Table 1. Producer price indexes and percent changes by stage of processing

Table 1. Producer price indexes and percent changes by stage of processing 1982=100
Grouping Relative
importance
Dec.
2007(1)		 Unadjusted index Unadjusted
percent
change to
Aug. 2008 from:		 Seasonally adjusted
percent change from:
Apr.
2008(2)		 July
2008(2)		 Aug.
2008(2)		 Aug.
2007		 July
2008		 May to
June		 June to
July		 July to
Aug.

Finished goods

 100.000 176.5 185.0 182.1 9.6 -1.6 1.8 1.2 -0.9

Finished consumer goods

 78.284 185.8 197.1 193.1 11.6 -2.0 2.3 1.2 -1.2

Finished consumer foods

 21.296 175.5 180.9 181.4 9.1 0.3 1.5 0.3 0.3

Crude

 2.258 177.6 164.1 158.2 8.0 -3.6 8.1 -9.8 -3.7

Processed

 19.038 175.3 182.6 183.7 9.1 0.6 0.9 1.3 0.7

Finished consumer goods, excluding foods

 56.988 189.6 203.2 197.4 12.6 -2.9 2.6 1.6 -1.7

Nondurable goods less foods

 42.845 211.7 232.5 223.8 16.7 -3.7 3.4 2.0 -2.3

Durable goods

 14.143 140.5 140.3 139.9 2.0 -0.3 0.3 0.6 -0.1

Capital equipment

 21.716 152.4 153.6 153.7 3.2 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.1

Manufacturing industries

 5.508 155.9 157.7 158.4 3.9 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.4

Nonmanufacturing industries

 16.208 151.2 152.1 152.1 2.9 0.0 0.3 0.9 0.0

Intermediate materials, supplies, and components

 100.000 187.3 202.5 200.2 16.7 -1.1 2.1 2.7 -1.0

Materials and components for manufacturing

 41.867 175.5 186.6 190.6 16.6 2.1 1.6 2.7 2.2

Materials for food manufacturing

 2.911 180.3 187.7 187.4 13.9 -0.2 1.6 0.9 -0.1

Materials for nondurable manufacturing

 15.185 209.5 231.9 243.8 31.8 5.1 2.7 5.4 5.2

Materials for durable manufacturing

 8.624 205.6 219.4 220.1 14.8 0.3 1.7 1.5 0.4

Components for manufacturing

 15.147 138.6 141.4 142.1 4.1 0.5 0.4 1.1 0.5

Materials and components for construction

 13.389 200.2 209.9 213.1 10.1 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.5

Processed fuels and lubricants

 22.403 211.8 249.6 224.2 27.9 -10.2 4.7 3.7 -9.4

Manufacturing industries

 5.999 201.1 233.7 219.0 24.9 -6.3 3.0 4.1 -5.3

Nonmanufacturing industries

 16.404 216.8 256.6 227.0 29.1 -11.5 5.3 3.5 -10.8

Containers

 2.923 187.0 191.6 194.2 7.6 1.4 0.3 1.7 1.4

Supplies

 19.418 171.3 177.7 179.4 10.7 1.0 0.9 2.0 0.9

Manufacturing industries

 3.911 168.4 171.4 172.7 5.7 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.8

Nonmanufacturing industries

 15.507 170.5 177.8 179.6 12.0 1.0 0.9 2.2 1.0

Feeds

 1.081 179.3 205.9 204.7 48.5 -0.6 0.1 9.9 -0.6

Other supplies

 14.426 170.7 175.9 178.0 8.9 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.2

Crude materials for further processing

 100.000 274.6 317.9 280.0 38.1 -11.9 3.7 4.2 -11.9

Foodstuffs and feedstuffs

 32.756 168.1 179.3 170.4 15.3 -5.0 3.5 0.1 -5.2

Nonfood materials

 67.244 352.4 423.3 360.5 51.7 -14.8 3.7 6.0 -14.8

Nonfood materials except fuel(3)

 40.982 349.6 401.8 358.9 48.2 -10.7 2.3 5.2 -10.6

Manufacturing(3)

 40.533 325.9 375.0 334.6 48.8 -10.8 2.3 5.2 -10.7

Construction

 0.449 199.6 201.6 200.3 -0.6 -0.6 0.8 1.6 -0.6

Crude fuel(4)

 26.262 329.1 426.6 335.1 58.3 -21.4 6.3 7.3 -21.4

Manufacturing industries

 2.338 312.1 402.3 317.9 57.6 -21.0 6.5 7.2 -20.9

Nonmanufacturing industries

 23.924 336.6 436.6 342.7 58.3 -21.5 6.3 7.3 -21.4

Special groupings

Finished goods, excluding foods

 (5)78.704 176.4 185.9 182.0 9.8 -2.1 1.9 1.4 -1.2

Intermediate materials less foods and feeds

 (6)96.008 187.7 203.0 200.5 16.4 -1.2 2.2 2.6 -1.0

Intermediate foods and feeds

 (6)3.992 180.5 194.6 194.0 24.1 -0.3 1.0 4.0 -0.2

Crude materials less agricultural products(3)(7)

 (8)66.545 362.5 437.1 371.3 52.0 -15.1 3.9 6.1 -15.0

Finished energy goods

 (5)21.654 182.4 213.0 198.2 27.4 -6.9 6.0 3.1 -4.6

Finished goods less energy

 (5)78.346 168.0 170.4 170.7 5.0 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.2

Finished consumer goods less energy

 (5)56.630 174.9 177.8 178.3 5.9 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.3

Finished goods less foods and energy

 (5)57.050 165.7 167.1 167.3 3.6 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.2

Finished consumer goods less foods and energy

 (5)35.334 174.8 176.2 176.6 3.9 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.2

Consumer nondurable goods less foods and energy

 (5)21.191 204.3 207.6 208.8 5.5 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.6

Intermediate energy goods

 (6)23.306 213.4 253.0 230.3 30.1 -9.0 5.0 4.3 -8.2

Intermediate materials less energy

 (6)76.694 178.4 187.3 190.1 13.1 1.5 1.2 2.2 1.5

Intermediate materials less foods and energy

 (6)72.702 178.3 186.9 189.9 12.5 1.6 1.3 2.0 1.7

Crude energy materials(3)

 (8)50.873 346.1 437.9 352.7 59.1 -19.5 5.4 6.9 -19.4

Crude materials less energy

 (8)49.032 218.5 232.2 223.2 21.4 -3.9 2.1 1.3 -3.9

Crude nonfood materials less energy(4)

 (8)16.371 366.7 387.2 379.1 33.2 -2.1 -0.2 3.4 -1.9

Footnotes
 (1) Comprehensive relative importance figures are initially computed after the publication of December indexes and are recalculated after final December indexes are available.
(2) The indexes for April 2008 have been recalculated to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents. All indexes are subject revision 4 months after original publication.
(3) Includes crude petroleum.
(4) Excludes crude petroleum.
(5) Percent of total finished goods.
(6) Percent of total intermediate materials.
(7) Formerly titled "Crude materials for further processing, excluding crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs, plant and animal fibers, oilseeds, and leaf tobacco."
(8) Percent of total crude materials.

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Last Modified Date: September 12, 2008