Table 5 U.S. Import Price Indexes, by Harmonized System

Table 5. U.S. import price indexes and percent changes for selected categories of goods: December 2020 to December 2021 [2000=100, unless otherwise noted]
Description	Harmo- nized system	Relative importance Nov. 2021(1)	Index		Percent change
			Nov. 2021	Dec. 2021	Annual	Monthly
			Nov. 2021	Dec. 2021	Dec. 2020 to Dec. 2021	Aug. 2021 to Sep. 2021	Sep. 2021 to Oct. 2021	Oct. 2021 to Nov. 2021	Nov. 2021 to Dec. 2021
Live animals; animal products	I	1.485	232.2	231.9	19.8	0.9	1.8	-0.6	-0.1
Meat and edible meat offal	02	0.433	344.0	340.4	24.4	-0.2	5.5	-4.5	-1.0
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates	03	0.774	161.2	161.3	20.6	2.1	0.6	1.0	0.1

Vegetable products	II	1.991	231.0	233.8	16.6	3.5	-1.0	0.4	1.2
Edible vegetables, roots, and tubers	07	0.342	412.9	401.4	-3.8	6.3	-0.1	-2.5	-2.8
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons	08	0.695	115.2	121.1	23.3	2.8	-2.9	-3.4	5.1
Coffee, tea, mate and spices	09	0.437	288.7	296.1	32.8	3.0	1.8	6.2	2.6

Animal or vegetable fats and oils (Dec. 2009=100)	III	0.411	148.3	148.3	41.9	2.0	2.1	-1.1	0.0

Prepared foodstuffs, beverages, and tobacco	IV	2.986	179.6	179.7	6.1	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.1
Cocoa and cocoa preparations (Dec. 2009=100)	18	0.198	100.4	99.8	-0.8	3.1	-0.4	0.5	-0.6
Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts, or other parts of plants	20	0.341	180.3	180.3	6.7	1.8	0.1	0.5	0.0
Beverages, spirits, and vinegar	22	1.115	147.2	147.0	4.6	0.3	0.2	0.8	-0.1

Mineral products	V	11.298	300.4	281.7	63.6	3.7	11.5	2.1	-6.2
Mineral fuels, oils and residuals, bituminous substances and mineral waxes	27	10.827	294.2	275.0	63.8	3.7	11.8	2.2	-6.5

Products of the chemical or allied industries	VI	10.264	172.9	174.9	11.5	0.7	1.4	1.2	1.2
Inorganic chemicals	28	0.744	464.1	506.3	81.7	2.7	0.5	9.3	9.1
Organic chemicals	29	2.372	145.9	148.3	17.0	1.1	1.5	1.0	1.6
Pharmaceutical products	30	4.816	150.9	150.8	-2.5	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
Fertilizers (Dec. 2020=100)	31	0.559	228.8	232.4	132.4	4.0	18.8	6.6	1.6
Miscellaneous chemical products	38	0.608	114.9	116.0	9.7	1.0	0.1	0.3	1.0

Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof	VII	3.726	158.2	159.0	7.0	0.1	0.6	0.5	0.5
Plastics and articles thereof	39	2.525	163.5	164.2	11.8	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.4
Rubber and articles thereof	40	1.201	150.3	151.5	-1.6	-0.4	0.2	0.2	0.8

Articles of leather; travel goods, bags, etc. of various materials	42	0.528	139.4	141.0	7.5	1.7	0.6	0.7	1.1

Wood, wood charcoal, cork, straw, basketware and wickerwork	IX	1.081	215.9	241.4	15.3	-17.4	11.6	2.2	11.8
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (Dec. 2019=100)	44	1.040	150.2	168.4	15.6	-18.1	12.0	2.2	12.1

Woodpulp, recovered paper, and paper products	X	0.949	120.3	121.0	8.4	0.2	-0.2	-3.4	0.6
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard	48	0.613	108.0	107.9	3.8	-0.5	0.4	-2.8	-0.1

Textile and textile articles	XI	4.534	117.0	117.8	3.1	0.3	-0.3	0.3	0.7
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted	61	1.820	106.4	106.6	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.2
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted	62	1.493	122.8	122.8	0.5	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
Made-up or worn textile articles	63	0.634	105.4	105.3	5.3	0.5	-0.3	0.2	-0.1

Headgear, umbrellas, artificial flowers, etc.	XII	1.301	126.7	127.3	3.1	0.7	0.1	-0.2	0.5
Footwear and parts of such articles	64	1.089	124.9	125.7	3.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.6

Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, ceramics, glass etc.	XIII	0.839	132.0	131.9	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.2	-0.1
Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, or mica (Dec. 2020=100)	68	0.302	99.2	99.3	-0.7	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.1

Pearls, stones, precious metals, imitation jewelry, and coins	XIV	2.734	227.2	227.2	0.5	-2.4	-5.2	2.8	0.0

Base metals and articles of base metals	XV	6.438	231.1	233.2	29.5	1.0	1.7	2.0	0.9
Iron and steel	72	1.311	311.1	312.6	47.2	1.3	1.5	3.1	0.5
Articles of iron or steel	73	1.931	191.5	193.8	30.8	1.7	2.1	2.4	1.2
Copper and articles thereof	74	0.542	408.6	405.8	20.9	-0.2	-2.2	1.8	-0.7
Aluminum and articles thereof	76	1.210	190.5	192.8	30.8	0.8	3.2	0.3	1.2
Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof	82	0.413	127.1	127.5	4.1	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.3
Miscellaneous articles of base metal	83	0.523	145.3	145.5	8.7	-0.1	1.1	0.6	0.1

Machinery, electrical equipment, TV image and sound recorders, parts, etc.	XVI	28.162	81.2	81.2	2.8	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0
Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	84	14.558	87.4	87.3	2.8	0.0	0.2	0.2	-0.1
Electrical machinery and equip, sound and TV recorders & reproducers, parts	85	13.604	75.3	75.3	2.4	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0

Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment	XVII	13.305	117.3	117.5	2.4	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.2
Motor vehicles and their parts	87	12.164	116.6	116.8	2.4	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.2
Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (Dec. 2020=100)	88	1.049	101.1	101.1	1.1	0.2	-0.6	0.9	0.0

Optical, photo, measuring, medical & musical instruments; & timepieces	XVIII	3.897	102.0	102.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.1
Optical, photographic, measuring and medical instruments	90	3.633	98.0	98.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0

Miscellaneous manufactured articles	XX	3.981	114.6	115.7	4.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	1.0
Furniture & stuffed furnishings; lamps & lighting fittings, nesoi; prefab bldgs	94	2.479	122.3	123.9	6.1	0.7	0.8	0.6	1.3
Toys, games and sports equipment; parts and accessories thereof	95	1.250	102.3	102.6	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	96	0.252	128.9	130.4	2.9	0.2	0.1	-0.7	1.2
Footnotes (1) Relative importance figures are based on 2019 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: January 14, 2022