Table 2 U.S. Export Price Indexes, by End Use

Table 2. U.S. export 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

  100.000 116.2 115.5 -6.7 -2.2 0.6 -0.3 -0.6

Agricultural commodities

  8.704 157.4 151.9 -21.8 -6.1 6.1 -1.6 -3.5

Nonagricultural commodities

  91.297 113.2 112.9 -5.0 -1.9 0.1 -0.1 -0.3

Foods, feeds, & beverages

0

8.166 162.5 156.9 -20.3 -5.9 6.8 -1.9 -3.4

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages

00

7.487 164.6 158.6 -21.7 -6.2 7.2 -2.0 -3.6

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)

01

0.679 145.5 143.7 -3.1 -3.2 3.1 -1.6 -1.2

Industrial supplies & materials

1

26.869 137.8 136.5 -17.5 -5.8 -0.7 -0.6 -0.9

Industrial supplies & materials, durable

  10.531 142.7 143.5 -16.9 -5.2 0.4 0.5 0.6

Industrial supplies & materials, nondurable

  16.338 135.5 132.9 -18.0 -6.3 -1.4 -1.2 -1.9

Agricultural industrial supplies & materials

10

1.217 126.6 123.5 -22.5 -6.0 -0.4 0.8 -2.4

Nonagricultural industrial supplies & materials

  25.652 138.6 137.4 -17.3 -5.8 -0.7 -0.6 -0.9

Fuels & lubricants

11

3.568 159.1 150.9 -39.5 -13.8 -0.8 -3.9 -5.2

Nonagricultural supplies & materials excluding fuels & building materials

12

21.023 137.6 137.4 -13.1 -4.7 -0.7 -0.1 -0.1

Selected building materials

13

1.061 115.8 114.8 0.5 -0.4 0.3 0.3 -0.9

Capital goods

2

41.409 102.2 102.2 1.0 -0.1 0.4 0.3 0.0

Electrical generating equipment

20

3.793 107.7 107.8 -0.7 -0.2 -1.1 -0.1 0.1

Nonelectrical machinery

21

28.699 93.8 93.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.1 0.4 -0.3

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

22

8.917 134.8 135.2 5.5 0.4 2.1 0.4 0.3

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines

3

10.494 108.1 108.3 1.1 -0.1 0.4 -0.3 0.2

Consumer goods, excluding automotives

4

13.063 109.0 108.5 0.5 -0.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.5

Nondurables, manufactured

40

5.812 109.0 108.1 -1.1 -0.2 1.4 0.3 -0.8

Durables, manufactured

41

6.142 109.5 109.4 3.8 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.1

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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