Table 1. Variances for U.S. import price indexes for categories of goods: January 2023–December 2024 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 1. Variances for U.S. import price indexes for categories of goods: January 2024–December 2024
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	R	0.2	0.15	0.5	0.23	1.2	0.48	10%
All imports excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)	REXFUELS	0.2	0.15	0.6	0.27	1.3	0.64	3%
Foods, feeds, & beverages	R0	1.3	1.32	1.9	2.11	5.7	2.56	0%
Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages	R00	1.5	1.47	2.1	2.36	7.4	3.10	0%
Green coffee, cocoa beans, sugar	R000	4.2	2.44	6.2	2.80	26.2	3.87	0%
Green coffee	R00000	2.0	3.57	6.9	3.81	10.0	5.88	0%
Other agricultural foods	R001	1.7	1.65	1.7	2.58	7.0	3.53	0%
Meat, poultry & other edible animal products	R00100	0.8	0.95	1.1	1.50	11.0	3.04	0%
Fruit and fruit preparations including frozen juices	R00120	4.1	4.08	6.3	8.22	4.5	11.62	0%
Vegetables and vegetable preparations	R00130	8.6	9.88	8.5	12.63	18.2	16.32	0%
Food oils & oilseeds	R00150	2.2	2.02	2.9	3.41	4.5	7.57	0%
Bakery & confectionery products	R00160	1.5	0.38	4.4	1.05	11.4	2.97	0%
Other animal & vegetable preparations & products	R00180	0.6	0.52	0.9	1.28	2.7	3.17	0%
Wine, beer, & related products	R00190	0.3	0.16	0.7	0.29	2.9	0.82	0%
Feedstuff and foodgrains	R002	1.4	2.02	2.8	3.24	8.7	6.17	0%
Feedstuff and foodgrains, 5 digit(2)	R00200	1.4	2.02	.	.	.	.	0%
Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)	R01	0.4	0.79	1.6	1.72	4.3	2.14	0%
Nonagricultural (fish, beverages) products(2)	R010	0.4	0.79	.	.	.	.	0%
Fish & shellfish	R01000	0.6	1.31	2.2	2.66	6.0	2.97	0%
Distilled alcoholic beverages	R01010	0.1	0.10	0.7	0.43	0.4	1.28	0%
Industrial supplies & materials	R1	0.3	0.37	3.0	0.50	2.9	1.19	34%
Industrial supplies & materials excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)	R1EXFUEL	0.5	0.25	0.7	0.79	4.1	2.36	11%
Fuels & lubricants	R10	1.4	0.80	7.5	0.87	6.6	1.30	69%
Petroleum & petroleum products	R100	1.8	0.78	9.2	0.85	7.7	1.29	74%
Crude petroleum	R10000	1.9	n.a.	9.2	n.a.	10.4	n.a.	100%
Fuel oil	R10010	5.8	5.58	4.4	4.74	10.3	9.95	27%
Other petroleum products	R10020	2.6	2.15	7.1	2.89	8.0	3.45	15%
Fuels, n.e.s.-coals & gas	R101	10.1	5.59	15.5	5.63	33.2	6.19	0%
Natural gas	R10110	13.5	6.91	23.2	7.62	42.9	7.42	0%
Paper & paper base stocks	R11	1.0	0.69	2.0	1.25	2.7	2.90	0%
Materials associated with nondurable supplies & materials	R12	0.6	0.55	0.7	1.54	2.2	4.43	0%
Agricultural products used for industrial supplies and materials	R120	2.7	1.20	7.5	3.98	41.4	20.56	0%
Other agricultural products (tobacco, waxes, nonfood oils)	R12070	3.4	1.22	9.1	4.26	50.5	21.49	0%
Textile supplies & related materials	R121	0.1	0.27	0.4	0.60	2.2	2.22	0%
Synthetic cloth, fabric, and thread(2)	R12135	0.4	0.48	.	.	.	.	0%
Finished textile industrial supplies(2)	R12150	0.5	0.32	.	.	.	.	0%
Chemicals, excluding medicinals	R125	0.6	0.47	0.6	0.77	7.3	3.11	0%
Plastic materials	R12500	1.2	1.23	2.0	1.87	5.2	3.91	0%
Fertilizers, pesticides & insecticides	R12510	1.1	1.29	2.3	2.66	11.6	12.59	0%
Industrial organic chemicals	R12540	0.3	0.57	1.5	1.44	7.5	3.57	0%
Other chemicals (coloring agents)	R12550	0.3	0.27	0.5	0.65	1.4	2.03	0%
Lumber and other unfinished building materials	R130	1.8	0.98	2.6	1.48	2.7	2.11	0%
