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 2012 to April 2013
[2000=100, unless otherwise noted]
Description End
Use		 Relative
import-
ance
Mar.
2013(1)		 Index Percent change
Mar.
2013		 Apr.
2013		 Annual Monthly
Apr.
2012
to
Apr.
2013		 Dec.
2012
to
Jan.
2013		 Jan.
2013
to
Feb.
2013		 Feb.
2013
to
Mar.
2013		 Mar.
2013
to
Apr.
2013

All commodities

   100.000 141.0 140.3 -2.6 0.5 0.9 -0.2 -0.5

All imports excluding food and fuels (Dec. 2010=100)

   73.497 103.4 103.2 -0.8 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.2

All imports excluding petroleum

   79.462 116.5 116.4 -0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1

All imports excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)

   78.514 120.6 120.4 -0.7 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.2

Foods, feeds, & beverages

0

 5.017 173.7 172.9 -0.9 -0.2 1.2 1.6 -0.5

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages

00

 3.888 194.5 192.3 -2.1 -0.5 1.1 1.4 -1.1

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)

01

 1.129 126.5 129.1 3.4 0.8 1.5 2.7 2.1

Industrial supplies & materials

1

 34.942 256.9 253.5 -6.5 1.3 2.3 -0.5 -1.3

Industrial supplies & materials excluding petroleum

   14.404 166.9 166.2 -0.7 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.4

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

   13.456 188.4 187.1 -3.5 0.5 0.1 -0.5 -0.7

Industrial supplies & materials, durable

   8.021 177.9 176.1 -2.9 0.5 -0.1 -0.2 -1.0

Industrial supplies & materials nondurable excluding petroleum

   5.434 153.7 154.2 2.0 -0.5 -0.1 -0.8 0.3

Fuels & lubricants

10

 21.486 344.7 339.0 -7.8 1.9 3.7 -0.6 -1.7

Petroleum & petroleum products

100

 20.538 383.6 376.4 -9.5 2.2 4.0 -0.6 -1.9

Crude

10000

 15.585 394.0 386.2 -9.7 2.2 4.3 -1.3 -2.0

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

101

 0.737 123.7 129.7 66.9 -5.3 -2.1 0.0 4.9

Gas-natural

10110

 0.608 109.3 116.0 83.8 -6.1 -2.1 -0.4 6.1

Paper & paper base stocks

11

 0.554 112.7 112.7 -0.4 0.4 1.0 -0.3 0.0

Materials associated with nondurable supplies & materials

12

 4.959 174.7 174.1 -5.0 0.4 0.2 -1.1 -0.3

Selected building materials

13

 1.043 148.9 151.1 11.8 2.2 0.6 0.8 1.5

Unfinished metals related to durable goods

14

 3.791 263.5 257.8 -7.2 0.2 0.1 -0.4 -2.2

Finished metals related to durable goods

15

 1.585 160.3 159.2 -3.0 0.3 -0.9 -0.3 -0.7

Nonmetals related to durable goods

16

 1.524 114.4 114.2 -1.4 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2

Capital goods

2

 23.863 93.0 92.8 -0.6 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2

Electric generating equipment

20

 2.968 119.3 119.3 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.0

Nonelectrical machinery

21

 19.053 85.8 85.5 -1.0 0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3

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

22

 1.842 135.6 135.7 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines

3

 12.143 114.9 114.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.3

Consumer goods, excluding automotives

4

 24.035 107.7 108.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 -0.2 0.3

Nondurables, manufactured

40

 11.687 115.9 116.7 1.5 0.5 0.2 -0.2 0.7

Durables, manufactured

41

 11.039 99.2 99.1 -0.8 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1

Nonmanufactured consumer goods

42

 1.309 116.4 116.6 -2.2 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.2

Footnotes
 (1) Relative importance figures are based on 2011 trade values.

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

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