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:|
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| 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.