Stone, sand, cement and lime	R13020	0.2	0.37	0.8	1.03	2.5	2.55	0%
Unfinished metals related to durable goods	R14	1.5	0.39	2.5	0.68	7.1	2.05	45%
Steelmaking & ferroalloying materials	R140	0.5	0.41	1.6	1.55	3.6	4.13	0%
Steelmaking & ferroalloying materials, 5 digit(2)	R14000	0.5	0.41	.	.	.	.	0%
Major nonferrous metals-crude	R142	2.4	0.36	4.2	0.76	10.8	1.17	70%
Bauxite, alumina, aluminum, and products thereof	R14200	1.4	0.50	3.3	0.74	9.0	1.76	64%
Copper	R14220	3.8	0.03	8.5	0.07	9.4	0.03	85%
Nickel	R14240	4.4	0.11	7.8	0.23	22.6	1.99	65%
Tin	R14250	5.2	0.00	6.5	0.00	17.6	0.00	92%
Zinc	R14260	4.1	0.00	8.2	0.00	16.9	0.05	93%
Nonmonetary gold	R14270	2.3	0.04	8.1	0.08	20.8	0.10	96%
Other precious metals	R14280	3.4	1.14	2.9	2.09	14.6	4.02	74%
Finished metals related to durable goods	R15	1.5	0.80	3.5	1.49	5.2	2.98	0%
Iron & steel products, except advanced manufacturing	R150	0.4	0.44	0.6	1.42	4.6	5.06	0%
Iron & steel products, except advanced manufacturing, 5 digit(2)	R15000	0.4	0.44	.	.	.	.	0%
Iron & steel advanced manufacturing	R151	0.7	0.52	1.1	1.41	3.0	4.91	0%
Iron & steel advanced manufacturing, 5 digit(2)	R15100	0.7	0.52	.	.	.	.	0%
Finished metals shapes and advanced manufacturing(2)	R152	2.2	1.18	.	.	.	.	1%
Finished metals shapes and advanced manufacturing, 5 digit(2)	R15200	2.2	1.18	.	.	.	.	1%
Unfinished, nonmetals associated with durable goods output(2)	R160	1.0	1.18	.	.	.	.	0%
Finished nonmetals (boxes, belting, glass, etc.)	R161	0.2	0.29	0.3	0.83	2.1	1.80	0%
Other finished nonmetals (boxes, belting, glass, etc.)	R16120	0.2	0.29	0.3	0.83	2.0	1.81	0%
Capital goods	R2	0.1	0.10	0.3	0.22	0.2	0.55	1%
Generators, transformers & access equipment	R20000	0.1	0.13	0.1	0.38	0.6	1.04	0%
Electric apparatus & parts, n.e.s.	R20005	0.3	0.31	0.5	1.19	1.0	1.91	0%
Nonelectrical machinery	R21	0.1	0.11	0.1	0.27	0.5	0.65	1%
Oil drilling, mining, and construction machinery and equipment	R210	0.3	0.16	0.6	0.44	4.3	1.18	0%
Excavating, paving & construction machinery	R21030	0.0	0.07	0.2	0.21	0.4	0.96	0%
Industrial and service machinery	R211	0.2	0.12	0.3	0.31	0.6	0.53	2%
Industrial engines, pumps, & compressors	R21100	0.2	0.18	0.4	0.43	2.4	2.03	0%
Food & tobacco processing machines	R21110	0.4	0.36	0.7	0.63	0.8	1.59	0%
Metal working machine tools and rolling mills	R21120	0.2	0.21	0.9	0.65	0.6	1.25	1%
Measuring, testing & control instruments	R21160	0.5	0.39	0.9	0.47	1.7	1.39	0%
Materials handling equipment	R21170	0.2	0.16	0.5	0.51	0.7	1.41	5%
Other industrial machines	R21180	0.3	0.17	0.9	0.34	0.9	1.29	0%
Photo & other service industry machinery	R21190	0.1	0.13	0.3	0.28	0.2	0.72	0%
Agricultural machinery and equipment	R212	0.3	0.20	0.8	0.81	0.4	1.47	0%
Agricultural machinery and equipment, 5 digit(2)	R21200	0.3	0.20	.	.	.	.	0%
Computers, peripherals and semiconductors	R213	0.1	0.23	0.3	0.56	1.9	1.38	0%
Computer accessories, peripherals, and parts	R21301	0.1	0.26	0.4	0.83	1.8	1.87	0%
Semiconductors	R21320	0.5	0.45	0.9	0.90	3.4	1.64	0%
Telecommunications equipment	R214	0.1	0.29	0.5	0.51	0.3	0.72	0%
Telecommunications equipment, 5 digit(2)	R21400	0.1	0.29	.	.	.	.	0%
Business machinery and equipment, except computers	R215	0.3	0.26	0.5	0.39	0.5	2.69	0%
Business machinery & equipment, except computers, 5 digit(2)	R21500	0.3	0.26	.	.	.	.	0%
