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: May 2008 to May 2009 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description End
Use
Relative
import-
ance
Apr.
2009(1)
Index Percent change
Apr.
2009
May
2009
Annual Monthly
May
2008
to
May
2009
Jan.
2009
to
Feb.
2009
Feb.
2009
to
Mar.
2009
Mar.
2009
to
Apr.
2009
Apr.
2009
to
May
2009

All commodities

  100.000 114.8 116.3 -17.6 0.0 0.5 1.1 1.3

All imports excluding petroleum

  86.268 107.1 107.3 -5.8 -0.7 -0.8 -0.2 0.2

All imports excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)

  84.794 110.8 111.0 -4.1 -0.4 -0.6 0.1 0.2

Foods, feeds, & beverages

0

4.888 138.9 139.3 -3.9 -3.2 -0.6 1.4 0.3

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages

00

3.783 154.4 155.2 -4.3 -3.8 -1.1 2.0 0.5

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)

01

1.105 103.7 103.4 -2.4 -1.1 1.2 -0.9 -0.3

Industrial supplies & materials

1

29.268 154.0 160.4 -39.5 0.8 3.0 3.2 4.2

Industrial supplies & materials excluding petroleum

  15.535 130.2 131.0 -22.2 -2.2 -2.6 -2.1 0.6

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

  14.061 144.1 145.2 -16.8 -0.9 -1.3 -1.0 0.8

Industrial supplies & materials, durable

  8.707 134.0 134.2 -20.6 -0.6 -1.8 -0.5 0.1

Industrial supplies & materials nondurable excluding petroleum

  5.353 125.6 127.0 -23.8 -4.1 -3.7 -4.0 1.1

Fuels & lubricants

10

15.207 173.9 186.8 -51.9 2.7 7.7 7.3 7.4

Petroleum & petroleum products

100

13.733 184.9 200.3 -51.4 5.4 11.1 9.8 8.3

Crude

10000

9.892 188.1 206.4 -52.5 3.4 13.7 9.7 9.7

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

101

1.283 112.5 111.2 -55.2 -12.2 -13.8 -12.2 -1.2

Gas-natural

10110

1.070 97.7 96.3 -61.1 -13.7 -15.8 -14.4 -1.4

Paper & paper base stocks

11

0.745 104.6 103.5 -11.6 -1.4 -2.0 -1.9 -1.1

Materials associated with nondurable supplies & materials

12

4.691 134.2 137.0 -8.4 -1.2 -0.3 -1.8 2.1

Selected building materials

13

1.696 115.3 114.4 -1.5 -0.6 -0.3 -0.7 -0.8

Unfinished metals related to durable goods

14

3.390 171.3 172.3 -34.6 -0.3 -2.4 -0.2 0.6

Finished metals related to durable goods

15

1.907 132.5 134.1 -13.7 -1.2 -2.5 -0.2 1.2

Nonmetals related to durable goods

16

1.632 104.6 103.8 -3.3 -0.8 -0.9 -0.6 -0.8

Capital goods

2

24.740 92.0 92.0 -1.4 -0.4 -0.4 0.1 0.0

Electric generating equipment

20

3.175 109.9 110.7 -0.9 -0.7 -0.3 -0.1 0.7

Nonelectrical machinery

21

19.390 86.8 86.7 -1.9 -0.3 -0.6 0.1 -0.1

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

22

2.175 120.8 120.9 2.8 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines

3

14.583 107.7 108.0 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.3

Consumer goods, excluding automotives

4

26.522 104.2 104.2 -0.6 0.0 -0.4 0.2 0.0

Nondurables, manufactured

40

12.271 108.4 108.2 0.2 0.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.2

Durables, manufactured

41

12.965 100.2 100.4 -0.9 -0.1 -0.2 0.4 0.2

Nonmanufactured consumer goods

42

1.286 102.6 101.1 -4.4 1.7 -3.2 1.5 -1.5

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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