Table 1. Producer price indexes and percent changes by stage of processing

Table 1. Producer price indexes and percent changes by stage of processing 1982=100
Grouping	Relative importance Dec. 2007(1)	Unadjusted index			Unadjusted percent change to May 2008 from:		Seasonally adjusted percent change from:
Grouping	Relative importance Dec. 2007(1)	Jan. 2008(2)	Apr. 2008(2)	May 2008(2)	May 2007	Apr. 2008	Feb. to Mar.	Mar. to Apr.	Apr. to May
Finished goods	100.000	172.0	176.7	179.6	7.2	1.6	1.1	0.2	1.4
Finished consumer goods	78.284	180.1	186.0	190.1	8.8	2.2	1.3	0.1	1.8
Finished consumer foods	21.296	174.5	175.4	177.7	6.5	1.3	1.2	0.0	0.8
Crude	2.258	199.3	180.4	172.3	6.6	-4.5	8.9	-3.9	-4.6
Processed	19.038	172.1	175.0	178.2	6.5	1.8	0.5	0.5	1.3
Finished consumer goods, excluding foods	56.988	181.9	189.8	194.7	9.6	2.6	1.3	0.2	2.2
Nondurable goods less foods	42.845	200.3	211.4	219.6	12.6	3.9	1.7	0.1	3.1
Durable goods	14.143	140.1	140.7	140.1	1.7	-0.4	0.1	0.5	-0.4
Capital equipment	21.716	151.4	152.5	152.5	2.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.1
Manufacturing industries	5.508	154.4	156.5	156.6	2.8	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.1
Nonmanufacturing industries	16.208	150.3	151.0	151.0	2.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.1

Intermediate materials, supplies, and components	100.000	177.8	186.9	192.6	12.6	3.0	2.3	0.9	2.9
Materials and components for manufacturing	41.867	168.4	174.5	178.8	9.8	2.5	1.6	1.2	2.4
Materials for food manufacturing	2.911	173.6	179.7	182.8	13.8	1.7	1.6	-0.3	1.3
Materials for nondurable manufacturing	15.185	199.3	207.7	214.4	17.2	3.2	1.5	1.7	3.2
Materials for durable manufacturing	8.624	189.5	203.5	212.8	9.1	4.6	3.8	1.9	4.5
Components for manufacturing	15.147	137.4	138.8	139.3	2.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Materials and components for construction	13.389	194.4	199.3	203.4	5.5	2.1	0.8	1.0	2.1
Processed fuels and lubricants	22.403	188.6	212.3	227.2	28.9	7.0	6.0	0.8	6.4
Manufacturing industries	5.999	184.1	201.9	213.7	22.3	5.8	5.9	-0.1	5.0
Nonmanufacturing industries	16.404	191.0	217.0	233.3	31.6	7.5	6.0	1.1	6.9
Containers	2.923	185.1	187.0	188.0	4.7	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.5
Supplies	19.418	166.8	170.5	172.9	7.5	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.3
Manufacturing industries	3.911	166.4	168.4	168.6	4.0	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.1
Nonmanufacturing industries	15.507	165.5	169.6	172.5	8.4	1.7	1.0	0.7	1.7
Feeds	1.081	163.4	177.8	187.2	42.5	5.3	6.1	-1.4	5.2
Other supplies	14.426	166.9	170.5	172.0	5.7	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.9

Crude materials for further processing	100.000	235.5	274.3	294.4	41.5	7.3	8.0	3.2	6.7
Foodstuffs and feedstuffs	32.756	162.6	166.5	172.7	16.6	3.7	2.0	-0.9	1.8
Nonfood materials	67.244	283.8	349.9	385.4	56.3	10.1	10.9	5.0	10.2
Nonfood materials except fuel(3)	40.982	288.0	347.3	373.9	66.8	7.7	11.4	5.7	7.7
Manufacturing(3)	40.533	268.0	323.7	348.8	67.8	7.8	11.5	5.8	7.8
Construction	0.449	198.8	197.7	197.1	-4.2	-0.3	0.4	-1.0	0.0
Crude fuel(4)	26.262	253.9	325.1	374.6	45.1	15.2	10.2	3.8	15.3
Manufacturing industries	2.338	241.2	307.2	353.0	44.3	14.9	10.0	3.8	15.0
Nonmanufacturing industries	23.924	259.6	332.7	383.4	45.2	15.2	10.2	3.8	15.4

Special groupings

Finished goods, excluding foods	(5)78.704	171.0	176.7	179.8	7.4	1.8	1.0	0.2	1.5
Intermediate materials less foods and feeds	(6)96.008	178.2	187.4	193.1	12.2	3.0	2.3	1.0	2.9
Intermediate foods and feeds	(6)3.992	170.6	178.6	184.8	21.9	3.5	2.9	-0.6	3.2
Crude materials less agricultural products(3)(7)	(8)66.545	291.1	359.5	397.4	56.8	10.5	11.0	5.0	10.6

Finished energy goods	(5)21.654	166.6	182.6	193.8	19.7	6.1	2.9	-0.2	4.9
Finished goods less energy	(5)78.346	166.7	168.1	168.8	3.9	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.4
Finished consumer goods less energy	(5)56.630	173.5	174.9	176.0	4.6	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.5

Finished goods less foods and energy	(5)57.050	164.4	165.9	166.1	3.0	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.2
Finished consumer goods less foods and energy	(5)35.334	173.2	175.0	175.3	3.4	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3
Consumer nondurable goods less foods and energy	(5)21.191	201.4	204.2	205.9	4.8	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.9

Intermediate energy goods	(6)23.306	190.5	213.8	228.6	29.4	6.9	5.9	0.5	6.2
Intermediate materials less energy	(6)76.694	172.3	177.4	181.1	8.1	2.1	1.2	1.1	2.1
Intermediate materials less foods and energy	(6)72.702	172.5	177.5	181.0	7.4	2.0	1.1	1.2	2.0

Crude energy materials(3)	(8)50.873	273.6	344.1	389.0	67.0	13.0	13.4	4.1	13.1
Crude materials less energy	(8)49.032	200.9	215.4	224.4	22.2	4.2	2.5	2.1	3.1
Crude nonfood materials less energy(4)	(8)16.371	307.3	359.4	376.2	33.0	4.7	3.5	7.9	5.0
Footnotes (1) Comprehensive relative importance figures are initially computed after the publication of December indexes and are recalculated after final December indexes are available. (2) The indexes for January 2008 have been recalculated to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents. All indexes are subject revision 4 months after original publication. (3) Includes crude petroleum. (4) Excludes crude petroleum. (5) Percent of total finished goods. (6) Percent of total intermediate materials. (7) Formerly titled "Crude materials for further processing, excluding crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs, plant and animal fibers, oilseeds, and leaf tobacco." (8) Percent of total crude materials.

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Table 1. Producer price indexes and percent changes by stage of processing

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