Table 5 U.S. Import Price Indexes, by Harmonized System
| Description | Harmo- nized system |
Relative importance Jan. 2019(1) |
Index | Percent change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2019 |
Feb. 2019 |
Annual | Monthly | ||||||
| Feb. 2018 to Feb. 2019 |
Oct. 2018 to Nov. 2018 |
Nov. 2018 to Dec. 2018 |
Dec. 2018 to Jan. 2019 |
Jan. 2019 to Feb. 2019 |
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Live animals; animal products |
I |
1.377 | 191.7 | 193.3 | -1.9 | -0.2 | -0.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
Meat and edible meat offal |
02 |
0.360 | 247.6 | 252.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates |
03 |
0.733 | 138.6 | 138.4 | -2.9 | -0.4 | -2.2 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
Vegetable products |
II |
1.911 | 214.1 | 211.6 | -9.0 | -4.4 | 2.0 | -2.3 | -1.2 |
Edible vegetables, roots, and tubers |
07 |
0.474 | 505.1 | 459.7 | -14.8 | -1.9 | 12.2 | -14.7 | -9.0 |
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons |
08 |
0.670 | 122.4 | 120.0 | -9.6 | -11.3 | -4.2 | 9.0 | -2.0 |
Coffee, tea, mate and spices |
09 |
0.331 | 204.5 | 202.2 | -6.6 | 2.1 | -0.7 | -1.4 | -1.1 |
Animal or vegetable fats and oils (Dec. 2009=100) |
III |
0.246 | 92.0 | 91.2 | -19.2 | -3.1 | -1.3 | 0.9 | -0.9 |
Prepared foodstuffs, beverages, and tobacco |
IV |
2.866 | 165.7 | 165.7 | 1.5 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Cocoa and cocoa preparations (Dec. 2009=100) |
18 |
0.223 | 96.0 | 96.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | -0.4 | -0.8 | 0.1 |
Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts, or other parts of plants |
20 |
0.375 | 174.7 | 174.7 | 4.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.0 |
Beverages, spirits, and vinegar |
22 |
1.078 | 132.0 | 132.3 | 1.5 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 0.2 |
Mineral products |
V |
9.297 | 186.9 | 196.2 | -5.8 | -12.2 | -13.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 |
Mineral fuels, oils and residuals, bituminous substances and mineral waxes |
27 |
8.998 | 183.9 | 193.4 | -6.1 | -12.5 | -13.3 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
Products of the chemical or allied industries |
VI |
9.013 | 157.0 | 158.5 | 1.0 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.8 | 1.0 |
Inorganic chemicals |
28 |
0.572 | 322.6 | 334.4 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 0.0 | -6.3 | 3.7 |
Organic chemicals |
29 |
2.046 | 127.4 | 128.3 | -1.6 | -0.8 | -2.0 | -0.9 | 0.7 |
Pharmaceutical products |
30 |
4.330 | 150.9 | 153.0 | 1.1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.7 | 1.4 |
Fertilizers (Dec. 2009=100) |
31 |
0.305 | 91.6 | 89.9 | 12.1 | 1.9 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -1.9 |
Essential oils and resinoids (Dec. 2016=100) |
33 |
0.602 | 102.8 | 102.7 | -0.9 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -0.1 |
Miscellaneous chemical products |
38 |
0.607 | 106.6 | 106.4 | 0.2 | -0.4 | -1.2 | 1.3 | -0.2 |
Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof |
VII |
3.523 | 140.9 | 140.2 | -0.4 | 0.2 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -0.5 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
39 |
2.372 | 144.7 | 144.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.5 |
Rubber and articles thereof |
40 |
1.151 | 135.5 | 135.0 | -1.9 | -0.4 | -0.4 | 0.3 | -0.4 |
Raw hides, skins, leather, furskins, travel goods, etc |
VIII |
0.629 | 125.5 | 125.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.2 |
Articles of leather; travel goods, bags, etc. of various materials |
42 |
0.600 | 131.9 | 131.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | -0.2 |
Wood, wood charcoal, cork, straw, basketware and wickerwork |
IX |
0.870 | 147.5 | 149.4 | -9.5 | -3.7 | 1.2 | -0.9 | 1.3 |
Woodpulp, recovered paper, and paper products |
X |
1.136 | 122.7 | 122.7 | 8.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard |
48 |
0.744 | 111.6 | 111.8 | 6.4 | -0.2 | 0.4 | -0.3 | 0.2 |
Textile and textile articles |
