Table 5 U.S. Import Price Indexes, by Harmonized System

Table 5. U.S. import price indexes and percent changes for selected categories of goods: April 2007 to April 2008 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description	Harmo- nized system	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
Live animals; animal products	I	1.045	130.0	131.8	6.8	-0.2	2.3	1.1	1.4
Meat and edible meat offal	02	0.239	152.3	150.5	5.0	0.4	1.3	1.7	-1.2
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates	03	0.535	103.7	106.5	6.1	0.9	0.2	3.5	2.7

Vegetable products	II	1.278	150.6	152.1	16.2	8.2	-5.0	3.6	1.0
Edible vegetables, roots, and tubers	07	0.330	212.9	206.0	0.4	29.5	-22.9	4.4	-3.2
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons	08	0.348	95.0	106.2	24.6	-1.9	5.0	-1.8	11.8
Coffee, tea, mate and spices	09	0.258	171.2	162.4	19.9	3.5	-0.1	8.6	-5.1

Prepared foodstuffs, beverages, and tobacco	IV	2.110	135.2	135.7	10.5	3.0	0.5	1.6	0.4
Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares (Dec. 2007=100)	19	0.171	105.1	107.0	-	0.7	1.6	2.7	1.8
Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts, or other parts of plants	20	0.232	140.6	141.8	16.4	0.9	2.1	1.4	0.9
Beverages, spirits, and vinegar	22	0.766	115.2	117.2	5.4	3.2	-0.3	-0.5	1.7

Mineral products	V	24.721	321.4	335.7	53.3	4.0	-0.7	8.8	4.4
Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plaster materials, lime & cement (Dec.2007=100)	25	0.205	102.8	102.6	-	0.4	1.8	0.6	-0.2
Mineral fuels, oils and residuals, bituminous substances and mineral waxes	27	24.188	322.9	337.3	54.4	4.1	-0.8	9.0	4.5

Products of the chemical or allied industries	VI	7.299	137.7	137.5	12.5	3.5	1.9	1.7	-0.1
Inorganic chemicals	28	0.987	262.8	259.0	24.3	12.2	7.0	3.2	-1.4
Organic chemicals	29	2.455	134.9	132.7	8.9	3.9	0.6	1.7	-1.6
Pharmaceutical products	30	2.186	112.2	112.9	5.3	1.1	-0.1	0.8	0.6
Tanning & dyeing extracts; dye & pigments; varnish & paints; putty	32	0.156	103.4	103.4	1.6	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.0
Essential oils and resinoids (Dec. 2001=100)	33	0.389	122.3	124.0	10.5	2.4	3.4	1.0	1.4
Miscellaneous chemical products	38	0.397	99.3	99.5	5.5	-1.1	1.0	0.8	0.2

Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof	VII	2.732	129.5	131.2	8.3	2.1	0.6	0.5	1.3
Plastics and articles thereof	39	1.804	127.0	129.3	9.7	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.8
Rubber and articles thereof	40	0.928	134.5	135.1	6.0	1.3	0.7	0.9	0.4

Raw hides, skins, leather, furskins, travel goods, etc	VIII	0.555	111.2	111.9	5.1	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.6
Articles of leather; travel goods, bags, etc. of various materials	42	0.510	111.7	112.4	5.4	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.6

Wood, wood charcoal, cork, straw, basketware and wickerwork	IX	1.075	111.1	111.3	0.0	-0.2	-3.1	0.5	0.2

Woodpulp, recovered paper, and paper products	X	1.372	113.1	114.5	6.3	4.2	0.7	0.0	1.2
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard	48	0.937	108.0	110.0	5.8	5.7	0.7	-0.1	1.9
Printed matter	49	0.245	118.6	118.5	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.1	-0.1

Textile and textile articles	XI	4.824	103.6	103.7	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted	61	1.746	100.8	100.2	-0.2	0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.6
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted	62	1.912	103.0	103.2	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.2
Made-up or worn textile articles	63	0.489	95.3	95.9	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.8	0.6

Headgear, umbrellas, artifical flowers, etc.	XII	1.143	104.4	104.8	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.4
Footwear and parts of such articles	64	0.954	103.1	103.4	1.9	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3

Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, ceramics, glass etc.	XIII	0.913	115.0	115.3	5.1	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.3
Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, or mica (Dec. 2001=100)	68	0.323	106.5	107.0	4.2	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.5
Ceramic products	69	0.296	124.3	124.9	8.9	0.4	2.0	0.2	0.5
Glass and glassware	70	0.294	113.7	113.3	2.3	0.1	-0.1	0.3	-0.4

Pearls, stones, precious metals, imitation jewelry, and coins	XIV	2.794	156.5	158.0	19.8	0.5	4.6	4.5	1.0

Base metals and articles of base metals	XV	6.693	183.5	195.0	15.5	0.4	2.0	4.6	6.3
Iron and steel	72	1.982	242.2	271.0	36.1	4.6	3.6	6.4	11.9
Articles of iron or steel	73	1.604	144.8	148.7	16.7	4.0	1.4	2.5	2.7
Copper and articles thereof	74	0.831	307.6	323.9	22.0	-8.9	5.3	8.6	5.3
Aluminum and articles thereof	76	0.984	149.6	158.2	8.4	-0.4	0.7	5.8	5.7
Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof	82	0.346	113.1	114.0	5.6	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.8
Miscellaneous articles of base metal	83	0.429	127.0	127.5	2.6	-0.2	-0.1	0.4	0.4

Machinery, electrical equipment, TV image and sound recorders, parts, etc.	XVI	23.111	88.3	88.6	1.1	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	0.3
Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	84	11.893	88.6	89.2	1.2	-0.6	0.0	0.0	0.7
Electrical machinery and equip, sound and TV recorders & reproducers, parts	85	11.218	88.1	88.1	1.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0

Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment	XVII	11.811	108.8	109.3	3.5	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5
Motor vehicles and their parts	87	10.953	108.1	108.5	3.6	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.4
Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (Dec. 2002=100)	88	0.771	110.7	110.7	1.8	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0

Optical, photo, measuring, medical & musical instruments; & timepieces	XVIII	2.725	100.0	101.1	1.8	0.0	-0.2	0.4	1.1
Optical, photographic, measuring and medical instruments	90	2.440	98.0	99.2	1.6	0.0	-0.3	0.3	1.2
Clocks and watches and parts thereof	91	0.214	119.8	121.0	4.5	-0.1	0.4	1.4	1.0

Miscellaneous manufactured articles	XX	3.530	104.1	104.9	3.9	0.6	0.3	1.3	0.8
Furniture & stuffed furnishings; lamps & lighting fittings, nesoi; prefab bldgs	94	2.038	108.5	109.8	5.0	0.8	0.5	1.7	1.2
Toys, games and sports equipment; parts and accessories thereof	95	1.305	98.0	98.1	2.1	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.1
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	96	0.187	108.5	110.6	3.8	0.3	-0.1	0.3	1.9
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

Table 5 U.S. Import Price Indexes, by Harmonized System

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