Table 6 U.S. Export Price Indexes, by Harmonized System

Table 6. U.S. export 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	1.486	155.7	158.9	6.2	0.8	-0.5	-0.7	2.1
Meat & edible meat offal (Dec. 2006=100)	02	0.779	124.7	130.8	13.7	-1.4	1.1	0.2	4.9
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates	03	0.439	152.8	150.6	14.5	5.6	2.8	3.1	-1.4

Vegetable products	II	5.818	245.3	234.8	50.7	8.4	6.4	5.1	-4.3
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons	08	0.680	121.2	122.4	-2.6	1.4	-0.7	-0.7	1.0
Cereals	10	2.771	313.1	304.4	84.0	9.5	12.0	6.5	-2.8
Oilseeds and misc. grains, seeds, fruits, plants, straw and fodder	12	1.785	262.5	233.7	57.4	10.3	5.3	8.3	-11.0

Prepared foodstuffs, beverages,and tobacco	IV	2.356	134.7	134.7	11.7	1.9	1.4	1.4	0.0
Miscellaneous edible preparations	21	0.438	119.8	120.1	7.5	1.3	0.2	0.8	0.3
Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed	23	0.590	197.8	194.9	36.5	4.8	3.9	3.3	-1.5

Mineral products	V	5.110	304.0	310.8	29.2	3.9	-2.2	10.8	2.2
Mineral fuels, oils and residuals, bituminous substances and mineral waxes	27	4.506	298.2	306.4	33.4	4.6	-2.7	11.8	2.7

Products of the chemical or allied industries	VI	11.541	140.0	141.9	12.1	2.4	0.9	1.1	1.4
Inorganic chemicals	28	1.135	184.2	184.8	21.9	3.6	1.7	1.8	0.3
Organic chemicals	29	3.592	157.2	160.6	13.1	1.5	1.7	2.3	2.2
Pharmaceutical products	30	2.501	117.0	118.7	5.3	-0.3	0.3	0.3	1.5
Tanning or dyeing extracts, dyes, paints, varnish, putty, & inks	32	0.542	116.5	116.4	2.5	-1.0	0.1	0.5	-0.1
Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery cosmetic or toilet preparations	33	0.653	120.1	121.8	5.0	-0.2	0.8	0.9	1.4
Soap; lubricants; waxes, polishing or scouring products; candles, pastes	34	0.393	115.7	115.8	5.4	-0.4	2.6	0.2	0.1
Miscellaneous chemical products	38	1.581	122.9	124.4	4.1	0.9	0.2	0.2	1.2

Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof	VII	5.164	137.4	138.1	6.5	1.0	0.1	0.3	0.5
Plastics and articles thereof	39	4.189	133.2	133.7	6.5	1.1	-0.2	0.2	0.4
Rubber and articles thereof	40	0.975	155.3	157.0	6.2	0.7	1.0	0.7	1.1

Raw hides, skins, leather, furskins, travel goods, etc.	VIII	0.395	116.9	117.2	-6.2	-0.3	-0.8	0.6	0.3

Wood, wood charcoal, cork, straw, basketware and wickerwork	IX	0.636	112.1	111.0	-1.8	0.1	0.9	0.4	-1.0

Woodpulp, recovered paper, and paper products	X	2.510	116.8	117.7	7.1	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.8
Woodpulp and recovered paper	47	0.706	129.1	129.8	15.9	1.5	2.3	1.0	0.5
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard	48	1.278	110.8	112.2	3.7	0.8	-0.4	0.0	1.3
Printed material	49	0.525	121.3	121.2	5.1	-0.7	-0.2	0.7	-0.1

Textile and textile articles	XI	2.239	109.1	108.4	6.0	0.7	0.7	2.2	-0.6
Cotton, including yarns and woven fabrics thereof	52	0.728	114.6	111.3	18.8	2.0	1.8	6.7	-2.9

Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, ceramics, glass etc.	XIII	0.792	111.8	111.3	2.6	0.4	0.0	0.2	-0.4
Glass and glassware	70	0.428	99.7	100.0	3.2	0.1	-0.1	0.4	0.3

Pearls, stones, precious metals, imitation jewelry, and coins	XIV	4.112	189.3	190.2	10.8	-0.9	4.9	6.0	0.5

Base metals and articles of base metals	XV	5.865	175.4	178.6	8.1	1.1	3.0	3.7	1.8
Iron and steel	72	1.553	230.7	231.2	15.9	4.5	6.8	5.8	0.2
Articles of iron or steel	73	1.380	150.7	150.8	4.4	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.1
Copper and articles thereof	74	0.710	264.3	271.6	13.2	-1.7	7.4	7.1	2.8
Aluminum and articles thereof	76	1.009	150.2	155.5	4.6	-1.7	1.1	7.1	3.5
Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof	82	0.379	118.0	118.9	3.8	2.0	-0.1	0.3	0.8
Miscellaneous articles of base metal	83	0.351	124.7	124.7	-1.9	0.2	0.5	-3.7	0.0

Machinery, electrical equipment, TV image and sound recorders, parts, etc.	XVI	30.276	95.1	95.3	1.2	0.3	0.2	-0.2	0.2
Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	84	16.811	103.6	104.0	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4
Electrical machinery and equipment and parts and accessories thereof	85	13.465	85.9	85.8	0.7	0.2	0.3	-0.3	-0.1

Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment	XVII	13.752	115.5	116.0	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.4
Motor vehicles and their parts	87	8.147	106.2	106.7	1.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.5

Optical, photo, measuring, medical & musical instruments; & timepieces	XVIII	5.980	106.1	106.6	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5

Miscellaneous manufactured articles	XX	1.411	107.6	108.6	3.8	0.8	-0.1	0.1	0.9
Furniture; stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings nesoi;	94	0.756	116.7	116.6	3.1	1.8	-0.3	0.2	-0.1
Toys, games and sports equipment; parts and accessories thereof	95	0.504	92.6	94.7	5.7	-0.3	0.0	0.0	2.3
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 6 U.S. Export Price Indexes, by Harmonized System

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