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: September 2007 to September 2008 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description End
Use
Relative
import-
ance
Aug.
2008(1)
Index Percent change
Aug.
2008
Sept.
2008
Annual Monthly
Sept.
2007
to
Sept.
2008
May
2008
to
June
2008
June
2008
to
July
2008
July
2008
to
Aug.
2008
Aug.
2008
to
Sept.
2008

All commodities

  100.000 143.8 139.5 14.5 3.0 1.4 -2.6 -3.0

All imports excluding petroleum

  73.684 115.1 114.1 6.5 0.9 0.7 -0.5 -0.9

All imports excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)

  71.539 117.4 116.8 6.1 0.6 0.6 0.2 -0.5

Foods, feeds, & beverages

0

4.283 150.8 148.3 12.5 1.9 1.5 0.6 -1.7

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages

00

3.335 168.5 165.4 14.5 1.8 1.7 0.4 -1.8

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)

01

0.948 111.0 109.6 5.9 2.4 0.6 1.7 -1.3

Industrial supplies & materials

1

43.880 274.1 256.2 34.3 6.8 2.9 -5.8 -6.5

Industrial supplies & materials excluding petroleum

  17.563 173.5 168.4 19.4 3.1 2.1 -2.1 -2.9

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

  15.418 182.4 179.7 18.8 2.5 1.7 0.3 -1.5

Industrial supplies & materials, durable

  10.227 175.3 171.1 17.0 2.7 1.3 -0.3 -2.4

Industrial supplies & materials nondurable excluding petroleum

  5.192 170.1 163.9 22.7 3.8 3.1 -4.6 -3.6

Fuels & lubricants

10

28.462 399.4 362.4 45.0 9.1 3.4 -8.9 -9.3

Petroleum & petroleum products

100

26.317 427.2 388.9 47.1 9.2 3.4 -8.2 -9.0

Crude

10000

19.955 454.4 411.6 51.9 9.2 3.7 -7.6 -9.4

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

101

1.911 234.7 200.8 39.9 8.8 5.0 -17.3 -14.4

Gas-natural

10110

1.757 231.9 195.8 43.5 9.5 5.3 -18.8 -15.6

Paper & paper base stocks

11

0.707 119.9 119.8 7.7 0.2 1.4 0.8 -0.1

Materials associated with nondurable supplies & materials

12

4.549 159.3 160.0 24.8 2.2 2.8 1.3 0.4

Selected building materials

13

1.667 122.1 122.5 4.8 2.6 1.8 0.7 0.3

Unfinished metals related to durable goods

14

5.089 271.5 260.1 24.4 3.6 0.7 -1.3 -4.2

Finished metals related to durable goods

15

1.915 162.3 159.3 18.2 2.2 1.4 0.8 -1.8

Nonmetals related to durable goods

16

1.491 111.9 111.8 9.1 0.3 3.0 1.0 -0.1

Capital goods

2

19.234 93.4 93.3 1.5 -0.1 0.3 -0.1 -0.1

Electric generating equipment

20

2.505 113.0 112.9 6.0 0.3 0.6 0.3 -0.1

Nonelectrical machinery

21

15.248 88.3 88.1 0.5 -0.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.2

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

22

1.480 117.9 118.0 4.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines

3

11.934 108.1 108.0 2.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.1

Consumer goods, excluding automotives

4

20.670 105.2 105.1 2.9 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Nondurables, manufactured

40

9.554 108.4 108.1 3.0 -0.1 0.2 0.3 -0.3

Durables, manufactured

41

10.093 101.7 101.8 3.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1

Nonmanufactured consumer goods

42

1.023 106.6 106.6 3.1 0.8 0.1 -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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