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: October 2007 to October 2008 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description End
Use
Relative
import-
ance
Sept.
2008(1)
Index Percent change
Sept.
2008
Oct.
2008
Annual Monthly
Oct.
2007
to
Oct.
2008
June
2008
to
July
2008
July
2008
to
Aug.
2008
Aug.
2008
to
Sept.
2008
Sept.
2008
to
Oct.
2008

All commodities

  100.000 138.4 131.9 6.7 1.4 -3.0 -3.3 -4.7

All imports excluding petroleum

  75.865 114.1 113.1 5.0 0.6 -0.4 -0.9 -0.9

All imports excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)

  74.015 116.9 116.0 4.9 0.6 0.2 -0.4 -0.8

Foods, feeds, & beverages

0

4.369 148.1 145.7 9.4 1.4 0.5 -1.5 -1.6

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages

00

3.396 165.1 162.1 10.6 1.5 0.2 -1.7 -1.8

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)

01

0.973 109.6 108.7 5.3 0.6 1.6 -1.2 -0.8

Industrial supplies & materials

1

41.779 251.1 223.6 13.4 2.7 -6.8 -7.3 -11.0

Industrial supplies & materials excluding petroleum

  17.644 167.6 162.2 13.3 1.9 -2.4 -3.0 -3.2

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

  15.794 179.8 174.2 13.9 1.7 0.2 -1.3 -3.1

Industrial supplies & materials, durable

  10.313 170.2 162.3 10.4 1.2 -0.3 -2.7 -4.6

Industrial supplies & materials nondurable excluding petroleum

  5.481 163.2 161.3 17.4 3.0 -5.2 -3.4 -1.2

Fuels & lubricants

10

25.985 350.9 295.6 12.7 3.3 -10.3 -10.6 -15.8

Petroleum & petroleum products

100

24.136 377.1 314.2 13.1 3.3 -9.7 -10.2 -16.7

Crude

10000

17.893 392.1 320.1 12.4 3.6 -9.6 -11.7 -18.4

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

101

1.607 189.9 182.1 15.1 4.5 -19.1 -16.9 -4.1

Gas-natural

10110

1.436 182.3 173.4 14.5 4.7 -20.7 -19.1 -4.9

Paper & paper base stocks

11

0.735 119.8 119.9 6.9 1.4 0.7 0.1 0.1

Materials associated with nondurable supplies & materials

12

4.813 162.3 161.8 23.1 2.9 1.3 1.8 -0.3

Selected building materials

13

1.738 122.5 120.4 4.1 1.8 0.7 0.3 -1.7

Unfinished metals related to durable goods

14

5.005 257.0 238.2 12.9 0.1 -1.2 -4.9 -7.3

Finished metals related to durable goods

15

1.960 159.9 154.1 13.1 2.1 0.1 -1.4 -3.6

Nonmetals related to durable goods

16

1.543 111.4 110.6 7.4 2.9 1.0 -0.4 -0.7

Capital goods

2

19.982 93.4 93.2 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.2

Electric generating equipment

20

2.599 112.8 112.0 4.9 0.6 0.3 -0.2 -0.7

Nonelectrical machinery

21

15.843 88.3 88.1 0.5 0.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.2

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

22

1.541 118.2 118.3 3.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines

3

12.409 108.2 108.3 2.6 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.1

Consumer goods, excluding automotives

4

21.461 105.1 105.2 2.9 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.1

Nondurables, manufactured

40

9.897 108.1 108.2 2.9 0.3 0.2 -0.3 0.1

Durables, manufactured

41

10.502 101.8 102.0 3.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2

Nonmanufactured consumer goods

42

1.062 106.5 105.8 2.4 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.7

Footnotes
(1) Relative importance figures are based on 2006 trade values.

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

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