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 2016 to May 2017 [2000=100, unless otherwise noted]
Description End
Use		 Relative
import-
ance
Apr.
2017(1)		 Index Percent change
Apr.
2017		 May
2017		 Annual Monthly
May
2016
to
May
2017		 Jan.
2017
to
Feb.
2017		 Feb.
2017
to
Mar.
2017		 Mar.
2017
to
Apr.
2017		 Apr.
2017
to
May
2017

All commodities

   100.000 122.8 122.4 2.1 0.3 -0.2 0.2 -0.3

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

   84.722 98.9 98.9 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0

All imports excluding petroleum

   91.475 111.9 111.9 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.0

All imports excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)

   90.829 115.9 115.9 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0

Foods, feeds, & beverages

0

 6.107 178.3 180.4 4.1 0.7 -0.4 0.5 1.2

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages

00

 4.762 194.8 197.6 4.8 0.8 -0.4 0.7 1.4

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)

01

 1.345 141.2 141.7 2.0 0.2 -0.4 -0.5 0.4

Industrial supplies & materials

1

 22.758 169.9 166.9 9.3 1.0 -0.4 0.4 -1.8

Industrial supplies & materials excluding petroleum

   14.233 148.4 147.7 5.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 -0.5

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

   13.587 168.2 167.4 4.8 1.4 1.5 0.8 -0.5

Industrial supplies & materials, durable

   8.466 158.7 157.9 6.1 1.9 1.6 1.1 -0.5

Industrial supplies & materials nondurable excluding petroleum

   5.120 135.5 134.8 5.2 -0.4 0.0 0.6 -0.5

Fuels & lubricants

10

 9.170 174.2 167.7 16.9 0.3 -3.1 -0.3 -3.7

Petroleum & petroleum products

100

 8.525 187.8 180.5 16.2 0.8 -2.6 -0.4 -3.9

Crude

10000

 6.015 191.4 183.4 15.0 2.1 -3.3 -0.1 -4.2

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

101

 0.492 103.2 100.9 41.5 -8.1 -10.2 1.9 -2.2

Gas-natural

10110

 0.368 81.8 79.4 44.1 -10.2 -13.6 2.4 -2.9

Paper & paper base stocks

11

 0.542 106.7 107.2 0.2 -0.2 0.0 1.5 0.5

Materials associated with nondurable supplies & materials

12

 4.647 154.8 154.1 2.9 0.7 1.5 0.3 -0.5

Selected building materials

13

 1.453 145.6 146.7 7.0 1.0 1.2 2.6 0.8

Unfinished metals related to durable goods

14

 3.540 216.1 213.0 10.8 3.6 2.8 0.8 -1.4

Finished metals related to durable goods

15

 1.715 148.4 148.4 2.3 0.7 0.5 1.3 0.0

Nonmetals related to durable goods

16

 1.690 109.3 109.0 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.1 -0.3

Capital goods

2

 27.418 88.8 88.8 -0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0

Electric generating equipment

20

 3.313 116.4 116.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.1 0.0

Nonelectrical machinery

21

 21.543 81.3 81.3 -0.5 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0

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

22

 2.562 134.5 134.6 -2.0 -0.1 -0.1 -1.5 0.1

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines

3

 16.318 110.6 110.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1

Consumer goods, excluding automotives

4

 27.399 106.9 106.9 -0.2 0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.0

Nondurables, manufactured

40

 13.442 121.4 121.4 1.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.0

Durables, manufactured

41

 12.627 93.1 93.1 -1.4 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0

Nonmanufactured consumer goods

42

 1.330 116.3 116.4 -2.4 2.6 -3.0 1.2 0.1

Footnotes
 (1) Relative importance figures are based on 2015 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: June 15, 2017