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Table 2. Variances for U.S. export price indexes for categories of goods: January 2023–December 2023

Table 2. Variances for U.S. export price indexes for categories of goods: January 2023–December 2023
Description	End Use	1-month median absolute percent change	1-month median standard error	3-month median absolute percent change	3-month median standard error	12-month median absolute percent change	12-month median standard error	Percent Non-Sampled Trade Value^[1]
All commodities	Q	0.6	0.11	2.2	0.23	5.0	0.58	14%
Agricultural commodities	QAG	0.9	0.30	2.5	0.61	7.6	1.29	31%
Nonagricultural commodities	QEXAG	0.6	0.12	2.3	0.24	4.8	0.51	12%
Foods, feeds, & beverages	Q0	0.9	0.33	2.9	0.62	7.8	1.13	33%
Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages	Q00	0.9	0.33	2.8	0.63	7.5	1.12	35%
Wheat and rice	Q000	3.2	0.38	6.6	0.80	17.6	1.77	77%
Wheat	Q00000	2.4	0.00	8.9	0.00	23.3	0.00	98%
Soybeans & other oil seeds	Q001	3.2	0.36	3.5	0.91	8.9	1.05	87%
Soybeans and soybean by-products, prior to the extraction of oil	Q00100	3.1	0.07	3.7	0.12	11.4	0.16	96%
Feedstuff	Q002	2.0	0.46	6.0	0.85	17.2	1.43	61%
Corn	Q00200	3.6	0.17	6.4	0.32	20.3	0.55	91%
Other agricultural foods	Q003	0.4	0.47	0.8	1.17	1.2	1.59	0%
Meat, poultry & other edible animal products	Q00300	1.0	0.63	1.8	1.20	4.7	2.60	0%
Fruit and fruit preparations, including fruit juices	Q00320	3.2	2.84	4.9	5.12	4.7	5.85	0%
Vegetables and vegetable preparations and juices	Q00330	1.3	1.40	2.9	2.37	17.4	8.09	0%
Nuts & preparations	Q00340	2.0	1.55	3.7	2.57	7.3	2.83	0%
Bakery & confectionery products	Q00350	0.2	0.26	2.4	0.91	10.3	2.17	0%
Other foods and food preparations (lard, soft bev, spices), n.e.s.	Q00360	0.6	0.28	1.5	0.76	7.3	3.51	0%
Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)	Q01	1.2	0.54	5.4	1.11	14.5	1.98	0%
Fish and shellfish	Q01000	1.8	0.77	7.3	1.76	19.5	2.69	0%
Industrial supplies & materials	Q1	1.5	0.31	5.8	0.45	12.6	0.98	26%
Agricultural industrial supplies & materials	Q10	1.1	0.97	1.8	1.52	7.3	3.70	0%
Other agricultural materials	Q101	0.6	1.10	1.5	1.84	2.9	3.76	0%
Fuels & lubricants	Q11	3.9	0.60	12.3	0.81	20.3	1.27	53%
Petroleum & petroleum products	Q111	4.8	0.47	11.0	0.72	13.0	1.07	61%
Crude petroleum	Q11100	6.9	n.a.	7.9	n.a.	14.8	n.a.	100%
Fuel oil	Q11110	6.4	0.30	19.7	0.37	22.6	0.64	84%
Other petroleum products	Q11120	4.3	1.00	10.6	1.35	12.0	1.82	37%
Nonagricultural supplies & materials excluding fuels & building materials	Q12	0.5	0.31	0.9	0.61	6.2	1.31	9%
Nonferrous & other metals	Q122	2.4	0.53	3.0	0.79	4.5	1.48	40%
Aluminum & alumina	Q12200	1.6	0.48	4.3	1.17	9.8	1.75	16%
Copper	Q12210	1.3	0.85	4.2	1.26	8.8	2.68	14%
Nonmonetary gold	Q12260	2.9	0.02	4.9	0.03	7.2	0.06	96%
Other precious metals	Q12270	2.6	1.50	8.7	2.93	28.7	3.89	1%
Other nonferrous metals	Q12290	2.7	0.97	3.9	2.29	8.5	5.50	0%
Woodpulp and recovered paper	Q12420	4.0	1.93	10.3	4.32	13.0	4.32	0%
Chemicals, excluding medicinals	Q125	0.7	0.57	1.4	1.37	9.3	2.74	0%
Plastic materials	Q12500	1.1	0.76	3.1	1.65	25.2	2.33	0%
Fertilizers, pesticides & insecticides	Q12510	0.5	0.62	11.4	2.19	26.5	5.16	0%
Other chemicals, excluding medicinals	Q12550	0.2	0.39	1.7	1.16	5.3	2.66	0%
Other nonagricultural industrial supplies and materials	Q127	0.2	0.27	0.6	0.72	2.4	1.59	0%
Selected building materials	Q13	0.7	0.42	1.6	1.31	8.7	2.06	2%
Lumber & other wood supplies	Q131	0.9	0.69	2.7	1.38	17.8	3.33	0%
Logs, lumber, plywood and veneers	Q13100	1.2	0.78	3.5	1.47	23.8	3.04	0%
Miscellaneous building materials, excluding wood	Q132	0.1	0.13	0.9	1.04	1.6	3.01	3%
Other building materials, excluding wood and glass (Dec. 2016=100)	Q13210	0.1	0.09	1.0	0.92	3.3	2.21	4%
