.5 376.1 383.3 364.0 20.2 -1.7 -4.9 1.9 -5.0

Other nonferrous metals

12290

 0.607 (r)181.6 (r)178.0 (r)172.0 170.8 -3.5 (r)-1.0 (r)-2.0 (r)-3.4 -0.7

Finished metal shapes

123

 1.359 146.0 (r)145.0 (r)147.2 148.1 4.1 1.0 (r)-0.7 (r)1.5 0.6

Paper & paper base stocks

124

 1.700 117.8 118.6 119.6 120.1 8.2 -0.8 0.7 0.8 0.4

Woodpulp and recovered paper

12420

 0.686 130.4 131.7 133.4 133.7 12.8 -1.5 1.0 1.3 0.2

Linerboard, newsprint, and other paper/paperboard

12430

 1.014 (r)114.4 114.8 115.5 116.2 5.3 (r)-0.4 (r)0.3 0.6 0.6

Chemicals, excluding medicinals

125

 9.681 160.4 (r)164.3 (r)169.9 170.2 16.3 1.0 (r)2.4 (r)3.4 0.2

Plastic materials

12500

 2.897 150.3 153.9 (r)159.1 163.8 15.5 0.8 2.4 3.4 3.0

Industrial inorganic chemicals

12530

 0.896 (r)211.1 (r)219.0 (r)230.7 231.4 33.8 (r)3.3 3.7 (r)5.3 0.3

Industrial organic chemicals

12540

 3.165 (r)173.7 (r)180.0 (r)186.9 182.2 15.0 1.2 (r)3.6 3.8 -2.5

Other chemicals, excluding medicinals

12550

 1.858 124.2 (r)124.8 127.2 127.8 6.1 0.2 (r)0.5 (r)1.9 0.5

Manmade cloth and thread & cordage

12620

 0.547 123.9 123.8 124.8 125.8 4.8 0.1 -0.1 0.8 0.8

Other nonagricultural industrial supplies and materials

127

 2.842 (r)123.8 (r)124.9 (r)127.9 127.7 5.8 (r)0.5 (r)0.9 (r)2.4 -0.2

Industrial rubber products (Dec. 2007=100)

12750

 0.288 105.1 107.9 108.4 109.6 - 0.3 2.7 0.5 1.1

Mineral supplies-manufactured

12760

 0.425 (r)102.4 (r)103.3 (r)103.5 103.5 0.5 (r)-0.1 (r)0.9 (r)0.2 0.0

Other goods manufactured and unmanufactured

12770

 1.536 (r)121.6 (r)122.3 (r)123.5 123.2 3.7 (r)0.4 (r)0.6 (r)1.0 -0.2

Selected building materials

13

 0.974 113.9 (r)113.8 113.9 113.9 -0.1 -0.2 (r)-0.1 (r)0.1 0.0

Lumber & other wood supplies

131

 0.513 106.5 106.5 106.1 106.1 -2.1 -0.3 0.0 -0.4 0.0

Logs, lumber, plywood and veneers

13100

 0.395 98.2 98.0 97.7 97.6 -3.7 -0.3 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1

Capital goods

2

 37.612 101.6 (r)102.0 (r)102.0 102.1 2.3 0.1 (r)0.4 (r)0.0 0.1

Capital goods, excluding computers peripherals & semiconductors

   29.496 115.2 115.4 (r)115.9 116.2 4.1 0.3 0.2 (r)0.4 0.3

Electrical generating equipment

20

 3.564 108.6 108.6 (r)108.9 109.2 2.3 -0.1 0.0 (r)0.3 0.3

Generators, transformers & access

20000

 0.897 109.6 109.5 109.9 110.0 5.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.4 0.1

Electric apparatus and parts, n.e.s.

