Table 2. U.S. export 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
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

All commodities

   100.000 126.1 128.0 125.8 124.6 6.8 1.0 1.5 -1.7 -1.0

Agricultural commodities

   9.750 195.2 207.8 (r)187.9 187.4 19.5 2.3 6.5 -9.6 -0.3

Nonagricultural commodities

   90.250 121.2 122.3 121.4 120.2 5.6 0.9 0.9 -0.7 -1.0

Foods, feeds, & beverages

0

 8.833 (r)198.0 211.1 (r)189.1 189.1 19.8 (r)2.4 6.6 (r)-10.4 0.0

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages

00

 8.161 (r)204.0 (r)218.5 (r)194.2 194.4 20.9 2.6 (r)7.1 (r)-11.1 0.1

Wheat and rice

000

 0.868 290.7 295.7 256.9 260.9 11.4 -3.4 1.7 -13.1 1.6

Wheat

00000

 0.603 278.0 283.1 240.5 255.8 -2.3 -5.2 1.8 -15.0 6.4

Soybeans & other oil seeds

001

 1.664 285.8 325.0 266.0 247.8 38.5 8.7 13.7 -18.2 -6.8

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

00100

 1.364 270.2 313.5 249.5 239.2 39.6 10.0 16.0 -20.4 -4.1

Feedstuff

002

 1.954 257.7 292.5 (r)222.8 244.2 44.1 3.4 13.5 (r)-23.8 9.6

Corn

00200

 1.313 279.1 322.5 (r)230.2 255.8 47.5 3.2 15.5 (r)-28.6 11.1

Other animal feeds, n.e.s.

00220

 0.542 196.9 216.0 199.4 206.4 38.2 4.3 9.7 -7.7 3.5

Other agricultural foods

003

 3.675 144.9 (r)146.5 150.2 146.9 6.0 1.0 (r)1.1 (r)2.5 -2.2

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

00300

 1.123 138.0 (r)142.2 (r)147.5 146.7 16.2 2.9 3.0 3.7 -0.5

Fruit and fruit preparations, including fruit juices

00320

 0.725 (r)140.1 (r)137.6 (r)143.3 135.5 2.3 (r)3.4 -1.8 (r)4.1 -5.4

Vegetables and vegetable preparations and juices

00330

 0.390 130.2 134.9 149.8 141.3 8.3 -7.0 3.6 11.0 -5.7

Nuts & preparations (Dec. 2007=100)

00340

 0.310 99.0 105.0 103.0 98.7 - 1.0 6.1 -1.9 -4.2

Bakery & confectionery products (Dec. 2007=100)

00350

 0.321 103.8 (r)104.0 (r)106.6 106.6 - 0.2 (r)0.2 (r)2.5 0.0

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

00360

 0.696 127.1 (r)126.8 (r)126.8 127.0 5.7 -0.1 (r)-0.2 (r)0.0 0.2

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)

01

 0.672 146.1 (r)146.9 (r)145.6 143.5 7.9 0.4 (r)0.5 (r)-0.9 -1.4

Fish and shellfish

01000

 0.476 157.8 158.8 (r)156.5 154.1 9.4 0.1 0.6 (r)-1.4 -1.5

Industrial supplies & materials

1

 31.775 173.2 (r)177.7 173.7 169.1 13.6 2.1 (r)2.6 (r)-2.3 -2.6

Industrial supplies & materials, durable

   11.918 172.9 (r)174.8 (r)174.5 165.5 6.4 -0.3 (r)1.1 -0.2 -5.2

Industrial supplies & materials, nondurable

   19.857 174.2 (r)180.4 (r)174.1 172.1 18.3 3.6 3.6 (r)-3.5 -1.1

Agricultural industrial supplies & materials

10

 1.589 158.0 162.8 (r)161.5 158.0 12.9 0.7 3.0 (r)-0.8 -2.2

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

100

 0.508 121.4 126.1 124.1 121.3 9.4 -0.6 3.9 -1.6 -2.3

Other agricultural materials

101

 1.081 173.2 178.0 (r)177.2 173.5 14.6 1.3 2.8 -0.4 -2.1

Nonagricultural industrial supplies & materials

   30.187 174.3 (r)178.8 (r)174.7 170.0 13.7 2.2 (r)2.6 (r)-2.3 -2.7

Fuels & lubricants

11

 5.421 (r)297.2 (r)313.0 (r)275.2 268.8 33.8 7.8 (r)5.3 (r)-12.1 -2.3

Coals & related fuels (Dec. 2007=100)

