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12-month percent change in U.S. import prices, selected categories of goods, January 2019
Category
Percent change, January 2018 to January 2019
Relative importance, December 2018
All commodities
-1.7%
100.000%
Foods, feeds, & beverages
-2.0
6.039
Industrial supplies & materials
-6.4
23.606
Capital goods
-0.1
28.200
Automotive vehicles, parts & engines
-0.4
15.861
Consumer goods, excluding automotives
0.3
26.294
Prices for industrial supplies and materials (which include petroleum and petroleum products) fell 6.4 percent over the January 2018–January 2019 period. Industrial supplies and materials accounted for 24 percent of imports.
The price index for consumer goods, excluding automotives, declined 0.3 percent over this 12-month period. Consumer goods had a relative importance of 26 percent.
Prices for foods, feeds, and beverages, which made up 6 percent of U.S. imports, decreased 2.0 percent.
Prices for capital goods, which accounted for 28 percent of imports, were little changed over the year.
United States Department of Labor