Capital goods	Q2	0.1	0.09	0.4	0.18	2.2	0.85	1%
Electrical generating equipment	Q20	0.2	0.27	0.9	0.77	3.9	1.95	0%
Electric apparatus and parts, n.e.s.	Q20005	0.2	0.28	0.9	0.83	3.7	2.34	0%
Nonelectrical machinery	Q21	0.1	0.10	0.3	0.20	1.3	1.00	0%
Oil drilling, mining, and construction machinery, and equipment	Q210	0.2	0.26	1.1	0.49	4.2	1.41	0%
Excavating, paving & construction machinery	Q21030	0.2	0.23	1.0	0.57	3.5	1.21	0%
Industrial and service machinery	Q211	0.2	0.13	0.7	0.21	4.7	0.95	1%
Metal working machine tools and rolling mill machines	Q21120	0.2	0.18	1.1	0.56	5.0	1.85	1%
Measuring, testing & control instruments	Q21160	0.2	0.17	1.2	0.73	5.6	2.18	0%
Materials handling equipment	Q21170	0.4	0.31	1.2	0.66	5.6	1.27	4%
Other industrial machinery	Q21180	0.1	0.11	0.4	0.25	4.4	1.42	0%
Agricultural machinery and equipment	Q212	0.2	0.16	0.6	0.46	6.5	3.18	0%
Computers, peripherals, and semiconductors	Q213	0.4	0.28	1.0	0.52	4.6	3.03	0%
Computers	Q21300	0.5	0.42	0.7	0.93	1.8	1.77	0%
Computer peripherals, accessories and parts	Q21301	0.2	0.15	1.1	1.11	6.6	1.81	0%
Semiconductors	Q21320	0.5	0.34	1.4	0.82	4.8	5.17	0%
Telecommunications equipment	Q214	0.1	0.18	0.4	0.40	0.8	1.09	0%
Scientific and medical machinery	Q216	0.3	0.39	0.8	0.75	1.3	1.81	0%
Laboratory testing & control instruments	Q21600	0.4	0.40	0.8	1.69	1.8	4.45	0%
Other scientific, medical and hospital equipment	Q21610	0.3	0.20	0.6	0.59	1.6	1.74	0%
Transportation equipment excluding motor vehicles (Dec. 2001=100)	Q22	0.2	0.22	1.8	0.38	6.9	0.63	3%
Civilian aircraft, aircraft engines and parts	Q220	0.2	0.18	1.8	0.37	7.0	0.68	0%
Parts for civilian aircraft	Q22010	0.3	0.42	1.0	1.15	3.6	2.44	0%
Automotive vehicles, parts & engines	Q3	0.3	0.18	1.3	0.26	3.3	0.50	0%
Passenger cars, new and used	Q300	0.1	0.09	1.8	0.41	1.6	0.81	0%
Vehicles designed to transport goods	Q301	0.1	0.03	0.7	0.43	4.2	0.63	0%
Parts, engines, bodies & chassis	Q302	0.1	0.22	0.6	0.38	4.0	0.94	0%
Engines and engine parts (carburetors, pistons, rings, & valves)	Q30200	0.2	0.15	0.7	0.56	10.3	1.66	0%
Nonengine parts & accessories	Q30230	0.2	0.15	0.3	0.46	1.6	1.35	0%
Consumer goods, excluding automotives	Q4	0.3	0.12	0.8	0.30	2.3	1.16	7%
Nondurables, manufactured	Q40	0.3	0.15	0.8	0.45	1.1	2.06	0%
Other consumer nondurables	Q401	0.3	0.12	0.8	0.43	1.6	2.10	0%
Medicinal, dental, and pharmaceutical preparatory materials	Q40100	0.4	0.16	1.0	0.57	1.7	2.75	0%
Toiletries & cosmetics	Q40120	0.1	0.10	0.5	0.48	2.5	1.45	0%
Other products (notions & writing articles)	Q40140	0.7	0.25	0.9	0.39	2.2	0.97	0%
Durables, manufactured	Q41	0.3	0.12	0.8	0.38	4.7	1.08	0%
Household goods	Q410	0.2	0.16	1.1	0.64	2.9	1.19	0%
Household and kitchen appliances	Q41030	0.1	0.18	1.0	0.57	6.8	6.06	0%
Miscellaneous household goods	Q41050	0.2	0.18	0.8	0.48	1.9	0.80	0%
Recreational equip & materials	Q411	0.1	0.23	0.4	0.45	10.7	4.06	0%
Toys, shooting and sporting goods	Q41120	0.1	0.18	0.2	0.57	11.4	5.03	0%
Coins, gems, jewelry & collectibles^[2]	Q413	0.4	0.25	.	.	.	.	0%
Jewelry^[2]	Q41310	0.2	0.19	.	.	.	.	0%
Nonmanufactured consumer goods	Q42	0.1	0.14	1.7	0.33	3.0	5.59	84%
^[1] Indexes calculated using 100% non-sampled price data from one or more alternative data sources will not have variance due to sampling and have standard errors coded as not applicable (n.a.). Indexes calculated using a mix of directly collected price data and price data from one or more alternative data sources will have lower standard error values as the proportion of non-sampled trade value increases. ^[2] Index was not published the previous year. Estimates using prior year index values are excluded.

Last Modified Date: July 30, 2024