Table 5. U.S. import price indexes for selected categories of goods 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Category Harmo-
nized
system		 Relative
import-
ance
May
2008(1) 		Months
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Live animals; animal products

I

 1.089                        

1992

     - - - - - - - - - - - 89.6

1993

     89.3 88.6 91.3 91.1 91.8 92.6 92.1 92.7 91.7 92.2 91.8 91.4

1994

     91.5 92.2 93.9 95.3 94.8 93.0 92.7 94.4 94.6 95.2 95.6 96.3

1995

     94.9 95.2 96.1 94.8 94.0 93.6 93.1 92.7 90.6 91.0 90.9 89.9

1996

     88.8 88.2 87.8 88.6 87.8 87.7 87.1 88.3 89.0 89.7 90.0 90.4

1997

     89.9 91.4 92.7 93.2 95.5 94.2 95.1 95.8 95.9 97.3 97.3 95.5

1998

     95.2 95.7 96.4 97.0 97.0 96.2 94.2 92.2 92.5 92.8 92.4 90.7

1999

     91.5 92.1 93.3 94.7 94.5 93.2 94.3 94.3 95.0 96.5 98.3 98.7

2000

     98.6 99.2 99.6 101.9 101.3 99.9 99.7 101.0 100.4 99.0 99.2 100.1

2001

     99.6 99.0 98.3 97.4 96.5 95.8 94.5 94.5 94.2 93.2 92.0 90.2

2002

     90.0 90.8 90.7 90.6 89.6 88.2 88.6 89.3 90.8 90.2 90.5 92.8

2003

     91.4 94.3 95.5 97.3 97.3 95.1 97.0 96.0 95.9 96.8 94.8 95.9

2004

     95.0 98.7 102.8 104.9 106.7 107.8 112.3 112.8 110.3 112.1 109.3 112.4

2005

     110.5 113.3 114.0 113.4 113.8 112.7 114.7 115.3 115.6 116.7 115.4 115.3

2006

     114.4 115.5 117.0 115.6 117.9 118.2 120.1 120.6 121.1 120.8 119.8 119.0

2007

     120.0 122.0 122.5 123.4 126.4 127.4 128.3 128.9 128.3 126.2 124.3 126.0

2008

     125.7 128.6 131.3 135.4 143.4 146.0 - - - - - -

Meat and edible meat offal

02

 0.237                        

1992

     - - - - - - - - - - - 113.5

1993

     111.9 109.6 119.4 120.1 122.7 126.3 126.7 129.6 122.0 122.8 120.3 117.5

1994

     115.9 115.9 120.4 120.8 113.9 109.9 107.0 109.0 110.3 108.0 107.6 108.1

1995

     106.6 105.1 103.5 99.2 96.7 96.4 95.4 96.5 95.7 97.3 101.5 101.5

1996

     99.0 95.1 92.5 92.1 89.1 87.4 88.6 91.1 93.1 94.8 95.0 93.8

1997

     92.5 92.8 98.5 99.6 97.9 95.8 97.2 99.6 101.0 99.8 100.1 100.2

1998

     97.3 97.1 97.2 98.9 99.0 95.9 95.3 95.3 95.7 93.9 95.0 92.3

1999

     92.2 92.3 95.5 96.1 95.0 95.9 96.3 99.4 100.7 99.9 99.1 99.8

2000

     99.7 100.0 100.4 101.3 101.3 100.5 99.7 99.8 101.2 97.7 98.3 100.2

2001

     98.0 99.0 104.3 105.9 108.6 107.3 111.4 110.2 113.9 114.9 118.7 109.5

2002

     106.2 108.1 110.0 110.6 105.9 104.1 106.3 105.2 103.2 102.0 101.3 107.5

2003

     101.8 107.9 109.7 110.1 112.5 104.1 107.9 109.4 114.0 116.2 118.3 121.3

2004

     119.1 119.4 122.5 122.6 125.5 130.8 137.2 137.6 138.1 136.7 134.7 135.6

2005

     136.4 136.4 137.4 137.0 139.7 138.7 139.6 139.0 139.3 138.7 139.4 138.6

2006

     137.2 139.1 138.0 137.7 138.1 137.2 138.6 140.5 140.4 142.4 143.2 141.6

2007

     141.6 142.3 142.2 143.4 145.9 146.8 147.9 148.4 148.5 150.1 148.0 147.3

2008

     147.9 149.8 152.3 153.3 159.7 164.4 - - - - - -

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates

