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

All commodities

   100.000 128.2 127.4 3.7 0.9 0.1 -0.1 -0.6

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

   82.322 100.6 100.4 1.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2

All imports excluding petroleum

   88.790 113.4 113.2 1.0 0.1 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2

All imports excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)

   88.132 117.5 117.4 0.9 0.2 -0.3 -0.3 -0.1

Foods, feeds, & beverages

0

 5.810 175.3 176.0 -3.4 0.4 -2.6 -1.6 0.4

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages

00

 4.525 190.6 192.0 -4.2 0.6 -2.8 -2.2 0.7

Nonagricultural foods (fish, distilled beverages)

01

 1.285 141.1 140.5 -0.2 -0.3 -1.9 0.6 -0.4

Industrial supplies & materials

1

 26.233 200.7 196.3 16.1 3.1 1.3 -0.1 -2.2

Industrial supplies & materials excluding petroleum

   15.086 158.8 157.2 6.0 0.2 0.3 -0.7 -1.0

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

   14.354 181.1 179.6 6.4 0.9 0.2 -1.1 -0.8

Industrial supplies & materials, durable

   9.146 172.5 170.3 6.0 1.5 0.3 -1.7 -1.3

Industrial supplies & materials nondurable excluding petroleum

   5.878 141.5 140.9 6.2 -1.8 0.1 0.7 -0.4

Fuels & lubricants

10

 11.868 232.9 223.9 30.6 6.1 2.6 1.0 -3.9

Petroleum & petroleum products

100

 11.210 257.0 247.0 33.0 7.4 2.8 0.7 -3.9

Crude

10000

 8.117 272.3 257.2 36.4 8.8 1.8 0.9 -5.5

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

101

 0.477 95.0 90.3 -1.6 -17.0 1.3 10.1 -4.9

Gas-natural

10110

 0.477 70.3 65.9 -11.7 -24.7 -5.2 18.0 -6.3

Paper & paper base stocks

11

 0.583 120.3 121.5 12.8 0.3 1.5 1.4 1.0

Materials associated with nondurable supplies & materials

12

 4.699 162.6 162.5 6.4 -0.2 -0.2 -0.4 -0.1

Selected building materials

13

 1.685 159.5 155.3 3.4 1.9 0.4 -2.0 -2.6

Unfinished metals related to durable goods

14

 3.919 238.4 233.8 8.0 1.7 0.6 -2.9 -1.9

Finished metals related to durable goods

15

 1.806 162.6 161.6 6.2 1.8 -0.7 -0.5 -0.6

Nonmetals related to durable goods

16

 1.675 113.7 114.4 4.0 0.2 0.8 0.5 0.6

Capital goods

2

 26.398 89.4 89.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.1

Electric generating equipment

20

 3.211 118.0 118.2 1.2 0.3 -0.3 0.1 0.2

Nonelectrical machinery

21

 20.975 81.8 81.7 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1

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

22

 2.211 134.7 134.7 0.3 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0

Automotive vehicles, parts & engines

3

 15.637 110.4 110.4 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0

Consumer goods, excluding automotives

4

 25.922 107.6 107.6 0.6 0.2 -0.3 0.3 0.0

Nondurables, manufactured

40

 12.806 123.8 123.8 1.9 0.5 -0.1 0.9 0.0

Durables, manufactured

41

 11.850 92.7 92.6 -0.8 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1

Nonmanufactured consumer goods

42

 1.267 113.8 113.8 -0.5 0.7 -2.1 -1.0 0.0

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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