Table 7 U.S. Import Price Indexes, by Locality of Origin

Table 7. U.S. import price indexes and percent changes by locality of origin: March 2008 to March 2009 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description Percent
of
U.S.
imports(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

Industrialized Countries(2)

 42.434 117.9 117.7 -10.1 -2.9 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2

Nonmanufactured articles

 4.390 141.2 137.5 -50.1 -15.7 -5.3 -3.5 -2.6

Manufactured articles

 37.621 115.3 115.5 -3.8 -1.7 -0.1 -0.3 0.2

Other Countries(3)

 57.566 109.2 110.3 -17.3 -5.2 -1.9 0.1 1.0

Nonmanufactured articles

 12.442 156.3 166.3 -47.1 -15.4 -3.9 1.5 6.4

Manufactured articles

 44.910 101.7 101.7 -5.7 -2.8 -1.5 -0.2 0.0

Canada

 15.963 124.9 124.0 -18.4 -4.4 -1.8 -2.0 -0.7

Nonmanufactured articles

 3.979 137.4 133.0 -51.4 -15.8 -4.9 -4.2 -3.2

Manufactured articles

 11.678 123.8 123.6 -4.0 -1.5 -0.8 -1.6 -0.2

European Union(4)

 17.447 124.4 124.5 -4.0 -1.5 0.1 0.0 0.1

Nonmanufactured articles

 0.222 223.4 237.5 -26.6 3.4 -3.8 0.6 6.3

Manufactured articles

 17.133 121.9 122.1 -3.5 -1.6 0.1 0.0 0.2

France (Dec. 2003=100)

 1.954 118.6 119.0 3.0 -0.8 1.6 -1.1 0.3

Germany (Dec. 2003=100)

 4.735 109.3 108.5 -2.8 -0.8 1.1 -0.1 -0.7

United Kingdom (Dec. 2003=100)

 2.660 119.3 121.1 -11.1 -2.5 -0.1 0.8 1.5

Latin America(5)

 17.808 133.0 133.8 -22.0 -6.2 -1.0 -0.8 0.6

Nonmanufactured articles

 5.160 183.7 193.4 -39.7 -7.2 2.5 -1.2 5.3

Manufactured articles

 12.547 124.0 122.7 -11.9 -5.9 -2.2 -0.7 -1.0

Mexico (Dec. 2003=100)

 10.785 125.8 125.7 -11.7 0.5 -1.5 -1.4 -0.1

Nonmanufactured articles

 1.947 92.4 99.0 - - -1.6 -6.1 7.1

Manufactured articles

 8.788 97.8 96.3 - - -1.8 -0.4 -1.5

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

 33.590 99.8 99.3 -1.7 -0.9 -0.6 -0.4 -0.5

China (Dec. 2003=100)

 16.852 101.5 100.9 -0.2 -0.5 -0.4 -0.5 -0.6

Japan

 7.488 96.4 96.3 1.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 -0.1

Asian NICs(7)

 5.647 86.5 85.5 -4.1 -3.0 -2.7 -0.3 -1.2

ASEAN (Dec. 2003=100)(8)

 5.729 95.3 95.1 -5.6 -1.3 -1.4 -0.6 -0.2

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

 3.992 131.7 139.2 -46.2 -16.1 -7.7 0.8 5.7

Footnotes
 (1) Percentage of trade figures are based on 2007 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.

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

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Last Modified Date: April 09, 2009