03

 0.508                        

1992

     - - - - - - - - - - - 73.8

1993

     74.1 73.7 74.4 74.6 74.3 74.6 73.5 73.9 75.2 76.2 77.2 77.4

1994

     77.8 78.7 79.5 81.7 84.1 83.2 83.7 85.3 85.4 87.2 87.7 88.3

1995

     86.5 86.9 89.3 89.2 88.9 88.6 88.9 87.5 84.6 84.6 82.8 81.2

1996

     81.0 81.7 82.0 82.8 82.9 84.2 82.4 83.1 83.3 83.3 83.8 84.7

1997

     85.7 87.2 86.9 87.3 89.3 89.9 90.4 90.9 90.6 93.3 93.9 92.0

1998

     92.6 93.3 93.3 92.7 93.2 94.3 92.3 90.4 90.7 91.5 89.4 88.2

1999

     89.4 90.5 91.2 93.3 94.0 91.8 93.2 92.8 93.2 95.1 98.0 97.8

2000

     97.7 98.6 98.4 100.8 100.5 100.2 100.4 103.0 102.0 100.3 99.2 98.8

2001

     96.9 95.5 92.5 90.7 90.4 89.5 86.9 86.9 86.2 84.8 82.8 82.6

2002

     82.8 81.7 80.2 80.1 80.4 79.8 79.9 80.5 82.6 82.4 82.8 82.6

2003

     81.5 82.9 82.0 84.3 83.8 81.9 84.4 82.6 82.3 79.8 79.1 78.8

2004

     77.9 80.0 83.5 85.0 83.4 83.4 85.4 86.3 84.6 84.3 83.3 83.7

2005

     85.4 87.0 88.6 88.5 88.1 88.3 91.0 92.3 92.6 93.7 92.2 92.2

2006

     91.3 93.3 95.3 94.6 95.7 96.6 97.9 98.6 99.0 98.1 96.2 95.6

2007

     98.0 99.6 100.8 100.4 100.6 100.2 101.4 101.4 101.4 99.8 98.6 99.1

2008

     100.0 100.2 103.6 105.5 104.2 106.9 - - - - - -

Crustaceans, live, fresh, chilled, etc; in shell or not; cooked or uncooked

0306

 0.236                        

1992

     - - - - - - - - - - - 67.9

1993

     - - 69.1 - - 70.8 - - 73.1 - - 76.5

1994

     76.9 78.6 79.7 84.2 87.3 87.1 89.2 89.3 90.8 91.9 92.4 93.5

1995

     92.1 91.9 93.6 94.2 92.5 92.0 91.7 88.5 85.1 84.9 82.2 79.0

1996

     79.2 79.7 80.1 81.4 81.9 83.8 79.9 81.3 81.7 82.3 82.4 84.7

1997

     87.1 88.5 87.6 87.8 90.5 91.9 91.3 92.3 92.0 98.3 97.8 95.8

1998

     95.2 96.0 98.1 97.5 96.0 95.4 92.2 87.8 86.1 85.8 80.1 78.2

1999

     80.7 84.3 83.9 86.3 89.7 86.6 86.3 86.7 86.4 90.4 94.8 95.1

2000

     95.4 96.8 99.9 103.2 101.5 101.0 100.5 104.0 102.1 101.1 97.0 97.5

2001

     96.8 94.9 89.0 86.1 86.1 83.8 79.0 79.6 79.3 75.4 71.3 72.8

2002

     73.7 73.5 70.7 68.9 71.2 69.8 68.3 69.3 73.1 72.7 72.7 73.5

2003

     71.8 73.6 72.6 74.4 73.4 69.7 69.1 69.9 69.6 66.1 64.8 64.3

2004

     63.4 67.1 72.9 75.0 72.1 70.9 71.9 72.2 70.1 70.1 70.8 71.3

2005

     72.5 73.7 75.6 72.1 70.2 69.3 70.6 71.5 70.7 72.0 69.6 70.3

2006

     69.6 71.5 72.8 71.4 70.4 70.7 72.0 72.3 71.9 70.7 70.1 70.3

2007

     72.7 74.6 74.8 74.0 73.8 73.6 74.9 76.0 76.5 76.0 75.1 74.9

2008

     78.2 78.0 82.0 82.4 77.1 78.8 - - - - - -

Vegetable products

II

 1.259                        

1992

     - - - - - - - - - - - 84.9

1993

     85.4 83.7 80.1 83.3 83.7 83.5 81.5 84.5 87.0 87.8 85.5 86.9

1994

     88.3 88.9 88.0 89.1 96.1 102.6 118.7 123.4 125.9 130.5 123.5 121.8

1995

     125.4 119.6 127.2 120.1 124.9 121.6 121.8 124.3 120.0 113.7 114.4 112.2

1996

     105.1 115.5 108.7 117.1 117.8 105.2 105.0 100.4 105.7 107.0 106.3 103.5

1997

