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Table 1. Producer price indexes and percent changes by stage of processing


Table 1.  Producer price indexes and percent changes by stage of processing                                                     
(1982=100)                                                                                                                      
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                                                 |          |                       |Unadjusted     |                           
                                                 |          |                       |  percent      |Seasonally adjusted        
                                                 | Relative |    Unadjusted index   |change to      |percent change from:       
                    Grouping                     |importance|                       |Mar. 2008 from:|                           
                                                 |          |_______________________|_______________|__________________________ 
                                                 |   Dec.   |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |         
                                                 |          |Nov.   |Feb.   |Mar.   |  Mar. | Feb.  |Dec. to|Jan.  to |Feb.  to 
                                                 |   2007 1/|2007 2/|2008 2/|2008 2/|  2007 | 2008  |  Jan. |   Feb.  |  Mar.   
_________________________________________________|__________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|________ 
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Finished goods...................................|  100.000   171.4   172.2   175.4     6.9    1.9      1.0      0.3     1.1    
  Finished consumer goods........................|   78.317   179.4   180.2   184.4     8.3    2.3      1.1       .3     1.3    
    Finished consumer foods......................|   21.252   169.5   173.8   175.9     5.8    1.2      1.7      -.5     1.2    
      Crude......................................|    2.239   178.0   177.1   191.7     2.3    8.2      3.1     -9.4     8.9    
      Processed..................................|   19.013   168.8   173.5   174.4     6.2     .5      1.6       .5      .5    
    Finished consumer goods, excluding foods.....|   57.064   182.9   182.4   187.3     9.4    2.7       .9       .7     1.3    
      Nondurable goods less foods................|   42.941   201.5   200.7   207.9    12.3    3.6      1.0       .7     1.7    
      Durable goods..............................|   14.124   140.2   140.4   140.4     1.6    0         .4       .5      .1    
  Capital equipment..............................|   21.683   151.0   152.0   152.1     2.0     .1       .4       .5      .1    
    Manufacturing industries.....................|    5.506   153.5   155.2   155.6     2.3     .3       .7       .4      .3    
    Nonmanufacturing industries..................|   16.178   150.1   150.7   150.8     1.9     .1       .4       .5      .1    
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Intermediate materials, supplies, and components.|  100.000   176.2   178.8   184.1    10.5    3.0      1.4       .8     2.3    
  Materials and components for manufacturing.....|   41.976   166.1   169.8   172.5     8.7    1.6      1.2       .8     1.6    
    Materials for food manufacturing.............|    2.923   166.6   177.2   180.3    15.9    1.7      2.2      1.5     1.6    
    Materials for nondurable manufacturing.......|   15.236   195.1   201.3   204.3    15.9    1.5      2.2       .9     1.5    
    Materials for durable manufacturing..........|    8.634   188.6   192.2   199.6     7.1    3.9       .6      1.6     3.8    
    Components for manufacturing.................|   15.184   136.7   137.7   138.1     1.7     .3       .2       .3      .4    
  Materials and components for construction......|   13.391   193.2   195.5   197.2     3.1     .9       .4       .7      .8    
  Processed fuels and lubricants.................|   22.234   189.7   188.4   205.7    25.0    9.2      2.7       .7     6.0    
    Manufacturing industries ....................|    6.009   185.2   183.5   198.6    21.8    8.2      1.7       .4     5.9    
    Nonmanufacturing industries..................|   16.225   192.0   191.0   209.1    26.2    9.5      3.0       .9     6.0    
  Containers.....................................|    2.933   183.2   185.6   185.9     4.4     .2       .4       .7      .1    
  Supplies.......................................|   19.466   163.9   168.0   169.5     5.7     .9      1.2       .8      .9    
    Manufacturing industries.....................|    3.918   164.3   167.0   167.6     3.6     .4       .7       .5      .3    
    Nonmanufacturing industries..................|   15.549   162.5   166.8   168.5     6.2    1.0      1.2      1.0     1.0    
      Feeds......................................|    1.085   150.3   170.0   180.3    32.9    6.1      6.0      4.4     6.1    
