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: April 2007 to April 2008 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description	End Use	Relative import- ance Mar. 2008(1)	Index		Percent change
			Mar. 2008	Apr. 2008	Annual	Monthly
			Mar. 2008	Apr. 2008	Apr. 2007 to Apr. 2008	Dec. 2007 to Jan. 2008	Jan. 2008 to Feb. 2008	Feb. 2008 to Mar. 2008	Mar. 2008 to Apr. 2008
All commodities		100.000	133.2	135.6	15.4	1.5	0.2	2.9	1.8
All imports excluding petroleum		77.135	111.6	112.8	6.2	0.7	0.6	1.1	1.1
All imports excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)		74.936	113.9	115.0	5.8	0.7	0.5	1.0	1.0

Foods, feeds, & beverages	0	4.340	141.6	142.2	12.6	2.8	-0.3	2.8	0.4

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages	00	3.355	156.9	157.5	14.5	3.2	-0.4	2.9	0.4

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)	01	0.985	106.9	107.6	6.6	1.3	0.1	2.4	0.7

Industrial supplies & materials	1	40.306	233.2	242.2	37.3	3.3	0.2	6.6	3.9
Industrial supplies & materials excluding petroleum		17.441	159.6	164.8	17.0	2.0	2.6	3.4	3.3
Industrial supplies & materials excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)		15.242	167.0	172.3	16.4	2.1	2.0	3.2	3.2
Industrial supplies & materials, durable		10.022	159.1	165.8	15.5	0.2	2.1	4.3	4.2
Industrial supplies & materials nondurable excluding petroleum		5.220	159.4	162.5	19.0	4.6	3.2	2.1	1.9

Fuels & lubricants	10	25.064	325.8	339.8	53.0	4.0	-0.8	8.8	4.3
Petroleum & petroleum products	100	22.864	343.8	358.8	57.2	4.2	-1.5	9.2	4.4
Crude	10000	17.062	359.8	377.1	66.9	4.4	0.7	9.0	4.8
Fuels, n.e.s.-coals & gas	101	1.887	214.7	226.6	28.8	2.3	7.9	6.1	5.5
Gas-natural	10110	1.731	211.7	224.3	30.0	2.2	8.9	6.6	6.0

Paper & paper base stocks	11	0.727	114.1	116.2	5.1	3.0	0.8	0.6	1.8

Materials associated with nondurable supplies & materials	12	4.562	148.0	149.7	20.2	6.1	2.1	1.0	1.1

Selected building materials	13	1.682	114.0	114.2	2.5	-0.1	-1.8	0.2	0.2

Unfinished metals related to durable goods	14	4.896	241.9	259.1	23.7	-0.9	4.2	7.8	7.1

Finished metals related to durable goods	15	1.863	146.2	150.5	17.7	2.1	2.1	3.9	2.9

Nonmetals related to durable goods	16	1.512	105.1	106.0	4.3	1.5	0.5	-0.8	0.9

Capital goods	2	20.492	92.1	92.8	2.1	-0.3	0.1	0.1	0.8

Electric generating equipment	20	2.618	109.3	111.7	6.5	-0.2	0.9	0.6	2.2

Nonelectrical machinery	21	16.311	87.5	87.9	1.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1	0.5

Transportation equipment excluding motor vehicles (Dec. 2001=100)	22	1.563	115.4	115.5	4.3	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines	3	12.808	107.5	107.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.4

Consumer goods, excluding automotives	4	22.054	103.9	104.1	2.8	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.2

Nondurables, manufactured	40	10.221	107.4	107.5	3.3	0.9	0.3	0.6	0.1

Durables, manufactured	41	10.754	100.3	100.5	2.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2

Nonmanufactured consumer goods	42	1.079	104.2	105.2	2.8	0.2	0.1	0.1	1.0
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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