Scientific and medical machinery	R216	0.4	0.35	1.9	1.02	5.0	1.46	0%
Laboratory testing and control instruments	R21600	0.3	0.40	1.1	0.82	2.6	1.68	0%
Other scientific, medical, and hospital equipment	R21610	0.5	0.42	2.1	1.19	5.3	1.45	0%
Transportation equipment excluding motor vehicles (Dec. 2001=100)	R22	0.4	0.21	1.4	0.51	3.5	0.75	3%
Civilian aircraft, engines, and parts	R220	0.4	0.22	1.4	0.53	3.6	0.77	0%
Civilian aircraft, complete	R22000	0.2	0.03	0.7	0.14	2.8	0.52	0%
Parts for civilian aircraft	R22010	0.3	0.27	0.6	0.43	2.8	1.06	0%
Engines for civilian aircraft	R22020	1.7	0.41	3.4	1.00	3.8	1.64	0%
Automotive vehicles, parts & engines	R3	0.2	0.09	0.6	0.19	2.5	0.41	0%
Automotive vehicles, parts and engines, 2 digit(2)	R30	0.2	0.09	.	.	.	.	0%
Passenger cars, new and used	R300	0.1	0.05	0.5	0.23	2.2	0.47	0%
New completed assembled automobiles(2)	R30000	0.1	0.05	.	.	.	.	0%
Parts, engines, bodies and chassis	R302	0.3	0.15	0.7	0.31	2.0	0.60	0%
Engines and engine parts for automotive vehicles (Dec. 2004=100)	R30200	0.1	0.17	0.3	0.47	3.1	1.43	0%
Automotive tires & tubes	R30220	0.3	0.21	0.8	0.42	1.4	1.09	0%
Non-engine parts & accessories	R30230	0.3	0.18	0.8	0.42	1.8	0.69	0%
Consumer goods, excluding automotives	R4	0.1	0.11	0.2	0.21	0.6	0.42	3%
Nondurables, manufactured	R40	0.1	0.10	0.3	0.28	2.3	0.65	0%
Apparel, footwear, and household goods	R400	0.0	0.10	0.1	0.22	0.2	0.47	0%
Cotton apparel and household goods	R40000	0.0	0.10	0.2	0.25	0.5	0.69	0%
Apparel and household goods for other textiles	R40020	0.1	0.15	0.2	0.30	0.5	0.94	0%
Nontextile apparel and household goods	R40030	0.2	0.28	0.6	1.16	3.0	2.60	0%
Footwear of leather, rubber, or other materials	R40040	0.1	0.16	0.2	0.43	0.7	1.11	0%
Sporting/camping apparel and footwear	R40050	0.1	0.17	0.1	0.87	0.1	0.93	0%
Other consumer nondurables	R401	0.2	0.13	0.4	0.49	4.1	1.13	0%
Medicinal, dental and pharmaceutical preparatory materials	R40100	0.2	0.16	0.5	0.58	4.7	1.39	0%
Books, magazines and other printed materials(2)	R40110	0.0	0.04	.	.	.	.	0%
Toiletries and cosmetics	R40120	0.1	0.21	0.1	0.44	1.4	1.50	0%
Other products (notions, writing supplies, tobacco products, etc.)	R40140	0.1	0.09	0.8	0.64	1.7	1.18	0%
Durables, manufactured	R41	0.1	0.10	0.1	0.24	0.8	0.51	0%
Household goods	R410	0.1	0.07	0.2	0.15	1.4	0.33	0%
Furniture, household items	R41000	0.2	0.15	0.3	0.43	1.0	0.84	0%
Household and kitchen appliances	R41030	0.2	0.19	0.5	0.54	2.2	0.78	0%
Other household goods, n.e.s.	R41050	0.1	0.06	0.3	0.22	1.0	0.40	0%
Recreational equipment and materials	R411	0.1	0.13	0.2	0.29	0.4	0.77	0%
Motorcycles & parts	R41100	0.2	0.20	1.3	1.11	1.8	1.67	0%
Toys, shooting & sporting goods	R41120	0.1	0.14	0.2	0.27	0.6	1.00	0%
Musical instruments and parts	R41140	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.01	0.5	0.45	0%
Home entertainment equipment	R412	0.2	0.30	0.6	0.69	5.1	3.13	0%
Television and video receivers	R41200	0.3	0.43	0.4	0.86	9.1	4.64	0%
Coins, gems, jewelry, and collectibles	R413	1.1	0.85	3.8	1.96	7.9	3.23	0%
Nonmanufactured consumer goods	R42	1.4	0.86	1.7	1.88	3.7	3.42	72%
Nonmanufactured consumer durables	R421	0.3	0.14	1.0	0.41	4.8	0.59	81%
Gem diamonds-uncut or unset	R42100	0.0	0.00	0.9	0.00	6.2	0.00	99%
Footnotes: (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.