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Table 7 U.S. Import Price Indexes, by Locality of Origin

Table 7. U.S. import price indexes and percent changes by locality of origin: April 2007 to April 2008 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description Percent
of
U.S.
imports(1)		 Index Percent change
Mar.
2008		 Apr.
2008		 Annual Monthly
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

Industrialized Countries(2)

 42.888 131.0 133.5 13.2 2.0 0.8 2.6 1.9

Nonmanufactured articles

 4.201 282.3 295.2 56.4 4.2 6.0 12.0 4.6

Manufactured articles

 38.251 119.8 121.3 8.1 1.5 0.2 1.3 1.3

Other Countries(3)

 57.112 132.6 134.8 17.3 1.7 -0.4 2.6 1.7

Nonmanufactured articles

 12.058 307.8 321.4 56.6 4.1 -0.7 6.8 4.4

Manufactured articles

 44.837 107.9 108.5 6.1 0.9 -0.3 1.1 0.6

Canada

 16.032 152.2 156.1 18.1 1.5 1.5 3.9 2.6

Nonmanufactured articles

 3.711 280.2 292.4 54.5 4.4 7.0 12.8 4.4

Manufactured articles

 12.028 127.9 129.9 6.8 0.3 -0.5 0.5 1.6

European Union(4)

 17.355 129.5 131.2 8.3 2.1 0.7 1.5 1.3

Nonmanufactured articles

 0.249 300.9 312.7 45.8 0.9 -3.0 0.9 3.9

Manufactured articles

 16.987 126.5 128.1 7.4 2.1 0.8 1.5 1.3

France (Dec. 2003=100)

 1.844 115.5 117.6 9.4 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.8

Germany (Dec. 2003=100)

 4.732 111.7 113.4 6.0 1.4 0.3 0.5 1.5

United Kingdom (Dec. 2003=100)

 2.684 134.8 135.0 13.9 2.0 2.2 2.3 0.1

Latin America(5)

 18.032 171.2 175.6 24.5 2.7 -0.5 3.8 2.6

Nonmanufactured articles

 5.151 318.3 332.7 56.9 3.9 -1.6 7.6 4.5

Manufactured articles

 12.786 139.5 141.4 10.5 1.9 0.1 1.8 1.4

Mexico (Dec. 2003=100)

 10.710 142.3 145.4 18.3 2.1 -1.5 2.9 2.2

Pacific Rim (Dec. 2003=100)(6)

 33.822 101.0 101.5 3.4 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.5

China (Dec. 2003=100)

 15.926 101.2 101.4 4.1 0.9 0.1 0.6 0.2

Japan

 8.032 94.6 94.8 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.2

Asian NICs(7)

 5.887 89.2 90.2 2.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.1

ASEAN (Dec. 2003=100)(8)

 6.041 100.7 100.8 5.3 1.0 0.2 0.8 0.1

Asia Near East (Dec. 2003=100)(9)

 3.928 250.1 259.4 45.7 2.3 1.9 5.1 3.7

Footnotes
 (1) Percentage of trade figures are based on 2006 trade values.
(2) Includes Western Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
(3) Includes Eastern Europe, Latin America, OPEC countries, and other countries in Asia, Africa and the Western Hemisphere.
(4) Includes European Union countries.
(5) Includes Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
(6) Includes China, Japan, Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Asian Newly Industrialized Countries.
(7) Asian Newly Industrialized Countries. Includes Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.
(8) Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
(9) Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

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

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Last Modified Date: May 13, 2008

 

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