110

 0.437 100.2 (r)106.1 (r)107.9 106.8 - 0.0 (r)5.9 (r)1.7 -1.0

Petroleum & petroleum products

111

 4.559 (r)323.1 (r)345.8 (r)301.3 296.2 39.9 9.0 (r)7.0 (r)-12.9 -1.7

Fuel oil

11110

 1.888 441.2 466.6 388.2 359.6 41.4 12.0 5.8 -16.8 -7.4

Other petroleum products

11120

 2.451 (r)372.3 (r)406.9 (r)366.5 378.6 43.4 (r)7.2 (r)9.3 (r)-9.9 3.3

Nonagricultural supplies & materials excluding fuels & building materials

12

 23.771 161.6 (r)164.9 165.0 160.3 10.6 0.9 (r)2.0 (r)0.1 -2.8

Steelmaking & ferroalloying materials (Dec. 2005=100)

120

 0.880 171.7 174.9 (r)170.5 148.2 11.3 2.9 1.9 (r)-2.5 -13.1

Iron and steel products

121

 1.465 200.7 (r)205.8 (r)208.5 207.1 21.6 3.9 (r)2.5 1.3 -0.7

Iron & steel mill products

12100

 0.873 228.5 236.8 241.4 242.6 28.5 2.9 3.6 1.9 0.5

Iron and steel products advance manufacturing

12110

 0.592 166.5 (r)168.2 (r)168.8 164.8 12.4 5.4 (r)1.0 0.4 -2.4

Nonferrous & other metals

122

 4.309 270.5 270.5 269.1 239.5 4.3 -2.9 0.0 -0.5 -11.0

Aluminum & alumina

12200

 0.697 161.6 163.0 159.9 146.9 -2.1 -2.9 0.9 -1.9 -8.1

Nonmonetary gold

12260

 1.230 309.5 311.0 327.3 292.0 25.5 -2.2 0.5 5.2 -10.8

Other precious metals (Dec. 2001=100)

12270

 1.228 376.1 383.3 364.0 289.3 -7.7 -4.9 1.9 -5.0 -20.5

Other nonferrous metals

12290

 0.614 178.0 172.0 170.8 165.6 -1.1 -2.0 -3.4 -0.7 -3.0

Finished metal shapes

123

 1.391 145.0 147.2 148.1 146.1 4.1 -0.7 1.5 0.6 -1.4

Paper & paper base stocks

124

 1.736 118.6 (r)119.7 (r)120.0 120.1 7.3 0.7 (r)0.9 (r)0.3 0.1

Woodpulp and recovered paper

12420

 0.699 131.7 133.4 133.7 132.7 10.5 1.0 1.3 0.2 -0.7

Linerboard, newsprint, and other paper/paperboard

12430

 1.037 114.8 (r)115.7 (r)116.0 116.7 5.3 0.3 (r)0.8 (r)0.3 0.6

Chemicals, excluding medicinals

125

 9.873 164.3 (r)169.7 170.2 169.0 16.1 2.4 (r)3.3 (r)0.3 -0.7

Plastic materials

12500

 3.024 (r)153.8 (r)159.3 (r)163.3 160.4 12.6 (r)2.3 (r)3.6 (r)2.5 -1.8

Industrial inorganic chemicals

12530

 0.928 219.0 (r)228.7 (r)234.9 243.8 39.5 3.7 (r)4.4 (r)2.7 3.8

Industrial organic chemicals

12540

 3.139 180.0 (r)186.8 182.2 179.7 16.1 3.6 3.8 -2.5 -1.4

Other chemicals, excluding medicinals

12550

 1.900 124.8 127.2 127.8 127.4 5.6 0.5 1.9 0.5 -0.3

Manmade cloth and thread & cordage

12620

 0.565 123.8 (r)125.2 (r)126.5 127.7 6.6 -0.1 (r)1.1 (r)1.0 0.9

Other nonagricultural industrial supplies and materials

127

 2.878 124.9 (r)127.4 (r)127.2 127.5 5.5 0.9 (r)2.0 -0.2 0.2

Industrial rubber products (Dec. 2007=100)

12750

 0.296 107.9 108.4 109.6 109.9 - 2.7 0.5 1.1 0.3

Mineral supplies-manufactured

12760

 0.433 103.3 103.5 103.5 104.0 1.1 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.5

