Table 7. U.S. import price indexes and percent changes by locality of origin: October 2007 to October 2008 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description Percent
of
U.S.
imports(1)
Index Percent change
July
2008
Aug.
2008
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

Industrialized Countries(2)

42.888 141.7 (r)139.4 (r)135.5 131.0 8.1 1.5 (r)-1.6 (r)-2.8 -3.3

Nonmanufactured articles

4.201 (r)359.4 (r)324.1 (r)285.7 244.5 21.9 (r)3.6 (r)-9.8 (r)-11.8 -14.4

Manufactured articles

38.251 (r)125.7 (r)125.6 (r)124.2 122.3 6.3 (r)1.1 -0.1 (r)-1.1 -1.5

Other Countries(3)

57.112 (r)149.8 (r)144.7 (r)139.6 131.7 6.6 (r)1.7 (r)-3.4 (r)-3.5 -5.7

Nonmanufactured articles

12.058 (r)417.5 (r)380.2 (r)342.3 283.9 10.9 (r)3.8 (r)-8.9 (r)-10.0 -17.1

Manufactured articles

44.837 (r)112.6 (r)111.8 (r)111.2 110.1 5.1 (r)0.7 (r)-0.7 (r)-0.5 -1.0

Canada

16.032 (r)173.8 (r)168.6 (r)161.1 154.0 12.7 1.5 (r)-3.0 (r)-4.4 -4.4

Nonmanufactured articles

3.711 (r)356.7 (r)319.3 (r)279.6 239.7 21.0 3.4 (r)-10.5 (r)-12.4 -14.3

Manufactured articles

12.028 (r)138.4 (r)139.5 (r)138.7 138.4 10.5 (r)0.7 0.8 (r)-0.6 -0.2

European Union(4)

17.355 134.4 (r)133.4 131.9 130.2 6.3 0.4 (r)-0.7 (r)-1.1 -1.3

Nonmanufactured articles

0.249 (r)428.8 (r)388.5 (r)390.7 332.9 25.9 (r)7.1 (r)-9.4 (r)0.6 -14.8

Manufactured articles

16.987 (r)130.3 (r)129.6 (r)128.2 126.9 5.7 0.2 -0.5 (r)-1.1 -1.0

France (Dec. 2003=100)

1.844 120.4 121.2 (r)120.6 120.6 9.5 0.9 0.7 (r)-0.5 0.0

Germany (Dec. 2003=100)

4.732 113.4 113.2 (r)111.9 110.7 2.3 0.1 -0.2 -1.1 -1.1

United Kingdom (Dec. 2003=100)

2.684 144.4 (r)139.8 (r)136.2 132.2 7.6 1.3 (r)-3.2 (r)-2.6 -2.9

Latin America(5)

18.032 200.1 (r)191.1 (r)182.3 170.5 9.5 3.2 (r)-4.5 (r)-4.6 -6.5

Nonmanufactured articles

5.151 (r)430.3 (r)389.8 (r)356.4 304.9 15.1 (r)5.2 (r)-9.4 (r)-8.6 -14.5

Manufactured articles

12.786 (r)148.7 (r)147.2 (r)144.3 141.8 6.5 1.8 (r)-1.0 (r)-2.0 -1.7

Mexico (Dec. 2003=100)

10.710 158.2 (r)154.3 (r)150.6 143.2 7.6 2.5 (r)-2.5 (r)-2.4 -4.9

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

33.822 103.5 103.6 (r)102.5 102.3 2.8 0.8 0.1 (r)-1.1 -0.2

China (Dec. 2003=100)

15.926 (r)103.6 103.8 (r)103.8 103.5 4.2 (r)0.8 (r)0.2 (r)0.0 -0.3

Japan

8.032 95.5 95.5 94.9 95.4 1.5 0.4 0.0 -0.6 0.5

Asian NICs(7)

5.887 92.3 (r)93.9 (r)93.2 92.4 4.3 1.3 (r)1.7 -0.7 -0.9

ASEAN (Dec. 2003=100)(8)

6.041 103.7 102.7 (r)101.6 100.2 3.0 0.5 -1.0 (r)-1.1 -1.4

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

3.928 (r)316.1 (r)292.5 (r)270.9 232.3 5.8 (r)1.4 (r)-7.5 (r)-7.4 -14.2

Footnotes
(1) Percentage of trade figures are based on 2006 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.
(r) Revised

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

 

Last Modified Date: November 14, 2008