20005

 2.667 108.3 (r)108.3 (r)108.6 108.9 1.3 -0.1 (r)0.0 (r)0.3 0.3

Nonelectrical machinery

21

 26.526 (r)93.9 (r)94.2 (r)94.1 94.2 1.2 (r)0.0 0.3 (r)-0.1 0.1

Non-electrical machinery excluding computers, peripherals & semiconductors

   18.410 109.9 (r)110.1 (r)110.7 111.1 3.7 0.1 (r)0.2 (r)0.5 0.4

Oil drilling, mining, and construction machinery, and equipment

210

 2.227 (r)139.1 (r)139.6 140.2 140.6 3.8 (r)0.3 0.4 (r)0.4 0.3

Drilling & oil field equip.

21000

 1.046 144.9 144.9 145.2 145.2 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0

Excavating, paving & construction machinery

21030

 0.933 (r)136.4 (r)137.7 (r)138.9 139.3 6.1 (r)0.6 1.0 0.9 0.3

Industrial and service machinery

211

 10.048 (r)117.4 (r)117.5 (r)118.5 119.0 4.6 (r)0.2 0.1 (r)0.9 0.4

Industrial engines, pumps, & compressors

21100

 1.601 121.2 (r)121.3 (r)124.6 127.1 8.6 0.3 (r)0.1 (r)2.7 2.0

Metal working machine tools and rolling mill machines

21120

 0.873 (r)108.0 (r)109.3 (r)110.2 110.2 6.2 (r)0.4 (r)1.2 (r)0.8 0.0

Measuring, testing & control instruments

21160

 1.771 111.4 111.4 111.8 111.9 3.5 -0.2 0.0 0.4 0.1

Materials handling equipment

21170

 0.939 (r)125.2 (r)124.5 (r)125.3 124.8 1.9 (r)0.2 -0.6 (r)0.6 -0.4

Other industrial machinery

21180

 3.117 119.2 (r)119.2 (r)119.8 120.1 3.8 0.2 (r)0.0 (r)0.5 0.3

Photo and other service industry machines

21190

 0.818 (r)124.1 (r)124.7 (r)125.1 125.4 3.8 (r)0.2 0.5 0.3 0.2

Agricultural machinery & equipment

212

 0.504 116.6 116.6 (r)117.9 118.0 3.5 0.0 0.0 (r)1.1 0.1

Computers, peripherals, and semi- conductors

213

 8.116 67.0 (r)67.7 (r)66.6 66.3 -4.1 -0.4 (r)1.0 (r)-1.6 -0.5

Computers

21300

 0.800 53.7 52.1 (r)51.5 50.8 -14.9 -2.5 -3.0 (r)-1.2 -1.4

Computer peripherals, accessories and parts

21301

 2.764 70.4 70.3 (r)69.6 69.0 -6.0 0.0 -0.1 (r)-1.0 -0.9

Semiconductors

21320

 4.552 (r)67.4 (r)69.0 (r)67.6 67.5 -0.4 (r)-0.3 2.4 (r)-2.0 -0.1

Computers, peripherals, accessories and parts (excludes end use 21320)

   3.564 66.3 65.8 (r)65.2 64.5 -8.3 -0.6 -0.8 (r)-0.9 -1.1

Telecommunications equipment

214

 2.614 88.5 88.5 88.7 88.7 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0

Business machinery and equipment except computers (Dec.2007=100)

215

 0.236 97.4 97.5 95.6 95.7 - 0.0 0.1 -1.9 0.1

Scientific and medical machinery

216

 2.781 103.8 (r)103.8 (r)103.8 104.4 3.0 0.2 (r)0.0 (r)0.0 0.6

Laboratory testing & control instruments

21600

 0.671 105.0 104.8 104.3 104.5 3.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.5 0.2

Other scientific, medical and hospital equipment

21610

 2.110 (r)103.3 (r)103.3 (r)103.5 104.2 2.9 (r)0.2 (r)0.0 (r)0.2 0.7

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

22

 7.522 129.6 130.3 (r)130.6 130.7 6.2 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.1

Parts for civilian aircraft

22010

 1.734 (r)135.4 135.4 (r)136.1 136.2 5.1 0.1 (r)0.0 (r)0.5 0.1

Engines for civilian aircraft (Dec. 2002=100)

