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: October 2019 to October 2020
[2000=100, unless otherwise noted]
| Description |
Harmo-
nized
system |
Relative
importance
Sep.
2020 |
Index |
Percent change |
Sep.
2020 |
Oct.
2020 |
Annual |
Monthly |
Oct.
2019
to
Oct.
2020 |
Jun.
2020
to
Jul.
2020 |
Jul.
2020
to
Aug.
2020 |
Aug.
2020
to
Sep.
2020 |
Sep.
2020
to
Oct.
2020 |
Live animals; animal products |
I |
1.333 |
189.8 |
190.8 |
-1.9 |
-2.7 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
Meat and edible meat offal |
02 |
0.386 |
270.8 |
267.7 |
2.1 |
-9.8 |
2.2 |
0.2 |
-1.1 |
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates |
03 |
0.680 |
129.4 |
132.8 |
-3.5 |
0.6 |
-0.7 |
0.5 |
2.6 |
|
Vegetable products |
II |
2.010 |
219.1 |
219.2 |
9.7 |
-1.1 |
1.2 |
2.5 |
0.0 |
Edible vegetables, roots, and tubers |
07 |
0.486 |
511.8 |
520.6 |
9.3 |
1.2 |
2.8 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons |
08 |
0.672 |
113.7 |
112.3 |
7.0 |
-5.9 |
-0.1 |
5.9 |
-1.2 |
Coffee, tea, mate and spices |
09 |
0.351 |
223.5 |
220.1 |
10.0 |
3.7 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
-1.5 |
|
Animal or vegetable fats and oils (Dec. 2009=100) |
III |
0.258 |
90.1 |
91.2 |
7.4 |
1.3 |
3.2 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
|
Prepared foodstuffs, beverages, and tobacco |
IV |
3.029 |
169.4 |
169.1 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
-0.2 |
Cocoa and cocoa preparations (Dec. 2009=100) |
18 |
0.206 |
100.5 |
99.1 |
0.8 |
-2.1 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
-1.4 |
Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts, or other parts of plants |
20 |
0.366 |
168.7 |
168.5 |
-1.9 |
-0.4 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
-0.1 |
Beverages, spirits, and vinegar |
22 |
1.134 |
140.0 |
139.9 |
3.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
-0.1 |
|
Mineral products |
V |
7.294 |
154.9 |
151.9 |
-26.1 |
14.4 |
3.4 |
-5.1 |
-1.9 |
Mineral fuels, oils and residuals, bituminous substances and mineral waxes |
27 |
6.943 |
150.4 |
147.3 |
-27.3 |
15.2 |
3.6 |
-5.4 |
-2.1 |
|
Products of the chemical or allied industries |
VI |
9.614 |
154.9 |
155.2 |
-0.8 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
Inorganic chemicals |
28 |
0.456 |
268.1 |
268.5 |
-6.3 |
-0.6 |
-0.3 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
Organic chemicals |
29 |
2.103 |
122.1 |
122.7 |
-2.8 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
Pharmaceutical products |
30 |
4.992 |
155.4 |
155.3 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
-0.1 |
0.2 |
-0.1 |
Essential oils and resinoids (Dec. 2016=100) |
33 |
0.628 |
103.3 |
102.9 |
-0.3 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
-0.4 |
Miscellaneous chemical products |
38 |
0.598 |
101.4 |
102.2 |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
|
Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof |
VII |
3.809 |
144.7 |
145.7 |
3.8 |
2.4 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
39 |
2.516 |
144.7 |
145.1 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
Rubber and articles thereof |
40 |
1.293 |
146.8 |
149.0 |
8.4 |
3.5 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
|
Raw hides, skins, leather, furskins, travel goods, etc |
VIII |
0.623 |
124.3 |
124.4 |
0.2 |
-0.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
Articles of leather; travel goods, bags, etc. of various materials |
42 |
0.597 |
131.1 |
131.1 |
0.2 |
-0.5 |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
0.0 |
|
Wood, wood charcoal, cork, straw, basketware and wickerwork |
IX |
1.305 |
229.1 |
235.3 |
61.9 |
10.7 |
15.7 |
17.5 |
2.7 |
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (Dec. 2019=100) |
44 |
1.281 |
159.7 |
164.2 |
- |
11.0 |
16.1 |
17.9 |
2.8 |
|
