Table 1 U.S. Import Price Indexes, by End Use

Table 1. U.S. import price indexes and percent changes for selected categories of goods: October 2017 to October 2018 [2000=100, unless otherwise noted]
Description End
Use		 Relative
import-
ance
Sept.
2018(1)		 Index Percent change
Sept.
2018		 Oct.
2018		 Annual Monthly
Oct.
2017
to
Oct.
2018		 June
2018
to
July
2018		 July
2018
to
Aug.
2018		 Aug.
2018
to
Sept.
2018		 Sept.
2018
to
Oct.
2018

All commodities

   100.000 127.8 128.4 3.5 -0.1 -0.4 0.2 0.5

All imports excluding food and fuels (Dec. 2010=100)

   82.314 100.3 100.2 0.7 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1

All imports excluding petroleum

   88.897 113.2 113.4 0.8 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.2

All imports excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)

   88.286 117.4 117.6 0.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.2

Foods, feeds, & beverages

0

 5.972 179.6 183.5 -0.6 -1.5 0.5 2.0 2.2

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages

00

 4.674 196.4 201.9 -0.9 -2.1 0.7 2.3 2.8

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)

01

 1.298 142.2 141.9 0.7 0.7 -0.1 0.9 -0.2

Industrial supplies & materials

1

 25.918 197.7 200.6 14.2 -0.2 -1.4 0.1 1.5

Industrial supplies & materials excluding petroleum

   14.873 156.1 156.9 3.8 -0.8 -1.0 -0.5 0.5

Industrial supplies & materials excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)

   14.192 178.6 178.5 3.4 -1.0 -1.0 -0.4 -0.1

Industrial supplies & materials, durable

   8.964 168.6 167.7 1.9 -1.6 -1.4 -0.9 -0.5

Industrial supplies & materials nondurable excluding petroleum

   5.852 140.3 143.3 6.8 0.5 -0.3 -0.1 2.1

Fuels & lubricants

10

 11.714 229.2 236.7 30.3 0.8 -2.1 0.7 3.3

Petroleum & petroleum products

100

 11.103 253.8 260.9 31.4 0.5 -2.1 0.9 2.8

Crude

10000

 7.990 267.3 274.2 33.8 0.7 -3.1 1.4 2.6

Fuels, n.e.s.-coals & gas

101

 0.430 85.4 100.0 21.4 8.1 -3.0 -2.8 17.1

Gas-natural

10110

 0.284 65.8 82.0 24.6 21.5 -5.0 -4.2 24.6

Paper & paper base stocks

11

 0.595 122.5 122.7 13.0 1.9 1.2 0.2 0.2

Materials associated with nondurable supplies & materials

12

 4.707 162.5 164.0 4.9 -0.5 -0.2 0.2 0.9

Selected building materials

13

 1.617 152.6 145.0 -4.9 -2.0 -2.6 -1.8 -5.0

Unfinished metals related to durable goods

14

 3.801 230.6 233.5 4.1 -2.8 -2.0 -1.4 1.3

Finished metals related to durable goods

15

 1.789 160.7 160.0 2.2 -0.4 -1.2 -0.1 -0.4

Nonmetals related to durable goods

16

 1.695 114.7 114.0 3.4 0.5 0.6 0.3 -0.6

Capital goods

2

 26.437 89.3 89.2 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Electric generating equipment

20

 3.224 118.1 117.9 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.2

Nonelectrical machinery

21

 20.999 81.7 81.7 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0

Transportation equipment excluding motor vehicles (Dec. 2001=100)

22

 2.213 134.5 134.5 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines

3

 15.686 110.4 110.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

Consumer goods, excluding automotives

4

 25.987 107.6 107.5 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.1

Nondurables, manufactured

40

 12.848 123.8 123.7 2.0 0.8 0.0 0.1 -0.1

Durables, manufactured

41

 11.852 92.5 92.4 -0.6 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1

Nonmanufactured consumer goods

42

 1.287 115.3 115.1 0.2 -1.0 1.0 0.3 -0.2

Footnotes
(1) Relative importance figures are based on 2016 trade values.

NOTES: Data may be revised in each of the 3 months after original publication.
Dash = Not available

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Last Modified Date: November 15, 2018