22020

 1.667 127.2 127.2 (r)127.8 127.7 5.4 0.0 0.0 (r)0.5 -0.1

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines

3

 9.265 107.5 107.5 (r)107.7 107.8 1.5 0.0 0.0 (r)0.2 0.1

Passenger cars, new and used

300

 2.575 106.6 106.6 (r)106.7 106.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 (r)0.1 -0.1

Vehicles designed to transport goods

301

 1.365 (r)113.2 (r)113.2 (r)113.6 114.0 2.0 (r)0.4 0.0 (r)0.4 0.4

Parts, engines, bodies & chassis

302

 5.325 (r)107.0 (r)106.9 107.2 107.4 1.9 (r)0.0 -0.1 (r)0.3 0.2

Engines and engine parts for automotive vehicles

30200

 1.107 108.3 108.0 108.2 108.9 2.6 -0.3 -0.3 0.2 0.6

Automotive tires & tubes (Dec. 2007=100)

30220

 0.257 102.5 105.0 (r)107.9 108.4 - 0.7 2.4 (r)2.8 0.5

Nonengine parts & accessories

30230

 3.961 (r)104.7 (r)104.5 104.7 104.7 1.3 (r)0.0 -0.2 (r)0.2 0.0

Consumer goods, excluding automotives

4

 11.465 108.1 108.2 (r)108.5 108.8 2.4 0.0 0.1 (r)0.3 0.3

Nondurables, manufactured

40

 5.379 110.0 110.1 (r)109.9 110.4 3.0 0.2 0.1 (r)-0.2 0.5

Apparel, footwear, and household goods

400

 0.672 (r)96.6 (r)96.8 (r)96.7 97.1 0.8 (r)0.1 0.2 (r)-0.1 0.4

Textile apparel and footwear

40000

 0.454 94.4 94.6 94.4 94.4 0.1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0

Other consumer nondurables

401

 4.707 113.2 113.2 (r)113.0 113.5 3.3 0.2 0.0 (r)-0.2 0.4

Medicinal, dental, and pharmaceutical preparatory materials

40100

 2.908 112.8 112.8 (r)112.6 112.8 3.9 0.2 0.0 (r)-0.2 0.2

Books, magazines & other printed material

40110

 0.476 121.2 121.6 (r)119.4 119.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.3 (r)-1.8 -0.3

Toiletries & cosmetics

40120

 0.648 (r)113.3 (r)113.0 (r)113.7 116.1 5.9 (r)0.0 (r)-0.3 (r)0.6 2.1

Other products (notions & writing articles)

40140

 0.556 110.1 110.4 (r)110.5 111.1 0.8 0.7 0.3 (r)0.1 0.5

Durables, manufactured

41

 5.123 105.1 105.2 (r)106.0 106.1 1.8 0.0 0.1 (r)0.8 0.1

Household goods

410

 2.442 (r)110.7 (r)110.7 (r)111.0 111.2 1.9 (r)0.2 (r)0.0 (r)0.3 0.2

Furniture and household items (Dec. 2007=100)

41000

 0.312 103.4 103.4 (r)102.9 102.4 - 1.4 0.0 (r)-0.5 -0.5

Household and kitchen appliances

41030

 0.637 (r)115.0 (r)115.3 (r)116.7 117.4 4.0 (r)0.1 0.3 (r)1.2 0.6

Miscellaneous household goods

41050

 1.280 (r)102.9 (r)102.8 (r)102.7 102.8 0.4 (r)0.1 (r)-0.1 (r)-0.1 0.1

Recreational equip & materials

411

 1.189 110.1 110.2 (r)110.7 110.8 4.3 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.1

Pleasure boats and parts including motors (Dec. 2007=100)

41110

 0.280 105.7 106.3 (r)107.2 108.4 - 0.5 0.6 (r)0.8 1.1

Toys, shooting and sporting goods

41120

 0.811 103.2 103.2 (r)103.5 103.3 2.4 0.5 0.0 (r)0.3 -0.2

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

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

 

Last Modified Date: September 11, 2008