Table 7. U.S. import price indexes and percent changes by locality of origin: December 2010 to December 2011
[2000=100, unless otherwise noted]
Description Percent
of
U.S.
imports(1)		 Index Percent change
Sept.
2011		 Oct.
2011		 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

Industrialized Countries(2)

 39.494 133.0 (r)132.6 (r)133.2 133.0 3.8 -0.3 (r)-0.3 (r)0.5 -0.2

Nonmanufactured articles

 4.457 233.1 (r)234.0 (r)246.9 244.9 12.2 -1.1 (r)0.4 (r)5.5 -0.8

Manufactured articles

 34.670 124.9 124.4 (r)123.9 123.9 2.6 -0.2 -0.4 (r)-0.4 0.0

Other Countries(3)

 60.506 (r)141.1 140.7 (r)142.2 142.3 10.3 (r)0.0 (r)-0.3 1.1 0.1

Nonmanufactured articles

 12.079 (r)356.0 (r)353.3 (r)364.8 365.0 26.4 (r)0.1 (r)-0.8 (r)3.3 0.1

Manufactured articles

 48.226 (r)111.8 (r)111.8 (r)112.0 112.0 4.9 (r)-0.1 (r)0.0 0.2 0.0

Canada

 14.271 (r)155.0 (r)153.4 (r)155.2 154.6 4.4 (r)-1.3 (r)-1.0 (r)1.2 -0.4

Nonmanufactured articles

 3.991 223.1 (r)222.4 (r)236.1 233.9 10.6 -0.5 (r)-0.3 (r)6.2 -0.9

Manufactured articles

 10.005 (r)141.1 (r)139.2 (r)137.5 137.4 1.4 (r)-1.7 -1.3 -1.2 -0.1

European Union(4)

 17.186 136.5 (r)137.1 (r)137.3 137.0 6.1 0.0 (r)0.4 0.1 -0.2

Nonmanufactured articles

 0.256 350.5 (r)370.0 (r)379.5 379.7 38.5 -4.7 (r)5.6 (r)2.6 0.1

Manufactured articles

 16.854 133.0 133.5 133.6 133.2 5.4 0.1 0.4 0.1 -0.3

France (Dec. 2003=100)

 1.995 120.2 (r)120.5 (r)120.7 121.2 -0.2 -0.1 (r)0.2 0.2 0.4

Germany (Dec. 2003=100)

 4.510 116.0 115.6 115.4 115.3 2.5 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1

United Kingdom (Dec. 2003=100)

 2.795 133.6 (r)133.2 (r)133.4 133.3 3.8 -0.4 (r)-0.3 0.2 -0.1

Latin America(5)

 18.406 179.8 (r)177.9 (r)181.3 181.7 10.9 0.2 (r)-1.1 (r)1.9 0.2

Nonmanufactured articles

 5.479 (r)378.8 (r)375.8 (r)397.3 398.9 26.9 1.2 (r)-0.8 (r)5.7 0.4

Manufactured articles

 12.844 (r)136.8 135.2 (r)134.4 134.7 2.1 (r)-0.5 (r)-1.2 (r)-0.6 0.2

Mexico (Dec. 2003=100)

 11.380 (r)147.7 (r)146.6 (r)147.9 148.1 5.8 (r)0.4 -0.7 (r)0.9 0.1

Nonmanufactured articles (Dec. 2008=100)

 1.900 202.6 (r)201.3 (r)212.1 212.8 26.7 0.5 (r)-0.6 (r)5.4 0.3

Manufactured articles (Dec. 2008=100)

 9.437 (r)97.0 (r)96.2 (r)95.8 95.9 0.2 (r)0.3 (r)-0.8 (r)-0.4 0.1

Pacific Rim (Dec. 2003=100)(6)

 34.852 104.7 104.5 104.8 104.7 2.6 0.1 -0.2 0.3 -0.1

China (Dec. 2003=100)

 19.595 (r)104.4 (r)104.8 105.0 105.1 3.6 (r)0.3 0.4 (r)0.2 0.1

Japan

 6.198 101.7 101.9 102.0 102.1 2.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1

Asian NICs(7)

 5.555 91.8 91.2 91.1 90.9 2.7 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 -0.2

ASEAN (Dec. 2003=100)(8)

 5.987 (r)105.7 (r)104.8 (r)105.2 105.1 4.7 (r)0.1 -0.9 0.4 -0.1

Asia Near East (Dec. 2003=100)(9)

 3.795 (r)277.5 (r)276.5 (r)277.2 276.6 23.8 1.9 (r)-0.4 (r)0.3 -0.2

Footnotes
 (1) Percentage of trade figures are based on 2009 trade values.
(2) Includes Western Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
(3) Includes Eastern Europe, Latin America, OPEC countries, and other countries in Asia, Africa and the Western Hemisphere.
(4) Includes European Union countries.
(5) Includes Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
(6) Includes China, Japan, Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Asian Newly Industrialized Countries.
(7) Asian Newly Industrialized Countries. Includes Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.
(8) Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
(9) Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
(r) Revised

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

 

Last Modified Date: January 13, 2012