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: September 2011 to September 2012
[2000=100, unless otherwise noted]
Description Relative
import-
ance
Aug.
2012(1)		 Index Percent change
Aug.
2012		 Sept.
2012		 Annual Monthly
Sept.
2011
to
Sept.
2012		 May
2012
to
June
2012		 June
2012
to
July
2012		 July
2012
to
Aug.
2012		 Aug.
2012
to
Sept.
2012

Industrialized Countries(2)

 100.000 130.0 131.1 -1.4 -1.1 -0.6 0.5 0.8

Nonmanufactured articles

 11.920 212.7 220.7 -5.3 -4.4 -2.2 7.3 3.8

Manufactured articles

 87.429 123.1 123.7 -1.0 -0.6 -0.4 -0.5 0.5

Other Countries(3)

 100.000 139.1 140.7 -0.3 -2.7 -0.7 1.0 1.2

Nonmanufactured articles

 24.399 337.7 351.9 -1.2 -8.5 -3.3 3.6 4.2

Manufactured articles

 75.263 111.6 111.7 -0.1 -0.6 0.2 0.2 0.1

Canada

 100.000 148.2 150.4 -3.0 -1.9 -1.7 2.3 1.5

Nonmanufactured articles

 27.988 200.9 208.8 -6.4 -3.6 -2.6 7.4 3.9

Manufactured articles

 70.931 138.0 138.8 -1.6 -1.2 -1.4 0.4 0.6

European Union(4)

 100.000 134.2 134.0 -1.8 -0.7 -0.3 -0.3 -0.1

Nonmanufactured articles

 2.123 338.9 350.4 0.0 -10.7 -0.4 -0.1 3.4

Manufactured articles

 97.664 130.8 130.5 -1.9 -0.5 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2

France (Dec. 2003=100)

 100.000 119.8 119.8 -0.3 -0.4 -0.5 -0.3 0.0

Germany (Dec. 2003=100)

 100.000 114.0 114.2 -1.6 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 0.2

United Kingdom (Dec. 2003=100)

 100.000 131.4 132.5 -0.8 -2.1 -0.5 -0.2 0.8

Latin America(5)

 100.000 175.5 178.5 -0.7 -4.3 -0.3 1.6 1.7

Nonmanufactured articles

 34.694 368.8 383.7 1.3 -9.9 -0.3 4.4 4.0

Manufactured articles

 64.879 133.3 133.8 -2.2 -1.0 -0.4 0.2 0.4

Mexico (Dec. 2003=100)

 100.000 144.0 145.9 -1.2 -2.7 -0.1 0.6 1.3

Nonmanufactured articles (Dec. 2008=100)

 20.824 195.9 206.9 2.1 -10.5 -0.5 4.4 5.6

Manufactured articles (Dec. 2008=100)

 79.176 94.6 94.8 -2.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.3 0.2

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

 100.000 104.4 104.4 -0.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.0

China (Dec. 2003=100)

 100.000 104.9 104.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1

Japan

 100.000 102.7 102.9 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2

Asian NICs(7)

 100.000 90.9 91.1 -0.8 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2

ASEAN (Dec. 2003=100)(8)

 100.000 104.4 104.5 -1.1 -0.8 -0.2 -0.4 0.1

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

 100.000 251.8 257.7 -7.1 -7.9 -5.1 -1.8 2.3

Footnotes
 (1) Relative figures are based on 2010 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: October 11, 2012