XI |
4.934 | 114.7 | 114.6 | 0.5 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted |
61 |
1.999 | 105.1 | 104.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.3 |
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted |
62 |
1.653 | 120.4 | 120.5 | 1.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Made-up or worn textile articles |
63 |
0.657 | 103.8 | 103.9 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Headgear, umbrellas, artificial flowers, etc. |
XII |
1.379 | 123.1 | 123.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Footwear and parts of such articles |
64 |
1.146 | 122.1 | 122.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, ceramics, glass etc. |
XIII |
0.952 | 131.4 | 132.0 | 0.8 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 0.5 |
Ceramic products |
69 |
0.269 | 135.9 | 135.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 |
Pearls, stones, precious metals, imitation jewelry, and coins |
XIV |
2.723 | 176.8 | 178.0 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0.7 |
Base metals and articles of base metals |
XV |
5.932 | 176.4 | 176.9 | -1.2 | -0.9 | -0.2 | -1.3 | 0.3 |
Iron and steel |
72 |
1.383 | 221.7 | 218.6 | 2.1 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -2.8 | -1.4 |
Articles of iron or steel |
73 |
1.744 | 150.6 | 150.2 | -0.8 | -0.1 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.3 |
Copper and articles thereof |
74 |
0.444 | 277.5 | 285.6 | -5.8 | -1.3 | 1.1 | -2.8 | 2.9 |
Aluminum and articles thereof |
76 |
1.022 | 132.8 | 133.3 | -3.4 | -2.6 | -0.3 | -1.7 | 0.4 |
Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof |
82 |
0.447 | 123.9 | 124.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.1 |
Miscellaneous articles of base metal |
83 |
0.528 | 137.8 | 137.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.1 |
Machinery, electrical equipment, TV image and sound recorders, parts, etc. |
XVI |
30.527 | 80.1 | 79.9 | -1.0 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.2 |
Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
84 |
15.233 | 86.7 | 86.5 | -0.5 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
Electrical machinery and equip, sound and TV recorders & reproducers, parts |
85 |
15.294 | 73.9 | 73.8 | -1.5 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.1 |
Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment |
XVII |
14.075 | 113.9 | 114.0 | -0.6 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.3 | 0.1 |
Motor vehicles and their parts |
87 |
12.880 | 113.0 | 113.0 | -0.5 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0.0 |
Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (Dec. 2002=100) |
88 |
1.086 | 114.9 | 114.9 | -1.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0.0 |
Optical, photo, measuring, medical & musical instruments; & timepieces |
XVIII |
4.025 | 101.9 | 102.2 | -1.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.5 | 0.3 |
Optical, photographic, measuring and medical instruments |
90 |
3.754 | 98.4 | 98.7 | -1.4 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.6 | 0.3 |
Clocks and watches and parts thereof |
91 |
0.210 | 142.0 | 142.3 | -0.1 | -1.0 | -0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
XX |
4.508 | 112.8 | 112.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 |
Furniture & stuffed furnishings; lamps & lighting fittings, nesoi; prefab bldgs |
94 |
2.831 | 118.8 | 118.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
Toys, games and sports equipment; parts and accessories thereof |
95 |
1.402 | 102.8 | 102.6 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.7 | -0.2 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
96 |
0.275 | 129.6 | 129.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.4 | 0.1 |
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Footnotes |
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NOTES: Data may be revised in each of the 3 months after original publication. |
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