      Other supplies.............................|   14.464   164.8   168.0   169.1     4.4     .7       .8       .7      .6    
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Crude materials for further processing...........|  100.000   225.6   245.5   265.6    31.4    8.2      2.5      3.7     8.0    
  Foodstuffs and feedstuffs......................|   32.604   152.9   164.5   168.0    18.3    2.1      2.7       .7     2.0    
  Nonfood materials..............................|   67.396   274.1   300.0   333.1    37.9   11.0      2.4      5.0    10.9    
    Nonfood materials except fuel 3/.............|   40.991   280.1   294.2   328.1    50.5   11.5      3.3      1.7    11.4    
      Manufacturing 3/...........................|   40.547   260.6   273.8   305.7    51.3   11.7      3.3      1.7    11.5    
      Construction...............................|    0.444   197.1   198.8   199.4    -2.7     .3       .1       .3      .4    
    Crude fuel 4/................................|   26.405   243.2   283.7   312.9    22.3   10.3       .9     10.4    10.2    
      Manufacturing industries...................|    2.350   230.9   268.8   295.9    22.0   10.1      1.0     10.2    10.0    
      Nonmanufacturing industries................|   24.055   248.8   290.2   320.2    22.4   10.3      1.0     10.4    10.2    
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               Special groupings                 |                                                                              
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Finished goods, excluding foods..................|5/ 78.748   171.6   171.5   174.9     7.2    2.0       .8       .6     1.0    
Intermediate materials less foods and feeds......|6/ 95.992   177.0   179.1   184.4    10.1    3.0      1.3       .7     2.3    
Intermediate foods and feeds.....................|6/  4.008   161.4   174.7   179.8    20.0    2.9      3.3      2.3     2.9    
Crude materials less agricultural products 3/ 7/.|8/ 66.711   281.5   308.0   342.2    38.0   11.1      2.3      5.1    11.0    
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Finished energy goods............................|5/ 21.748   170.4   166.3   177.5    20.4    6.7      1.5       .8     2.9    
Finished goods less energy.......................|5/ 78.252   164.9   167.1   167.9     3.6     .5       .8       .3      .5    
Finished consumer goods less energy..............|5/ 56.569   171.0   173.8   174.8     4.2     .6       .9       .2      .6    
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Finished goods less foods and energy.............|5/ 57.000   163.6   165.1   165.4     2.7     .2       .4       .5      .2    
Finished consumer goods less foods and energy....|5/ 35.316   172.2   174.1   174.4     3.2     .2       .4       .6      .3    
Consumer nondurable goods less foods and energy..|5/ 21.193   199.3   202.7   203.5     4.4     .4       .4       .7      .4    
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Intermediate energy goods........................|6/ 23.140   191.1   190.9   208.1    26.9    9.0      2.8      1.1     5.9    
Intermediate materials less energy...............|6/ 76.860   170.2   173.4   175.5     6.2    1.2       .9       .8     1.2    
Intermediate materials less foods and energy.....|6/ 72.852   170.8   173.5   175.3     5.5    1.0       .8       .6     1.1    
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Crude energy materials 3/........................|8/ 50.963   267.1   291.5   330.5    47.1   13.4      1.8      5.6    13.4    
Crude materials less energy......................|8/ 48.942   189.2   205.3   210.7    17.5    2.6      3.1      1.6     2.5    
Crude nonfood materials less energy 4/...........|8/ 16.433   289.9   320.2   332.2    16.8    3.7      4.0      3.3     3.5    
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  1/  Comprehensive relative importance figures are initially computed          5/  Percent of total finished goods.            
      after the publication of December indexes and are recalculated            6/  Percent of total intermediate materials.    
      after final December indexes are available.                               7/  Formerly titled "Crude materials for        
  2/  The indexes for November 2007 have been recalculated to incorporate           further processing, excluding crude         
      late reports and corrections by respondents.  All indexes                     foodstuffs and feedstuffs, plant and        
      are subject to revision 4 months after original publication.                  animal fibers, oilseeds, and leaf tobacco." 
  3/  Includes crude petroleum.                                                 8/  Percent of total crude materials.           
  4/  Excludes crude petroleum.


                                                                                                 

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