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Table 1 U.S. Import Price Indexes, by End Use

Table 1. U.S. import price indexes and percent changes for selected categories of goods: December 2010 to December 2011
[2000=100, unless otherwise noted]
Description End
Use
Relative
import-
ance
Nov.
2011(1)
Index Percent change
Nov.
2011
Dec.
2011
Annual Monthly
Dec.
2010
to
Dec.
2011
Aug.
2011
to
Sept.
2011
Sept.
2011
to
Oct.
2011
Oct.
2011
to
Nov.
2011
Nov.
2011
to
Dec.
2011

All commodities

100.000 142.3 142.2 8.5 -0.1 -0.4 0.8 -0.1

All imports excluding food and fuels (Dec. 2010=100)

67.170 103.1 103.2 3.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.3 0.1

All imports excluding petroleum

74.155 116.3 116.3 3.3 0.2 -0.4 -0.2 0.0

All imports excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)

72.821 120.3 120.4 3.4 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.1

Foods, feeds, & beverages

0

5.651 173.6 172.9 6.3 0.2 -0.6 0.0 -0.4

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages

00

4.405 195.4 194.6 6.6 0.2 -0.9 0.3 -0.4

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)

01

1.246 124.2 123.7 5.4 0.0 0.2 -1.1 -0.4

Industrial supplies & materials

1

40.088 265.0 264.0 18.6 -0.5 -1.0 1.9 -0.4

Industrial supplies & materials excluding petroleum

14.242 168.6 167.8 5.3 0.1 -2.1 -1.3 -0.5

Industrial supplies & materials excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)

12.908 190.3 190.1 6.8 0.6 -1.5 -1.7 -0.1

Industrial supplies & materials, durable

7.758 179.9 180.3 5.3 0.6 -2.5 -2.5 0.2

Industrial supplies & materials nondurable excluding petroleum

5.150 155.1 153.1 5.2 -0.5 -1.6 0.1 -1.3

Fuels & lubricants

10

27.181 359.0 357.2 25.2 -1.0 -0.6 3.7 -0.5

Petroleum & petroleum products

100

25.847 400.3 398.8 27.4 -0.9 -0.3 3.8 -0.4

Crude

10000

19.219 408.9 409.1 27.7 -0.1 0.0 4.8 0.0

Fuels, n.e.s.-coals & gas

101

1.011 120.6 114.7 -8.9 -3.9 -8.5 3.0 -4.9

Gas-natural

10110

0.897 106.3 101.1 -9.4 -4.2 -9.7 4.3 -4.9

Paper & paper base stocks

11

0.619 116.2 114.6 -2.5 -1.1 0.2 -0.9 -1.4

Materials associated with nondurable supplies & materials

12

4.614 175.6 174.7 11.3 0.5 0.2 -0.3 -0.5

Selected building materials

13

1.037 129.9 130.7 2.9 0.3 -0.7 -0.3 0.6

Unfinished metals related to durable goods

14

3.658 277.3 278.9 4.8 0.7 -4.2 -5.1 0.6

Finished metals related to durable goods

15

1.568 162.4 162.3 6.3 0.9 -2.1 0.1 -0.1

Nonmetals related to durable goods

16

1.412 115.8 115.1 5.9 0.7 0.0 -0.4 -0.6

Capital goods

2

20.681 92.6 92.8 0.9 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.2

Electric generating equipment

20

2.664 118.6 118.6 4.3 -0.2 0.3 -0.1 0.0

Nonelectrical machinery

21

16.207 86.1 86.3 0.1 0.0 -0.5 0.1 0.2

Transportation equipment excluding motor vehicles (Dec. 2001=100)

22

1.810 126.4 126.4 3.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines

3

9.204 113.3 113.4 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1

Consumer goods, excluding automotives

4

24.377 107.3 107.5 3.2 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.2

Nondurables, manufactured

40

12.045 114.3 114.3 3.5 0.2 1.2 0.1 0.0

Durables, manufactured

41

11.300 100.1 100.3 2.1 0.3 -0.2 0.2 0.2

Nonmanufactured consumer goods

42

1.032 114.5 116.0 11.9 0.8 0.2 -0.5 1.3

Footnotes
(1) Relative importance figures are based on 2009 trade values.

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

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Last Modified Date: January 13, 2012