Table 7. U.S. import price indexes and percent changes by locality of origin: September 2007 to September 2008 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description Percent
of
U.S.
imports(1)		 Index Percent change
June
2008		 July
2008		 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

Industrialized Countries(2)

 42.888 (r)139.6 (r)141.7 (r)140.0 135.7 12.7 (r)1.9 (r)1.5 (r)-1.2 -3.1

Nonmanufactured articles

 4.201 (r)346.8 (r)359.6 (r)334.5 298.2 52.6 (r)6.9 (r)3.7 (r)-7.0 -10.9

Manufactured articles

 38.251 (r)124.3 (r)125.6 (r)125.5 123.6 7.9 (r)1.1 1.0 -0.1 -1.5

Other Countries(3)

 57.112 (r)147.3 (r)150.0 (r)146.1 141.8 17.1 3.7 (r)1.8 (r)-2.6 -2.9

Nonmanufactured articles

 12.058 (r)402.3 (r)418.4 (r)393.8 361.2 49.5 (r)9.0 (r)4.0 (r)-5.9 -8.3

Manufactured articles

 44.837 111.8 112.7 (r)111.5 111.0 6.6 1.3 0.8 (r)-1.1 -0.4

Canada

 16.032 (r)171.2 (r)173.7 (r)170.1 161.7 19.8 (r)3.6 (r)1.5 (r)-2.1 -4.9

Nonmanufactured articles

 3.711 (r)345.1 (r)356.9 (r)329.4 291.1 55.1 (r)7.2 (r)3.4 (r)-7.7 -11.6

Manufactured articles

 12.028 137.5 (r)138.2 (r)139.3 137.1 9.4 1.9 (r)0.5 (r)0.8 -1.6

European Union(4)

 17.355 (r)133.9 (r)134.4 (r)133.7 131.9 7.8 0.8 (r)0.4 (r)-0.5 -1.3

Nonmanufactured articles

 0.249 400.2 (r)428.9 (r)428.9 398.1 44.8 2.7 (r)7.2 (r)0.0 -7.2

Manufactured articles

 16.987 (r)130.1 (r)130.4 (r)129.7 128.1 7.0 (r)0.8 0.2 -0.5 -1.2

France (Dec. 2003=100)

 1.844 119.3 120.4 121.2 120.5 9.8 0.4 0.9 0.7 -0.6

Germany (Dec. 2003=100)

 4.732 (r)113.3 (r)113.4 (r)113.2 112.0 3.2 (r)0.2 0.1 (r)-0.2 -1.1

United Kingdom (Dec. 2003=100)

 2.684 (r)142.5 (r)144.4 (r)141.8 136.5 10.7 (r)1.1 (r)1.3 (r)-1.8 -3.7

Latin America(5)

 18.032 (r)193.9 (r)200.1 (r)192.2 185.3 21.7 4.2 (r)3.2 (r)-3.9 -3.6

Nonmanufactured articles

 5.151 (r)409.2 (r)430.7 (r)397.1 365.4 45.8 (r)8.8 (r)5.3 (r)-7.8 -8.0

Manufactured articles

 12.786 (r)146.0 (r)148.6 (r)146.8 145.8 10.0 (r)1.2 1.8 (r)-1.2 -0.7

Mexico (Dec. 2003=100)

 10.710 154.3 (r)158.2 (r)154.8 152.2 16.3 3.1 (r)2.5 (r)-2.1 -1.7

Pacific Rim (Dec. 2003=100)(6)

 33.822 102.7 (r)103.5 (r)103.6 102.6 3.3 0.4 (r)0.8 (r)0.1 -1.0

China (Dec. 2003=100)

 15.926 102.8 (r)103.7 (r)103.8 103.9 4.8 0.6 (r)0.9 0.1 0.1

Japan

 8.032 95.1 (r)95.5 95.5 94.9 1.1 0.2 (r)0.4 (r)0.0 -0.6

Asian NICs(7)

 5.887 91.1 (r)92.3 (r)93.8 93.1 4.8 0.1 (r)1.3 (r)1.6 -0.7

ASEAN (Dec. 2003=100)(8)

 6.041 (r)103.2 (r)103.7 (r)102.7 101.7 4.2 (r)0.8 (r)0.5 (r)-1.0 -1.0

Asia Near East (Dec. 2003=100)(9)

 3.928 (r)311.6 (r)317.4 (r)310.6 287.8 38.0 (r)6.0 (r)1.9 (r)-2.1 -7.3

Footnotes
 (1) Percentage of trade figures are based on 2006 trade values.
(2) Includes Western Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
(3) Includes Eastern Europe, Latin America, OPEC countries, and other countries in Asia, Africa and the Western Hemisphere.
(4) Includes European Union countries.
(5) Includes Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
(6) Includes China, Japan, Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Asian Newly Industrialized Countries.
(7) Asian Newly Industrialized Countries. Includes Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.
(8) Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
(9) Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
(r) Revised

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

 

Last Modified Date: October 10, 2008