Table 5 U.S. Import Price Indexes, by Harmonized System

Table 5. U.S. import price indexes and percent changes for selected categories of goods: July 2008 to July 2009 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description Harmo-
nized
system
Relative
import-
ance
June
2009(1)
Index Percent change
June
2009
July
2009
Annual Monthly
July
2008
to
July
2009
Mar.
2009
to
Apr.
2009
Apr.
2009
to
May
2009
May
2009
to
June
2009
June
2009
to
July
2009

Live animals; animal products

I

1.135 129.0 129.8 -9.3 -0.2 0.2 2.1 0.6

Meat and edible meat offal

02

0.254 150.9 154.2 -10.3 0.0 1.7 2.9 2.2

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates

03

0.563 99.8 99.5 -6.7 -1.2 -0.9 1.4 -0.3

Vegetable products

II

1.470 161.1 155.3 -4.3 8.3 -1.7 -1.4 -3.6

Edible vegetables, roots, and tubers

07

0.431 293.1 289.6 35.3 23.9 -5.9 -7.4 -1.2

Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons

08

0.438 103.8 97.5 -10.0 -2.8 2.7 0.0 -6.1

Coffee, tea, mate and spices

09

0.271 161.1 147.7 -15.0 5.5 4.3 5.2 -8.3

Prepared foodstuffs, beverages, and tobacco

IV

2.289 134.3 135.0 -5.2 -0.2 0.1 0.4 0.5

Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares (Dec. 2007=100)

19

0.245 109.0 110.0 -3.2 -0.6 0.8 2.3 0.9

Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts, or other parts of plants

20

0.280 124.9 125.0 -11.5 -2.8 0.1 0.5 0.1

Beverages, spirits, and vinegar

22

0.946 116.1 116.5 -2.8 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3

Mineral products

V

18.639 222.8 215.6 -50.1 7.2 9.4 14.6 -3.2

Mineral fuels, oils and residuals, bituminous substances and mineral waxes

27

18.252 219.6 212.5 -51.2 7.4 9.6 14.9 -3.2

Products of the chemical or allied industries

VI

7.824 131.3 129.8 -7.8 -0.4 2.2 -0.7 -1.1

Inorganic chemicals

28

0.802 222.5 201.2 -23.1 2.8 25.4 -9.6 -9.6

Organic chemicals

29

2.457 124.6 125.5 -6.0 0.9 0.2 1.5 0.7

Pharmaceutical products

30

2.735 113.3 113.9 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5

Tanning & dyeing extracts; dye & pigments; varnish & paints; putty

32

0.172 103.9 104.5 -1.8 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0.6

Essential oils and resinoids (Dec. 2001=100)

33

0.423 118.8 120.3 -4.1 -1.2 0.1 1.2 1.3

Miscellaneous chemical products

38

0.429 90.3 89.6 -11.7 -1.7 -0.4 -0.3 -0.8

Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof

VII

2.995 129.7 126.0 -7.8 0.9 1.2 0.4 -2.9

Plastics and articles thereof

39

1.979 129.2 123.6 -7.3 1.9 1.8 0.7 -4.3

Rubber and articles thereof

40

1.016 130.8 130.7 -8.5 -1.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1

Raw hides, skins, leather, furskins, travel goods, etc

VIII

0.630 113.7 113.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.3 -0.2 -0.6

Articles of leather; travel goods, bags, etc. of various materials

42

0.586 114.7 114.0 0.2 -0.2 0.3 -0.2 -0.6

Wood, wood charcoal, cork, straw, basketware and wickerwork

IX

1.001 110.4 114.2 -4.8 -0.7 -0.8 1.9 3.4

Woodpulp, recovered paper, and paper products

X

1.446 108.1 104.7 -10.0 -1.1 -0.5 -0.7 -3.1

Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard

48

1.012 107.8 102.7 -8.5 -1.3 -0.7 -1.1 -4.7

Printed matter

49

0.286 119.7 120.1 1.6 -0.1 0.2 -0.2 0.3

Textile and textile articles

XI

5.299 102.6 102.6 -1.2 -0.3 -0.2 0.0 0.0

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted

61

2.000 99.4 99.5 -1.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.1

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted

62

2.042 103.5 102.9 0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0.1 -0.6

Made-up or worn textile articles

63

0.543 90.3 90.7 -4.9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.4

Headgear, umbrellas, artifical flowers, etc.

XII

1.291 108.0 107.5 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5

Footwear and parts of such articles

64

1.088 107.2 106.5 1.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.7

Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, ceramics, glass etc.

XIII

1.049 125.5 125.0 4.3 0.1 0.3 0.8 -0.4

Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, or mica (Dec. 2001=100)

68

0.387 117.4 117.2 1.2 -0.9 -0.7 0.2 -0.2

Ceramic products

69

0.333 140.7 140.8 12.0 0.5 1.5 2.2 0.1

Glass and glassware

70

0.330 118.4 117.3 0.7 0.9 0.2 0.3 -0.9

Pearls, stones, precious metals, imitation jewelry, and coins

XIV

2.654 140.7 140.2 -10.8 0.8 0.7 3.1 -0.4

Base metals and articles of base metals

XV

5.477 151.3 153.5 -26.4 -0.6 0.5 0.3 1.5

Iron and steel

72

1.162 174.0 177.7 -43.5 -4.2 -4.9 -0.3 2.1

Articles of iron or steel

73

1.801 140.5 138.7 -16.2 -1.1 -1.2 -1.9 -1.3

Copper and articles thereof

74

0.561 234.8 245.1 -23.5 9.2 12.7 4.9 4.4

Aluminum and articles thereof

76

0.692 105.7 109.4 -30.1 0.0 4.2 0.8 3.5

Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof

82

0.397 117.7 117.7 1.6 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0

Miscellaneous articles of base metal

83

0.479 130.0 129.7 -0.5 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.2

Machinery, electrical equipment, TV image and sound recorders, parts, etc.

XVI

26.115 86.8 87.0 -2.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2

Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

84

13.155 87.9 88.3 -1.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.5

Electrical machinery and equip, sound and TV recorders & reproducers, parts

85

12.960 85.7 85.6 -3.1 0.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.1

Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment

XVII

12.950 109.6 109.8 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2

Motor vehicles and their parts

87

11.758 108.6 108.8 -0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2

Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (Dec. 2002=100)

88

1.088 115.5 115.6 3.1 0.2 0.1 -0.2 0.1

Optical, photo, measuring, medical & musical instruments; & timepieces

XVIII

3.238 102.0 102.1 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1

Optical, photographic, measuring and medical instruments

90

2.907 99.8 99.8 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0

Clocks and watches and parts thereof

91

0.251 123.4 123.8 1.6 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.3

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

XX

4.274 107.4 107.4 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 0.0

Furniture & stuffed furnishings; lamps & lighting fittings, nesoi; prefab bldgs

94

2.340 112.4 112.3 -0.5 -0.3 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1

Toys, games and sports equipment; parts and accessories thereof

95

1.718 100.0 100.1 0.9 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 0.1

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

96

0.216 116.0 116.3 3.1 3.6 0.1 0.3 0.3

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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