Table 2 U.S. Export Price Indexes, by End Use

Table 2. U.S. export price indexes and percent changes for selected categories of goods: May 2007 to May 2008 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description	End Use	Relative import- ance Apr. 2008(1)	Index		Percent change
			Apr. 2008	May 2008	Annual	Monthly
			Apr. 2008	May 2008	May 2007 to May 2008	Jan. 2008 to Feb. 2008	Feb. 2008 to Mar. 2008	Mar. 2008 to Apr. 2008	Apr. 2008 to May 2008
All commodities		100.000	124.3	124.7	8.0	0.9	1.6	0.5	0.3
Agricultural commodities		9.968	189.8	190.3	33.3	4.6	4.4	-2.1	0.3
Nonagricultural commodities		90.032	119.6	120.1	5.7	0.6	1.3	0.7	0.4

Foods, feeds, & beverages	0	9.077	192.0	192.6	32.7	4.5	4.1	-2.2	0.3

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages	00	8.394	197.4	198.2	34.8	4.8	4.2	-2.3	0.4

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)	01	0.683	146.2	144.8	11.6	1.9	2.5	-1.4	-1.0

Industrial supplies & materials	1	31.075	167.8	169.5	14.3	1.3	4.0	1.4	1.0
Industrial supplies & materials, durable		12.058	174.4	173.8	8.1	3.5	4.4	0.9	-0.3
Industrial supplies & materials, nondurable		19.016	164.7	167.7	18.4	-0.1	3.7	1.7	1.8

Agricultural industrial supplies & materials	10	1.574	158.0	157.0	25.5	3.2	5.8	-0.8	-0.6

Nonagricultural industrial supplies & materials		29.501	168.6	170.4	13.8	1.2	3.9	1.5	1.1

Fuels & lubricants	11	5.172	259.4	275.0	38.1	-2.8	10.6	4.0	6.0

Nonagricultural supplies & materials excluding fuels & building materials	12	23.326	160.0	160.0	9.8	2.1	2.7	1.1	0.0

Selected building materials	13	1.003	114.0	113.7	0.4	0.4	0.3	-0.1	-0.3

Capital goods	2	38.590	101.6	101.6	2.1	0.4	-0.1	0.4	0.0

Electrical generating equipment	20	3.675	109.1	109.3	2.7	0.6	0.3	0.5	0.2

Nonelectrical machinery	21	27.279	94.0	93.9	1.1	0.2	-0.2	0.3	-0.1

Transportation equipment excluding motor vehicles (Dec. 2001=100)	22	7.636	128.7	129.4	6.2	0.6	0.3	0.5	0.5

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines	3	9.525	107.5	107.6	1.5	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.1

Consumer goods, excluding automotives	4	11.733	107.8	107.9	2.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1

Nondurables, manufactured	40	5.514	109.4	109.6	3.0	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.2

Durables, manufactured	41	5.227	105.0	104.9	0.9	0.3	-0.1	-0.4	-0.1
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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Table 2 U.S. Export Price Indexes, by End Use

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