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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 2023 to April 2024 [2000=100, unless otherwise noted]
Description Harmo-
nized
system		 Relative
importance
Mar.
2024(1)		 Index Percent change
Mar.
2024		 Apr.
2024		 Annual Monthly
Apr.
2023
to
Apr.
2024		 Dec.
2023
to
Jan.
2024		 Jan.
2024
to
Feb.
2024		 Feb.
2024
to
Mar.
2024		 Mar.
2024
to
Apr.
2024

Live animals; animal products

I

 1.478 238.0 239.3 1.3 1.6 4.6 0.9 0.5

Meat and edible meat offal

02

 0.431 343.9 353.6 12.4 1.7 2.4 3.8 2.8

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates

03

 0.697 148.0 146.0 -8.5 3.2 6.4 -0.7 -1.4

Vegetable products

II

 2.172 261.7 265.6 5.4 3.3 -2.1 -1.2 1.5

Edible vegetables, roots, and tubers

07

 0.555 554.7 542.3 18.0 9.4 -14.1 9.2 -2.2

Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons

08

 0.777 131.1 137.3 10.3 6.1 -4.9 -1.7 4.7

Coffee, tea, mate and spices

09

 0.378 297.3 300.7 -1.5 -5.6 1.3 1.0 1.1

Animal or vegetable fats and oils (Dec. 2009=100)

III

 0.453 150.0 152.3 2.7 -2.4 0.5 3.0 1.5

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared (Dec. 2023=100)

15

 0.453 101.0 102.5 - -2.4 0.5 3.0 1.5

Prepared foodstuffs, beverages, and tobacco

IV

 3.530 203.8 214.8 10.3 -0.3 1.0 1.8 5.4

Sugars and sugar confectionary (Dec. 2021=100)

17

 0.246 128.4 127.8 12.4 2.6 1.1 1.7 -0.5

Cocoa and cocoa preparations (Dec. 2009=100)

18

 0.378 196.0 283.7 132.9 4.4 14.1 21.4 44.7

Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares (Dec. 2023=100)

19

 0.492 99.8 99.8 - 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0

Miscellaneous edible preparations (Dec. 2022=100)

21

 0.395 93.6 98.9 1.6 -2.6 -2.2 -2.1 5.7

Beverages, spirits, and vinegar

22

 1.113 155.1 155.2 1.2 -0.4 0.1 0.5 0.1

Mineral products

V

 8.401 292.8 300.4 2.1 1.6 0.9 5.2 2.6

Mineral fuels, oils and residuals, bituminous substances and mineral waxes

27

 8.101 286.3 293.9 3.4 1.9 0.9 5.3 2.7

Products of the chemical or allied industries

VI

 10.806 173.7 173.3 0.2 1.5 0.1 0.0 -0.2

Organic chemicals

29

 2.273 138.5 137.8 -5.5 -3.6 0.3 0.4 -0.5

Pharmaceutical products

30

 5.701 155.5 155.8 5.0 4.5 0.6 0.1 0.2

Fertilizers (Dec. 2022=100)

31

 0.225 63.8 64.0 -9.1 0.3 -1.4 2.6 0.3

Tanning extracts; dye, pigments, varnish, paints & putty (Dec. 2022=100)

32

 0.198 100.8 100.6 -0.1 0.1 -0.5 -0.1 -0.2

Miscellaneous chemical products

38

 0.910 114.1 112.7 -7.0 -0.9 -0.5 -0.7 -1.2

Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof

VII

 3.748 153.5 153.9 -2.8 0.1 0.2 -0.2 0.3

Plastics and articles thereof

39

 2.499 150.5 151.2 -4.7 0.3 0.2 -0.4 0.5

Rubber and articles thereof

40

 1.249 162.2 162.1 0.7 -0.4 0.2 0.0 -0.1

Printed matter (Dec. 2023=100)

49

 0.168 99.8 99.8 - 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0

Textile and textile articles

XI

 4.536 120.6 120.6 -0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (Dec. 2023=100)

61

 1.954 100.3 100.1 - 0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.2

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted

62

 1.420 126.8 127.1 -0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2

Made-up or worn textile articles (Dec. 2023=100)

63

 0.622 99.6 99.3 - -0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.3

Headgear, umbrellas, artificial flowers, etc.

XII

 1.450 126.7 126.6 0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1

Footwear and parts of such articles

64

 1.186 123.7 123.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, ceramics, glass etc.

XIII

 0.937 136.8 136.7 -1.3 0.6 0.0 -0.6 -0.1

Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, or mica (Dec. 2020=100)

68

 0.324 100.2 100.7 -1.9 -0.2 0.0 -0.9 0.5

Glass and glassware (Dec. 2021=100)

70

 0.341 109.5 109.5 0.1 1.7 0.0 -0.1 0.0

Pearls, stones, precious metals, imitation jewelry, and coins

XIV

 3.068 227.7 239.4 2.3 0.2 -0.8 1.7 5.1

Pearls, precious stones, precious metals jewelry, coin (Dec. 2023=100)

71

 3.068 101.2 106.4 - 0.2 -0.8 1.8 5.1

Base metals and articles of base metals

XV

 5.839 227.8 228.5 -4.0 0.0 -0.6 0.8 0.3

Articles of iron or steel

73

 1.730 191.0 191.7 -7.6 -0.3 -0.4 -1.0 0.4

Copper and articles thereof

74

 0.509 389.1 420.4 8.1 1.6 -1.0 3.0 8.0

Aluminum and articles thereof

76

 1.090 191.3 187.8 -2.2 -2.1 -1.0 5.4 -1.8

Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof

82

 0.415 133.1 132.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 -0.4 -0.2

Miscellaneous articles of base metal

83

 0.513 142.6 142.0 -4.5 -0.5 -0.1 -0.1 -0.4

Machinery, electrical equipment, TV image and sound recorders, parts, etc.

XVI

 30.472 82.3 82.3 -0.5 0.4 0.1 -0.2 0.0

Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

84

 15.347 90.0 90.0 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0

Electrical machinery and equip, sound and TV recorders & reproducers, parts

85

 15.125 75.1 75.2 -1.4 0.3 -0.1 -0.5 0.1

Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment

XVII

 11.797 123.7 124.0 2.2 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.2

Motor vehicles and their parts

87

 11.035 122.8 123.2 2.4 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.3

Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (Dec. 2020=100)

88

 0.621 107.5 107.8 -0.6 0.1 -0.4 0.6 0.3

Optical, photo, measuring, medical & musical instruments; & timepieces

XVIII

 4.196 110.9 111.2 3.2 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.3

Optical, photographic, measuring and medical instruments

90

 3.890 106.4 106.8 3.1 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.4

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

XX

 4.578 120.5 120.4 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.2 -0.1

Furniture & stuffed furnishings; lamps & lighting fittings, nesoi; prefab bldgs

94

 2.539 126.9 126.9 -0.7 0.5 -0.1 0.0 0.0

Toys, games and sports equipment; parts and accessories thereof

95

 1.726 107.4 107.3 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.5 -0.1

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

96

 0.314 152.6 152.6 3.6 2.6 0.0 0.8 0.0

Footnotes
(1) Relative importance figures are based on 2022 trade values.

NOTES: Data may be revised in each of the 3 months after original publication.
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