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: May 2017 to May 2018 [2000=100, unless otherwise noted]
Description End
Use		 Relative
import-
ance
Apr.
2018(1)		 Index Percent change
Apr.
2018		 May
2018		 Annual Monthly
May
2017
to
May
2018		 Jan.
2018
to
Feb.
2018		 Feb.
2018
to
Mar.
2018		 Mar.
2018
to
Apr.
2018		 Apr.
2018
to
May
2018

All commodities

   100.000 127.2 128.0 4.3 0.2 -0.2 0.6 0.6

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

   83.042 100.6 100.8 1.9 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2

All imports excluding petroleum

   89.831 113.8 113.9 1.8 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1

All imports excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)

   89.128 118.0 118.2 1.9 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2

Foods, feeds, & beverages

0

 6.086 182.2 183.0 1.6 1.2 -0.9 -0.3 0.4

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages

00

 4.770 199.4 200.7 1.7 1.2 -1.4 -0.4 0.7

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)

01

 1.316 143.5 143.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.2 -0.2

Industrial supplies & materials

1

 25.347 192.4 197.3 16.7 -0.3 -0.6 2.1 2.5

Industrial supplies & materials excluding petroleum

   15.246 159.2 159.5 7.6 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.2

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

   14.464 181.1 182.5 8.8 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.8

Industrial supplies & materials, durable

   9.202 172.3 174.7 10.4 0.9 1.2 0.3 1.4

Industrial supplies & materials nondurable excluding petroleum

   5.976 142.8 140.4 3.6 -0.9 -0.4 0.8 -1.7

Fuels & lubricants

10

 10.872 211.7 222.0 28.6 -1.8 -2.7 4.1 4.9

Petroleum & petroleum products

100

 10.169 231.3 245.0 31.9 -1.1 -2.5 4.4 5.9

Crude

10000

 7.321 243.7 260.0 36.0 -2.6 -2.0 5.9 6.7

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

101

 0.520 102.7 88.9 -14.4 -13.2 -7.4 -1.0 -13.4

Gas-natural

10110

 0.361 83.5 67.2 -18.5 -15.6 -10.4 -1.9 -19.5

Paper & paper base stocks

11

 0.568 116.4 117.0 9.4 1.3 0.4 2.9 0.5

Materials associated with nondurable supplies & materials

12

 4.767 163.7 162.8 5.3 0.8 0.4 0.8 -0.5

Selected building materials

13

 1.692 159.0 162.1 10.5 1.6 3.1 1.0 1.9

Unfinished metals related to durable goods

14

 3.976 240.0 243.9 14.2 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.6

Finished metals related to durable goods

15

 1.808 161.6 164.6 10.2 0.5 0.7 -0.4 1.9

Nonmetals related to durable goods

16

 1.664 112.0 112.2 2.8 0.2 0.7 0.4 0.2

Capital goods

2

 26.697 89.7 89.6 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.1

Electric generating equipment

20

 3.232 117.8 118.0 1.6 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.2

Nonelectrical machinery

21

 21.223 82.2 82.1 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.1

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

22

 2.242 135.5 135.0 0.4 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.4

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines

3

 15.780 110.6 110.5 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.1

Consumer goods, excluding automotives

4

 26.090 107.5 107.6 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.1

Nondurables, manufactured

40

 12.763 122.4 123.0 1.2 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.5

Durables, manufactured

41

 12.020 93.3 93.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.2

Nonmanufactured consumer goods

42

 1.308 116.6 117.4 0.9 2.8 -2.6 0.7 0.7

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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