Table 5. Variances for U.S. import price indexes for categories of goods: January 2025–December 2025 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 5. Variances for U.S. import price indexes for categories of goods: January 2025–December 2025(1)
Description	Harmonized system	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(2)
Products of the chemical or allied industries	PVI	0.4	0.18	0.5	0.38	1.2	0.70	29%
Inorganic chemicals(3)	P28	2.2	0.55	.	.	.	.	45%
Nucleic acids and their salts, other heterocyclic compounds	P2934	1.0	0.23	2.4	1.37	2.2	3.33	32%
Pharmaceutical products	P30	0.4	0.32	1.0	0.63	0.9	1.07	1%
Human and animal blood, prep; antisera & other blood fractions	P3002	0.3	0.50	0.9	0.99	3.8	1.66	0%
Medicaments products for therapuetic uses in doses or retail sales form	P3004	0.5	0.48	1.0	1.13	3.1	1.76	0%
Miscellaneous chemical products	P38	1.3	0.60	1.5	1.23	3.2	1.66	31%
Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof	P82	0.9	0.26	0.6	0.73	1.6	2.19	28%
Miscellaneous articles of base metal	P83	0.5	0.21	0.4	0.76	0.5	1.63	30%
Mountings and other hardware for furniture, doors, and windows	P8302	0.7	0.30	1.0	0.77	0.8	0.97	19%
Machinery, electrical equipment, TV image and sound recorders, parts, etc.	PXVI	0.1	0.10	0.3	0.20	0.2	0.40	0%
Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	P84	0.1	0.13	0.3	0.22	0.7	0.51	1%
Spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines	P8407	0.2	0.15	0.5	0.43	1.5	0.77	0%
Parts for spark-ignition and diesel internal combustion piston engines	P8409	0.6	0.49	2.0	1.54	5.4	2.19	0%
Turbojets, turbopropellers and other gas turbines, and parts thereof	P8411	0.2	0.13	0.8	0.34	2.7	0.81	0%
Engines & motors, nesoi, & parts thereof	P8412	0.2	0.16	0.9	1.90	1.3	2.39	0%
Pumps for liquids; liquid elevators; parts thereof	P8413	0.4	0.53	1.6	2.50	2.5	3.08	0%
Air or vacuum pumps, compressors and fans; vent & recycling hoods; parts	P8414	0.1	0.25	0.6	0.65	0.5	1.01	0%
Air conditioning machines and parts thereof	P8415	0.1	0.13	0.6	0.38	1.5	1.74	0%
Refrigerators, freezers, heat pumps; and parts	P8418	0.4	0.17	1.0	0.95	0.9	1.47	0%
Nonelectric water heaters and parts	P8419	0.5	0.40	1.3	1.03	1.7	0.81	0%
Centrifuges & filtering/purifying machinery and parts	P8421	0.3	0.37	0.2	0.91	0.8	1.31	0%
Fork-lift trucks; other work trucks fitted w/lifting or handling equipment(3)	P8427	0.0	0.00	.	.	.	.	0%
Self-propelled earth-moving, tamping, & road roller machines	P8429	0.0	0.02	0.1	0.88	0.4	1.09	0%
Parts for materials handling & construction machines	P8431	0.5	0.17	0.7	0.37	2.0	1.60	0%
Printing machinery, machines ancillary to printing; & parts	P8443	0.1	0.15	0.3	0.33	1.2	0.79	0%
Parts and accessories, n.e.s.o.i., for computers and other office machines	P8473	0.9	1.15	2.1	2.11	2.0	3.48	0%
Machines & appliances having functions n.e.s.; parts thereof	P8479	0.3	0.43	0.3	0.82	1.2	1.20	0%
Taps, cocks, valves & similar appliances; parts thereof	P8481	0.1	0.21	0.2	0.88	0.6	1.21	0%
Electrical machinery and equip, sound and TV recorders & reproducers, parts	P85	0.3	0.14	0.8	0.31	1.0	0.64	0%
Electric motors and generators (excludes generating sets)	P8501	0.2	0.20	0.6	0.61	0.4	1.26	0%