     104.2 114.0 117.9 110.0 115.2 115.8 111.2 113.8 114.2 112.4 111.8 111.6

1998

     111.5 110.6 106.5 108.0 107.1 107.7 111.5 103.4 108.8 112.6 107.8 108.8

1999

     110.6 104.5 103.6 105.1 107.7 106.1 103.9 103.3 102.7 100.8 102.1 109.5

2000

     107.5 106.3 103.0 102.4 99.2 97.1 97.4 96.7 97.0 98.9 95.1 99.4

2001

     99.9 98.2 102.0 96.6 97.1 94.7 92.0 91.4 91.7 94.8 95.9 95.2

2002

     96.1 91.0 95.3 96.9 99.4 94.7 96.2 97.2 102.1 102.6 103.1 103.6

2003

     106.2 103.4 103.9 102.8 101.7 102.7 100.2 99.9 100.4 100.4 100.9 101.9

2004

     105.1 108.6 105.8 104.5 102.9 103.0 99.3 97.5 105.4 108.6 110.6 110.3

2005

     109.7 117.4 125.1 120.6 123.3 116.9 110.4 109.9 109.3 111.5 112.6 119.0

2006

     123.8 111.3 107.6 104.5 108.9 108.6 109.4 119.4 119.5 120.6 123.2 127.3

2007

     129.5 126.5 124.3 130.9 129.5 129.3 133.7 134.5 140.1 144.5 143.0 141.5

2008

     153.1 145.6 151.1 156.2 157.1 159.9 - - - - - -

Edible vegetables, roots, and tubers

07

 0.305                        

1992

     - - - - - - - - - - - 83.3

1993

     85.9 79.5 72.4 99.4 97.3 110.1 - - 104.1 102.3 96.4 88.2

1994

     94.2 75.2 79.8 71.8 82.0 83.0 78.1 78.3 74.5 78.2 77.1 95.3

1995

     110.3 87.9 100.6 72.5 91.4 84.6 110.1 89.0 90.7 91.7 90.0 105.9

1996

     61.9 97.4 91.2 121.5 111.1 78.1 - - 104.3 117.6 96.2 87.0

1997

     82.7 92.5 117.0 91.7 92.2 - - - - 113.9 121.1 120.2

1998

     114.7 84.2 92.1 99.7 97.9 103.8 136.3 101.6 125.8 151.6 124.6 137.2

1999

     134.7 99.0 95.9 101.0 108.6 99.0 102.0 97.1 99.4 88.9 88.2 107.7

2000

     100.9 94.9 92.2 98.5 91.5 93.9 96.8 98.1 99.4 110.8 100.0 123.0

2001

     126.5 115.1 135.1 107.5 97.1 96.9 98.7 94.7 99.1 107.5 116.1 101.8

2002

     119.7 100.3 116.3 121.0 123.8 106.7 113.4 110.8 110.4 116.0 111.9 112.8

2003

     127.0 114.4 126.5 121.0 113.6 122.7 114.6 111.4 109.9 112.3 120.7 120.2

2004

     132.5 144.3 134.9 120.9 111.5 113.8 100.0 95.2 126.5 144.0 151.2 139.9

2005

     122.6 124.4 177.9 161.3 163.3 136.8 132.9 141.3 136.8 149.4 149.2 167.5

2006

     185.2 123.8 134.6 123.7 138.5 143.6 137.2 162.4 161.7 164.7 164.3 180.0

2007

     191.3 187.8 179.0 205.1 189.3 175.3 202.9 203.2 198.6 191.5 195.5 204.1

2008

     264.3 203.9 212.9 224.5 208.2 202.6 - - - - - -

Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons

08

 0.371                        

1992

     - - - - - - - - - - - 97.1

1993

     95.7 96.1 94.0 92.8 97.4 88.0 84.5 83.1 81.5 82.8 84.7 89.5

1994

     90.0 91.0 91.7 91.7 92.4 92.6 89.0 90.8 93.5 90.3 91.5 99.2

1995

     102.7 96.8 94.6 96.6 96.2 99.6 102.0 104.0 100.8 99.7 98.2 102.2

1996

     100.4 101.9 96.6 100.7 102.3 99.5 98.8 98.1 95.9 95.7 113.0 110.8

1997

     108.1 106.1 106.4 104.0 103.4 101.3 100.2 97.4 96.9 96.2 95.7 93.1

1998

     95.4 96.0 95.7 98.9 96.9 101.6 100.4 97.8 99.9 98.5 102.3 96.9

1999

     100.6 101.1 103.0 105.2 108.0 106.2 106.0 107.3 104.5 103.3 103.6 106.5

2000