Other goods manufactured and unmanufactured

12770

 1.557 122.3 (r)123.4 (r)123.0 123.6 3.7 0.6 (r)0.9 (r)-0.3 0.5

Selected building materials

13

 0.995 113.8 113.9 (r)114.4 113.8 -0.5 -0.1 0.1 (r)0.4 -0.5

Lumber & other wood supplies

131

 0.526 106.5 106.1 (r)106.9 105.8 -2.9 0.0 -0.4 (r)0.8 -1.0

Logs, lumber, plywood and veneers

13100

 0.405 98.0 97.7 (r)98.5 98.1 -4.0 -0.2 -0.3 (r)0.8 -0.4

Capital goods

2

 38.279 102.0 (r)101.9 (r)102.0 101.9 2.0 0.4 (r)-0.1 0.1 -0.1

Capital goods, excluding computers peripherals & semiconductors

   30.084 115.4 115.9 116.2 116.3 4.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1

Electrical generating equipment

20

 3.635 (r)108.9 (r)109.2 109.2 109.6 2.7 (r)0.3 0.3 (r)0.0 0.4

Generators, transformers & access

20000

 0.915 109.5 109.9 (r)110.1 110.9 6.5 -0.1 0.4 (r)0.2 0.7

Electric apparatus and parts, n.e.s.

20005

 2.720 (r)108.7 (r)108.9 (r)108.8 109.2 1.5 (r)0.4 (r)0.2 (r)-0.1 0.4

Nonelectrical machinery

21

 26.984 94.2 (r)94.0 (r)94.1 93.9 0.9 0.3 (r)-0.2 0.1 -0.2

Non-electrical machinery excluding computers, peripherals & semiconductors

   18.790 (r)110.0 (r)110.6 (r)111.0 111.0 3.5 (r)0.1 0.5 0.4 0.0

Oil drilling, mining, and construction machinery, and equipment

210

 2.274 139.6 (r)140.3 (r)140.8 140.8 3.6 0.4 (r)0.5 (r)0.4 0.0

Drilling & oil field equip.

21000

 1.067 144.9 145.2 (r)145.5 146.1 2.0 0.0 0.2 (r)0.2 0.4

Excavating, paving & construction machinery

21030

 0.952 137.7 138.9 139.3 138.7 5.2 1.0 0.9 0.3 -0.4

Industrial and service machinery

211

 10.255 (r)117.4 (r)118.4 (r)118.9 118.9 4.4 (r)0.0 0.9 0.4 0.0

Industrial engines, pumps, & compressors

21100

 1.657 121.3 (r)124.4 (r)126.7 126.8 8.5 0.1 (r)2.6 (r)1.8 0.1

Metal working machine tools and rolling mill machines

21120

 0.868 (r)108.1 (r)107.8 (r)107.8 106.9 3.1 (r)0.1 (r)-0.3 0.0 -0.8

Measuring, testing & control instruments

21160

 1.805 111.4 111.8 111.9 111.7 3.3 0.0 0.4 0.1 -0.2

Materials handling equipment

21170

 0.957 (r)124.9 (r)125.6 (r)125.4 126.3 2.8 (r)-0.2 0.6 (r)-0.2 0.7

Other industrial machinery

21180

 3.188 119.2 (r)120.1 (r)120.4 120.5 4.1 0.0 (r)0.8 (r)0.2 0.1

Photo and other service industry machines

21190

 0.835 124.7 125.1 125.4 125.5 3.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1

Agricultural machinery & equipment

212

 0.514 116.6 (r)118.0 (r)118.1 118.7 4.2 0.0 (r)1.2 0.1 0.5

Computers, peripherals, and semi- conductors

213

 8.195 67.7 (r)66.5 (r)66.1 65.6 -4.9 1.0 (r)-1.8 (r)-0.6 -0.8

Computers

21300

 0.800 52.1 51.5 (r)50.7 50.0 -16.1 -3.0 -1.2 (r)-1.6 -1.4

Computer peripherals, accessories and parts

21301

 2.802 70.3 (r)69.8 (r)69.3 68.2 -6.8 -0.1 (r)-0.7 (r)-0.7 -1.6

Semiconductors

21320

 4.592 69.0 (r)67.3 (r)67.0 67.0 -1.3 2.4 (r)-2.5 (r)-0.4 0.0

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

   3.602 65.8 (r)65.3 (r)64.7 63.7 -9.3 -0.8 (r)-0.8 (r)-0.9 -1.5

Telecommunications equipment

214

 2.663 88.5 88.7 (r)88.8 88.8 2.1 0.0 0.2 (r)0.1 0.0

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

215

 0.241 97.5 95.6 95.7 95.7 - 0.1 -1.9 0.1 0.0

Scientific and medical machinery

216

 2.843 103.8 (r)103.7 (r)104.3 103.7 2.4 0.0 (r)-0.1 0.6 -0.6

Laboratory testing & control instruments

21600

 0.684 104.8 104.3 104.5 103.5 2.2 -0.2 -0.5 0.2 -1.0

Other scientific, medical and hospital equipment

21610

 2.159 103.3 (r)103.4 (r)104.0 103.6 2.4 0.0 (r)0.1 (r)0.6 -0.4

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

22

 7.659 130.3 130.6 (r)130.6 130.7 5.9 0.5 0.2 (r)0.0 0.1

Parts for civilian aircraft

22010

 1.766 135.4 (r)136.0 136.2 136.9 5.6 0.0 (r)0.4 0.1 0.5

Engines for civilian aircraft (Dec. 2002=100)