Vehicular electric lighting equipment, and defrosters(3)	P8512	0.3	0.31	.	.	.	.	0%
Electrothermic domestic appliances; water & space heaters; resistors	P8516	0.1	0.20	0.4	0.52	1.9	2.30	0%
Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy; videophones; parts	P8517	0.5	0.12	1.6	0.30	6.3	0.63	0%
TV reception apparatus; video monitors & video projectors	P8528	0.2	0.08	0.5	0.29	1.2	0.75	0%
Electrical circuit switching, protecting or connection app. of 1000 volts or less	P8536	0.4	0.52	0.6	1.40	1.7	2.56	0%
Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment	PXVII	0.1	0.13	0.2	0.22	1.1	0.42	1%
Motor vehicles and their parts	P87	0.1	0.14	0.3	0.24	0.9	0.45	0%
Tractors (other than work trucks of heading 8709)	P8701	0.0	0.04	0.2	0.10	0.3	0.23	0%
Motor vehicles designed to transport people	P8703	0.4	0.15	0.8	0.42	1.7	0.55	0%
Parts of tractors, buses, automobiles, trucks, spec. vehicles	P8708	0.1	0.30	0.5	0.55	0.3	0.93	0%
Trailers and semi-trailers and parts thereof(3)	P8716	0.0	0.01	.	.	.	.	0%
Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof	P88	0.1	0.03	0.4	0.19	4.3	0.53	0%
Other aircraft, nesoi; spacecraft & launch vehicles	P8802	0.1	0.04	0.7	0.28	3.2	0.47	0%
Optical, photo, measuring, medical & musical instruments; & timepieces	PXVIII	0.4	0.17	1.4	0.56	0.7	0.86	0%
Optical, photographic, measuring and medical instruments	P90	0.3	0.18	1.2	0.61	0.5	0.90	0%
Instruments used in medical, surgical, dental, and veterinarian sciences	P9018	0.4	0.35	1.7	0.94	1.4	1.95	0%
Orthopedic appliances; artificial body parts; hearing aids, etc	P9021	0.2	0.14	0.7	0.50	0.8	1.51	0%
Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis	P9027	0.4	0.31	1.8	1.21	1.8	1.89	0%
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	PXX	0.1	0.12	0.4	0.43	0.8	0.91	7%
Furniture & stuffed furnishings; lamps & lighting fittings, nesoi; prefab bldgs	P94	0.3	0.14	0.9	0.36	1.9	1.17	3%
Lamps, lighting fixtures, & illuminated signs and parts thereof(3)	P9405	0.1	0.13	.	.	.	.	0%
Toys, games and sports equipment; parts and accessories thereof	P95	0.2	0.22	0.4	0.54	0.2	1.02	0%
Toys nesoi; models; puzzles; parts and accessories thereof	P9503	0.4	0.32	0.6	0.91	1.8	0.89	0%
Articles for arcade, table or games parts thereof	P9504	0.2	0.18	0.6	0.49	3.4	1.00	0%
Articles & equipment for sports nesoi; parts & accessories thereof	P9506	0.3	0.34	2.1	1.54	1.4	3.92	0%
Footnotes: (1) Indexes were not published in October 2025 due to a lapse in appropriations. Data for survey based indexes was not completely collected and October 2025 index values will remain suppressed for survey based indexes. For this reason, three and twelve month percent changes and standard errors do not include October and one month percent changes and standard errors do not include October and November. For further information on affected indexes see https://www.bls.gov/mxp/notices/2026/availability-of-oct-2025-mxpi-in-bls-database.htm. (2) Indexes calculated with over 50% non-sampled price data from one or more alternative data sources will not have a variance primarily due to sampling and have been excluded. (3) Index was not published the previous year. Estimates using prior year index values are excluded.