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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
Jan.
2008		 Feb.
2008		 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 (r)126.7 (r)127.7 (r)131.0 133.5 13.2 (r)2.0 (r)0.8 (r)2.6 1.9

Nonmanufactured articles

 4.201 (r)237.8 (r)252.0 (r)282.3 295.2 56.4 (r)4.2 (r)6.0 (r)12.0 4.6

Manufactured articles

 38.251 (r)118.1 (r)118.3 (r)119.8 121.3 8.1 (r)1.5 (r)0.2 (r)1.3 1.3

Other Countries(3)

 57.112 129.7 (r)129.2 (r)132.6 134.8 17.3 1.7 (r)-0.4 (r)2.6 1.7

Nonmanufactured articles

 12.058 (r)290.4 (r)288.3 (r)307.8 321.4 56.6 (r)4.1 (r)-0.7 (r)6.8 4.4

Manufactured articles

 44.837 107.0 (r)106.7 (r)107.9 108.5 6.1 0.9 (r)-0.3 (r)1.1 0.6

Canada

 16.032 (r)144.4 (r)146.5 (r)152.2 156.1 18.1 1.5 (r)1.5 (r)3.9 2.6

Nonmanufactured articles

 3.711 (r)232.0 (r)248.3 (r)280.2 292.4 54.5 (r)4.4 (r)7.0 (r)12.8 4.4

Manufactured articles

 12.028 (r)128.0 (r)127.3 (r)127.9 129.9 6.8 (r)0.3 (r)-0.5 (r)0.5 1.6

European Union(4)

 17.355 (r)126.7 (r)127.6 (r)129.5 131.2 8.3 (r)2.1 (r)0.7 (r)1.5 1.3

Nonmanufactured articles

 0.249 307.4 (r)298.3 (r)300.9 312.7 45.8 0.9 (r)-3.0 (r)0.9 3.9

Manufactured articles

 16.987 123.6 124.6 126.5 128.1 7.4 2.1 0.8 1.5 1.3

France (Dec. 2003=100)

 1.844 112.6 (r)114.2 (r)115.5 117.6 9.4 1.4 (r)1.4 (r)1.1 1.8

Germany (Dec. 2003=100)

 4.732 110.8 (r)111.1 111.7 113.4 6.0 1.4 (r)0.3 (r)0.5 1.5

United Kingdom (Dec. 2003=100)

 2.684 129.0 (r)131.8 (r)134.8 135.0 13.9 2.0 (r)2.2 (r)2.3 0.1

Latin America(5)

 18.032 (r)165.8 (r)165.0 (r)171.2 175.6 24.5 (r)2.7 (r)-0.5 3.8 2.6

Nonmanufactured articles

 5.151 (r)300.8 (r)295.9 (r)318.3 332.7 56.9 3.9 (r)-1.6 (r)7.6 4.5

Manufactured articles

 12.786 (r)136.9 (r)137.1 139.5 141.4 10.5 1.9 0.1 (r)1.8 1.4

Mexico (Dec. 2003=100)

 10.710 140.4 (r)138.3 (r)142.3 145.4 18.3 2.1 (r)-1.5 (r)2.9 2.2

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

 33.822 100.4 100.5 (r)101.0 101.5 3.4 0.5 0.1 (r)0.5 0.5

China (Dec. 2003=100)

 15.926 100.5 100.6 (r)101.2 101.4 4.1 0.9 0.1 (r)0.6 0.2

Japan

 8.032 94.2 94.5 94.6 94.8 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.2

Asian NICs(7)

 5.887 89.0 89.1 (r)89.2 90.2 2.2 0.1 0.1 (r)0.1 1.1

ASEAN (Dec. 2003=100)(8)

 6.041 99.7 99.9 (r)100.7 100.8 5.3 1.0 0.2 (r)0.8 0.1

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

 3.928 (r)233.5 (r)237.9 (r)250.1 259.4 45.7 (r)2.3 1.9 (r)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.
(r) Revised

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

Last Modified Date: May 13, 2008

 

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