22020

 1.697 127.2 127.8 (r)127.8 127.8 5.5 0.0 0.5 (r)0.0 0.0

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines

3

 9.435 (r)107.4 107.7 107.8 107.9 1.5 (r)-0.1 (r)0.3 0.1 0.1

Passenger cars, new and used

300

 2.619 106.6 106.7 106.6 106.7 0.6 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.1

Vehicles designed to transport goods

301

 1.394 113.2 113.6 114.0 113.9 1.8 0.0 0.4 0.4 -0.1

Parts, engines, bodies & chassis

302

 5.422 106.9 107.2 (r)107.3 107.4 1.9 -0.1 0.3 (r)0.1 0.1

Engines and engine parts for automotive vehicles

30200

 1.128 (r)107.6 (r)107.8 (r)108.3 108.2 2.0 (r)-0.6 0.2 (r)0.5 -0.1

Automotive tires & tubes (Dec. 2007=100)

30220

 0.263 105.0 107.9 108.4 111.1 - 2.4 2.8 0.5 2.5

Nonengine parts & accessories

30230

 4.031 (r)104.6 104.7 104.7 104.7 1.3 (r)-0.1 (r)0.1 0.0 0.0

Consumer goods, excluding automotives

4

 11.677 108.2 (r)108.6 (r)108.6 108.3 2.0 0.1 (r)0.4 (r)0.0 -0.3

Nondurables, manufactured

40

 5.472 110.1 (r)110.0 (r)109.9 109.0 1.9 0.1 (r)-0.1 (r)-0.1 -0.8

Apparel, footwear, and household goods

400

 0.687 96.8 96.7 97.1 97.1 1.0 0.2 -0.1 0.4 0.0

Textile apparel and footwear

40000

 0.462 94.6 94.4 94.4 94.3 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 -0.1

Other consumer nondurables

401

 4.785 113.2 (r)113.1 (r)112.9 111.9 2.1 0.0 (r)-0.1 (r)-0.2 -0.9

Medicinal, dental, and pharmaceutical preparatory materials

40100

 2.940 112.8 112.6 (r)111.9 110.7 2.0 0.0 -0.2 (r)-0.6 -1.1

Books, magazines & other printed material

40110

 0.484 121.6 (r)119.6 (r)119.2 118.0 -0.8 0.3 (r)-1.6 -0.3 -1.0

Toiletries & cosmetics

40120

 0.668 (r)112.9 (r)113.6 (r)115.3 114.0 5.5 (r)-0.4 0.6 (r)1.5 -1.1

Other products (notions & writing articles)

40140

 0.572 110.4 (r)111.1 (r)111.6 111.3 1.1 0.3 (r)0.6 0.5 -0.3

Durables, manufactured

41

 5.225 105.2 (r)106.1 (r)106.3 106.4 2.1 0.1 (r)0.9 (r)0.2 0.1

Household goods

410

 2.493 (r)110.8 (r)111.2 (r)111.4 111.6 2.3 (r)0.1 (r)0.4 0.2 0.2

Furniture and household items (Dec. 2007=100)

41000

 0.316 103.4 102.9 (r)102.5 103.8 - 0.0 -0.5 (r)-0.4 1.3

Household and kitchen appliances

41030

 0.656 (r)115.5 (r)117.3 (r)118.2 117.5 4.1 (r)0.4 (r)1.6 (r)0.8 -0.6

Miscellaneous household goods

41050

 1.304 102.8 102.7 102.8 102.7 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.1

Recreational equip & materials

411

 1.207 (r)110.0 (r)110.4 (r)110.5 110.6 3.9 (r)-0.1 (r)0.4 0.1 0.1

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

41110

 0.288 106.3 (r)107.1 (r)108.2 108.1 - 0.6 0.8 (r)1.0 -0.1

Toys, shooting and sporting goods

41120

 0.820 (r)102.9 (r)103.1 (r)102.9 103.1 2.2 (r)-0.3 (r)0.2 -0.2 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: October 10, 2008