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: October 2008 to October 2009 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description End
Use		 Relative
import-
ance
Sept.
2009(1)		 Index Percent change
Sept.
2009		 Oct.
2009		 Annual Monthly
Oct.
2008
to
Oct.
2009		 June
2009
to
July
2009		 July
2009
to
Aug.
2009		 Aug.
2009
to
Sept.
2009		 Sept.
2009
to
Oct.
2009

All commodities

   100.000 121.3 122.2 -5.7 -0.6 1.5 0.2 0.7

All imports excluding petroleum

   82.326 107.9 108.7 -3.8 -0.2 0.3 0.4 0.7

All imports excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)

   81.147 112.0 112.5 -2.9 -0.2 0.4 0.5 0.4

Foods, feeds, & beverages

0

 4.689 140.7 140.9 -3.5 -1.1 1.3 0.5 0.1

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages

00

 3.639 156.9 157.4 -3.3 -1.5 1.6 0.8 0.3

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)

01

 1.050 104.1 103.6 -4.1 -0.2 0.3 -0.4 -0.5

Industrial supplies & materials

1

 32.905 182.8 186.0 -12.9 -1.6 4.6 0.2 1.8

Industrial supplies & materials excluding petroleum

   15.231 134.7 138.3 -14.5 -0.8 1.2 1.5 2.7

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

   14.052 152.1 154.5 -10.9 -0.3 1.3 2.8 1.6

Industrial supplies & materials, durable

   8.984 146.0 147.9 -8.8 1.8 1.8 3.5 1.3

Industrial supplies & materials nondurable excluding petroleum

   5.068 121.2 126.8 -20.9 -4.1 0.4 -1.2 4.6

Fuels & lubricants

10

 18.852 227.8 231.9 -15.4 -2.6 6.9 -1.5 1.8

Petroleum & petroleum products

100

 17.674 251.4 253.7 -12.2 -2.4 7.5 -0.9 0.9

Crude

10000

 12.804 257.2 261.6 -10.6 -2.2 7.1 -0.7 1.7

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

101

 0.991 91.7 109.4 -40.9 -7.2 0.1 -12.3 19.3

Gas-natural

10110

 0.790 76.2 94.6 -46.4 -8.5 0.0 -14.7 24.1

Paper & paper base stocks

11

 0.669 99.2 100.5 -13.7 -2.7 -0.5 0.6 1.3

Materials associated with nondurable supplies & materials

12

 4.475 135.2 138.0 -13.9 -3.8 0.8 1.4 2.1

Selected building materials

13

 1.658 119.0 118.8 -1.3 1.7 1.1 -0.3 -0.2

Unfinished metals related to durable goods

14

 3.845 205.3 210.8 -10.9 3.6 3.1 7.7 2.7

Finished metals related to durable goods

15

 1.866 137.0 137.8 -11.6 0.3 0.9 1.6 0.6

Nonmetals related to durable goods

16

 1.539 104.2 104.7 -5.6 -0.2 0.6 0.8 0.5

Capital goods

2

 23.412 91.9 92.1 -1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2

Electric generating equipment

20

 3.016 110.2 110.9 -1.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.6

Nonelectrical machinery

21

 18.294 86.5 86.6 -1.7 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.1

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

22

 2.102 123.3 123.3 2.8 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines

3

 13.925 108.7 109.4 1.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.6

Consumer goods, excluding automotives

4

 25.069 104.0 104.3 -0.8 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.3

Nondurables, manufactured

40

 11.555 107.8 107.8 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0

Durables, manufactured

41

 12.314 100.5 100.9 -0.9 0.0 -0.2 0.1 0.4

Nonmanufactured consumer goods

42

 1.201 101.2 101.6 -4.1 -0.1 -0.5 0.4 0.4

Footnotes
 (1) Relative importance figures are based on 2007 trade values.

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

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Last Modified Date: November 13, 2009