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: March 2008 to March 2009 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description End
Use
Relative
import-
ance
Feb.
2009(1)
Index Percent change
Feb.
2009
Mar.
2009
Annual Monthly
Mar.
2008
to
Mar.
2009
Nov.
2008
to
Dec.
2008
Dec.
2008
to
Jan.
2009
Jan.
2009
to
Feb.
2009
Feb.
2009
to
Mar.
2009

All commodities

  100.000 113.0 113.6 -14.9 -4.6 -1.2 -0.1 0.5

All imports excluding petroleum

  88.621 108.3 107.5 -3.7 -1.1 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7

All imports excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)

  86.668 111.4 110.9 -2.6 -1.1 -0.7 -0.4 -0.4

Foods, feeds, & beverages

0

4.929 137.8 136.4 -3.8 2.0 0.1 -3.2 -1.0

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages

00

3.812 153.1 150.6 -4.3 3.2 -0.1 -3.8 -1.6

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)

01

1.117 103.2 104.5 -2.2 -1.9 0.6 -1.1 1.3

Industrial supplies & materials

1

27.943 144.7 149.0 -36.5 -13.9 -4.5 0.7 3.0

Industrial supplies & materials excluding petroleum

  16.564 136.8 133.7 -16.1 -4.8 -4.2 -2.2 -2.3

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

  14.611 147.4 146.1 -12.4 -5.4 -4.1 -0.9 -0.9

Industrial supplies & materials, durable

  9.059 137.2 135.4 -14.8 -6.2 -2.7 -0.6 -1.3

Industrial supplies & materials nondurable excluding petroleum

  5.552 136.2 131.5 -17.5 -3.0 -5.8 -4.1 -3.5

Fuels & lubricants

10

13.333 150.1 160.8 -51.1 -22.2 -4.9 2.5 7.1

Petroleum & petroleum products

100

11.380 150.8 166.7 -52.0 -25.2 -4.9 5.2 10.5

Crude

10000

8.098 151.5 166.8 -54.2 -23.7 -5.5 4.1 10.1

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

101

1.746 150.6 129.4 -39.7 -0.1 -4.6 -11.6 -14.1

Gas-natural

10110

1.549 139.2 117.2 -44.6 -0.1 -5.7 -13.0 -15.8

Paper & paper base stocks

11

0.786 108.5 105.9 -7.2 -1.7 -2.6 -1.6 -2.4

Materials associated with nondurable supplies & materials

12

4.864 136.9 137.4 -7.0 -4.2 -6.5 -1.4 0.4

Selected building materials

13

1.740 116.4 115.9 1.6 -0.6 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4

Unfinished metals related to durable goods

14

3.535 175.8 172.6 -28.5 -11.3 -4.9 -0.5 -1.8

Finished metals related to durable goods

15

2.005 137.1 135.2 -7.3 -4.5 -1.8 -0.8 -1.4

Nonmetals related to durable goods

16

1.681 106.0 104.8 -0.4 -1.3 -2.0 -0.7 -1.1

Capital goods

2

25.226 92.3 92.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 -0.4 -0.3

Electric generating equipment

20

3.237 110.2 109.8 0.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.8 -0.4

Nonelectrical machinery

21

19.776 87.1 86.8 -0.8 -0.2 0.0 -0.5 -0.3

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

22

2.213 121.0 121.1 5.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.1

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines

3

14.877 108.2 108.0 0.6 -0.1 0.2 0.2 -0.2

Consumer goods, excluding automotives

4

27.025 104.5 104.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.1 -0.5

Nondurables, manufactured

40

12.545 109.0 108.5 0.9 0.2 0.6 0.1 -0.5

Durables, manufactured

41

13.150 100.0 99.7 -0.7 -0.4 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3

Nonmanufactured consumer goods

42

1.330 104.4 101.3 -2.9 0.4 -0.9 1.7 -3.0

Footnotes
(1) Relative importance figures are based on 2007 trade values.

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

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