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: July 2007 to July 2008 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description Harmo-
nized
system		 Relative
import-
ance
June
2008(1)		 Index Percent change
June
2008		 July
2008		 Annual Monthly
July
2007
to
July
2008		 Mar.
2008
to
Apr.
2008		 Apr.
2008
to
May
2008		 May
2008
to
June
2008		 June
2008
to
July
2008

Live animals; animal products

I

 1.041 141.2 143.6 11.9 3.2 3.0 1.1 1.7

Meat and edible meat offal

02

 0.237 164.5 171.8 16.2 0.7 4.2 3.0 4.4

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates

03

 0.502 106.2 107.8 6.3 1.9 -1.5 2.1 1.5

Vegetable products

II

 1.240 159.4 162.1 21.2 3.3 0.6 1.5 1.7

Edible vegetables, roots, and tubers

07

 0.288 202.6 214.0 5.5 5.4 -7.3 -2.7 5.6

Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons

08

 0.379 112.7 108.1 23.0 11.4 1.2 5.3 -4.1

Coffee, tea, mate and spices

09

 0.230 166.7 173.7 21.7 -4.1 -0.4 0.1 4.2

Prepared foodstuffs, beverages, and tobacco

IV

 2.001 139.8 142.1 13.7 0.7 1.0 1.7 1.6

Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares (Dec. 2007=100)

19

 0.163 109.1 110.8 - 1.8 0.7 1.3 1.6

Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts, or other parts of plants

20

 0.214 141.5 140.7 15.0 0.6 0.4 -0.4 -0.6

Beverages, spirits, and vinegar

22

 0.725 118.9 120.0 7.9 1.6 0.7 0.8 0.9

Mineral products

V

 29.374 416.4 433.3 76.9 8.1 9.2 8.7 4.1

Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plaster materials, lime & cement (Dec.2007=100)

25

 0.188 102.8 102.8 - 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.0

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

27

 28.816 419.4 436.7 78.4 8.0 9.5 8.9 4.1

Products of the chemical or allied industries

VI

 6.745 138.7 139.6 11.2 -0.3 0.4 0.7 0.6

Inorganic chemicals

28

 0.854 248.1 244.2 4.1 -1.9 -1.7 -1.9 -1.6

Organic chemicals

29

 2.216 132.8 133.3 11.1 -2.4 0.2 1.1 0.4

Pharmaceutical products

30

 2.040 114.2 114.0 5.0 0.9 0.8 0.0 -0.2

Tanning & dyeing extracts; dye & pigments; varnish & paints; putty

32

 0.145 105.2 107.5 5.2 0.4 0.8 0.6 2.2

Essential oils and resinoids (Dec. 2001=100)

33

 0.366 125.3 125.4 10.1 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.1

Miscellaneous chemical products

38

 0.370 100.9 101.3 3.4 0.1 1.8 -0.3 0.4

Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof

VII

 2.579 133.3 135.9 10.9 1.1 1.0 1.0 2.0

Plastics and articles thereof

39

 1.695 130.1 132.1 10.0 1.4 0.7 0.6 1.5

Rubber and articles thereof

40

 0.884 139.7 143.5 12.6 0.6 1.6 1.7 2.7

Raw hides, skins, leather, furskins, travel goods, etc

VIII

 0.515 112.4 113.3 5.0 0.8 -0.1 0.3 0.8

Articles of leather; travel goods, bags, etc. of various materials

42

 0.473 112.8 113.8 5.4 0.9 -0.2 0.2 0.9

Wood, wood charcoal, cork, straw, basketware and wickerwork

IX

 1.052 118.6 120.7 2.5 0.3 2.3 3.9 1.8

Woodpulp, recovered paper, and paper products

X

 1.285 115.6 117.6 8.9 1.5 0.3 0.3 1.7

Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard

48

 0.886 111.3 114.2 10.1 2.3 0.5 0.2 2.6

Printed matter

49

 0.224 118.6 118.2 1.6 -0.1 0.0 0.1 -0.3

Textile and textile articles

XI

 4.426 103.7 104.0 1.7 0.2 -0.2 0.1 0.3

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted

61

 1.605 101.0 101.2 0.7 -0.4 0.1 0.5 0.2

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted

62

 1.743 102.4 102.4 0.9 0.3 -0.9 0.1 0.0

Made-up or worn textile articles

63

 0.447 94.9 94.9 0.9 0.7 0.1 -1.2 0.0

Headgear, umbrellas, artifical flowers, etc.

XII

 1.061 105.7 106.5 4.4 0.9 0.3 -0.1 0.8

Footwear and parts of such articles

64

 0.888 104.6 105.5 3.6 1.1 0.4 -0.1 0.9

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

XIII

 0.841 115.4 120.6 8.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 4.5

Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, or mica (Dec. 2001=100)

68

 0.298 106.9 117.6 13.2 0.4 0.1 -0.2 10.0

Ceramic products

69

 0.275 125.8 125.7 5.8 0.5 0.1 0.6 -0.1

Glass and glassware

70

 0.268 113.2 116.5 4.8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 2.9

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

XIV

 2.573 157.1 157.8 19.2 1.2 -1.8 1.0 0.4

Base metals and articles of base metals

XV

 6.948 207.7 210.4 20.8 6.4 3.2 3.3 1.3

Iron and steel

72

 2.343 312.2 323.8 54.6 11.0 7.0 9.1 3.7

Articles of iron or steel

73

 1.618 159.3 164.6 26.8 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.3

Copper and articles thereof

74

 0.811 327.7 321.2 6.3 5.5 2.9 -1.8 -2.0

Aluminum and articles thereof

76

 0.939 155.8 156.6 9.1 5.7 -0.1 -1.5 0.5

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

82

 0.323 115.1 115.5 7.0 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.3

Miscellaneous articles of base metal

83

 0.401 129.4 130.4 4.2 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.8

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

XVI

 21.322 88.9 88.8 0.9 0.6 0.2 -0.2 -0.1

Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

84

 10.982 89.3 89.2 0.7 0.9 0.0 -0.2 -0.1

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

85

 10.340 88.5 88.5 1.1 0.5 0.2 -0.1 0.0

Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment

XVII

 10.897 109.5 109.7 3.4 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.2

Motor vehicles and their parts

87

 10.103 108.7 108.9 3.4 0.5 -0.1 0.3 0.2

Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (Dec. 2002=100)

88

 0.713 111.6 112.1 2.6 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.4

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

XVIII

 2.537 101.5 101.7 2.7 1.2 0.5 -0.1 0.2

Optical, photographic, measuring and medical instruments

90

 2.272 99.4 99.7 2.5 1.1 0.5 -0.2 0.3

Clocks and watches and parts thereof

91

 0.199 121.5 121.5 4.5 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.0

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

XX

 3.312 106.5 107.4 6.0 1.3 0.4 0.5 0.8

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

94

 1.930 112.1 113.3 8.1 2.1 0.5 0.6 1.1

Toys, games and sports equipment; parts and accessories thereof

95

 1.206 98.7 99.2 2.8 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

96

 0.176 111.3 113.1 5.7 1.7 0.5 0.1 1.6

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

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