Woodpulp, recovered paper, and paper products |
X |
1.018 |
111.5 |
110.6 |
-4.5 |
-0.3 |
-0.7 |
-0.4 |
-0.8 |
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard |
48 |
0.694 |
104.0 |
103.2 |
-5.1 |
-0.5 |
-1.0 |
-0.9 |
-0.8 |
|
Textile and textile articles |
XI |
4.895 |
114.5 |
114.6 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted |
61 |
1.979 |
104.9 |
105.2 |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
-0.1 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted |
62 |
1.649 |
122.8 |
122.4 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
-0.3 |
Made-up or worn textile articles |
63 |
0.632 |
99.6 |
100.5 |
-1.3 |
-0.1 |
0.0 |
-0.6 |
0.9 |
|
Headgear, umbrellas, artificial flowers, etc. |
XII |
1.393 |
124.5 |
124.5 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
-0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Footwear and parts of such articles |
64 |
1.165 |
122.8 |
122.9 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
-0.1 |
-0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, ceramics, glass etc. |
XIII |
0.973 |
131.6 |
131.5 |
-0.5 |
-0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
|
Pearls, stones, precious metals, imitation jewelry, and coins |
XIV |
3.352 |
226.2 |
222.5 |
16.7 |
1.2 |
9.1 |
2.4 |
-1.6 |
|
Base metals and articles of base metals |
XV |
5.606 |
171.4 |
171.9 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
0.3 |
Iron and steel |
72 |
1.096 |
195.4 |
199.2 |
-2.9 |
-0.7 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
1.9 |
Articles of iron or steel |
73 |
1.694 |
146.5 |
146.5 |
-0.7 |
-0.1 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
Copper and articles thereof |
74 |
0.469 |
298.6 |
297.8 |
13.3 |
6.0 |
3.5 |
2.0 |
-0.3 |
Aluminum and articles thereof |
76 |
0.947 |
132.1 |
132.4 |
5.3 |
3.8 |
3.4 |
2.2 |
0.2 |
Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof |
82 |
0.467 |
123.1 |
123.1 |
-0.4 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Miscellaneous articles of base metal |
83 |
0.531 |
132.9 |
133.6 |
-1.2 |
0.1 |
-0.4 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
|
Machinery, electrical equipment, TV image and sound recorders, parts, etc. |
XVI |
30.796 |
79.1 |
79.0 |
0.1 |
-0.1 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
84 |
15.725 |
85.1 |
85.0 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
Electrical machinery and equip, sound and TV recorders & reproducers, parts |
85 |
15.071 |
73.3 |
73.3 |
-0.3 |
-0.1 |
-0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment |
XVII |
14.011 |
114.8 |
114.8 |
1.4 |
-0.2 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
Motor vehicles and their parts |
87 |
12.882 |
114.1 |
114.1 |
1.6 |
-0.2 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
|
Optical, photo, measuring, medical & musical instruments; & timepieces |
XVIII |
4.130 |
102.3 |
102.3 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
Optical, photographic, measuring and medical instruments |
90 |
3.857 |
98.4 |
98.5 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
XX |
4.476 |
111.0 |
110.8 |
-0.5 |
0.1 |
-0.1 |
0.1 |
-0.2 |
Furniture & stuffed furnishings; lamps & lighting fittings, nesoi; prefab bldgs |
94 |
2.818 |
116.7 |
116.7 |
-0.6 |
0.1 |
-0.1 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
Toys, games and sports equipment; parts and accessories thereof |
95 |
1.388 |
101.7 |
101.2 |
-0.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
-0.5 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
96 |
0.271 |
126.7 |
126.6 |
-0.4 |
-0.3 |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
-0.1 |
|
NOTES: Data may be revised in each of the 3 months after original publication.
Dash = Not available
|
Last Modified Date: November 17, 2020
United States Department of Labor