     106.4 109.5 107.1 102.3 99.1 96.9 96.9 96.7 96.6 96.6 95.7 96.3

2001

     96.1 93.6 98.8 101.5 107.8 103.1 103.4 103.9 100.8 100.8 97.8 102.5

2002

     98.0 92.7 90.5 89.7 96.9 97.5 98.2 102.0 106.0 104.1 101.9 101.4

2003

     100.0 99.1 97.7 97.3 95.8 96.5 96.7 98.1 98.0 98.8 97.2 98.0

2004

     95.2 95.5 91.9 98.0 97.8 96.3 96.4 97.6 96.7 96.6 95.3 95.0

2005

     94.1 93.0 90.6 91.0 90.2 89.7 86.7 87.3 85.4 85.7 83.9 87.8

2006

     82.3 84.9 81.5 81.2 83.3 81.7 79.5 88.0 87.7 86.8 87.6 89.9

2007

     88.3 82.3 82.2 85.2 88.7 90.9 87.9 89.4 101.0 108.6 102.9 93.9

2008

     92.1 96.7 94.9 105.9 107.2 113.9 - - - - - -

Coffee, tea, mate and spices

09

 0.237                        

1992

     - - - - - - - - - - - 77.1

1993

     77.0 72.7 70.6 64.5 64.6 66.7 70.5 80.3 85.6 89.2 82.6 85.6

1994

     85.6 88.1 89.6 96.7 106.4 129.7 187.5 203.4 212.8 226.4 202.6 175.2

1995

     174.0 167.4 186.0 178.1 180.4 165.9 151.6 158.7 152.3 137.6 141.1 125.7

1996

     126.4 135.3 128.9 134.5 135.7 126.3 124.1 115.4 117.1 114.0 113.5 108.2

1997

     113.2 125.6 143.5 140.7 155.4 167.1 146.1 146.1 149.1 138.4 134.5 138.6

1998

     140.2 139.9 140.1 140.5 134.8 126.8 115.9 123.0 119.1 114.4 116.5 115.6

1999

     118.8 113.4 112.1 111.5 108.5 113.1 104.9 104.4 103.5 104.8 114.8 125.0

2000

     117.8 112.4 106.6 106.4 104.1 102.9 96.5 94.4 94.0 92.0 87.3 85.8

2001

     82.8 82.2 81.9 82.7 81.8 79.3 75.1 71.8 73.2 70.0 69.7 69.5

2002

     68.2 68.7 76.3 81.2 71.4 73.7 69.8 67.2 73.7 74.1 84.6 85.6

2003

     86.2 86.7 79.5 80.9 83.5 77.9 80.6 83.0 87.0 84.0 80.8 81.8

2004

     88.2 90.7 90.9 89.7 88.6 95.6 87.6 86.9 91.7 91.2 95.0 102.9

2005

     107.1 114.3 126.1 122.8 121.4 126.4 113.8 110.9 109.2 108.2 117.0 115.2

2006

     128.1 125.9 121.2 118.1 119.0 113.4 116.9 125.3 127.4 130.5 135.7 137.3

2007

     139.1 137.8 135.1 135.4 135.2 142.3 142.7 144.4 146.7 151.4 149.6 152.5

2008

     157.8 159.1 174.3 167.2 166.5 166.7 - - - - - -

Coffee, roasted or unroasted, decaf; coffee husks and skins (Dec. 2007=100)

0901

 0.177                        

2007

     - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2008

     102.6 102.4 113.8 106.5 104.6 104.8 - - - - - -

Prepared foodstuffs, beverages, and tobacco

IV

 2.023                        

1992

     - - - - - - - - - - - 96.2

1993

     96.1 94.9 93.9 93.9 93.9 94.5 95.2 96.3 96.8 98.4 97.9 98.0

1994

     97.2 97.1 97.4 98.6 98.7 99.6 99.7 100.7 100.4 100.5 101.1 102.0

1995

     102.7 102.9 103.4 103.0 103.3 104.3 104.5 105.9 105.3 105.2 106.2 105.7

1996

     105.9 106.3 106.6 107.6 108.7 108.5 107.7 107.5 108.5 107.9 107.2 106.5

1997

     106.3 106.0 105.2 105.8 105.8 106.2 106.6 106.4 106.1 106.4 106.3 106.3

1998

     105.6 105.4 105.1 105.4 105.6 106.2 105.0 104.8 105.0 104.6 104.2 104.7

1999

     105.2 104.9 104.9 104.5 104.5 103.3 103.0 102.7 101.9 101.0 100.9 99.8

2000

     99.6 99.3 99.6 100.2 100.3 100.0 100.4 100.6 100.4