Table 6 U.S. Export Price Indexes, by Harmonized System

Table 6. U.S. export price indexes and percent changes for selected categories of goods: July 2017 to July 2018 [2000=100, unless otherwise noted]
Description Harmo-
nized
system		 Relative
import-
ance
June
2018(1)		 Index Percent change
June
2018		 July
2018		 Annual Monthly
July
2017
to
July
2018		 Mar.
2018
to
Apr.
2018		 Apr.
2018
to
May
2018		 May
2018
to
June
2018		 June
2018
to
July
2018

Live animals; animal products

I

 1.915 208.3 210.9 -0.5 0.2 -1.0 -0.5 1.2

Meat & edible meat offal (Dec. 2006=100)

02

 1.153 164.6 165.6 -3.0 -0.9 -0.8 -0.9 0.6

Fish and crustaceans, mollusks and aquatic invertebrates (Dec. 2016=100)

03

 0.403 115.0 121.2 11.2 2.3 -5.1 -3.0 5.4

Dairy products, eggs and honey (Dec. 2017=100)

04

 0.282 103.9 102.2 - 1.0 4.6 4.5 -1.6

Vegetable products

II

 4.870 203.5 185.5 -3.9 -2.1 2.2 -1.4 -8.8

Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons

08

 0.878 142.6 135.1 -1.6 -1.1 -5.4 2.1 -5.3

Cereals

10

 1.486 203.0 187.4 -1.8 -1.8 5.5 -2.6 -7.7

Oilseeds and misc. grains, seeds, fruits, plants, straw and fodder

12

 1.983 212.3 187.4 -5.4 -1.7 1.6 -2.2 -11.7

Prepared foodstuffs, beverages, and tobacco

IV

 3.088 153.6 150.8 1.5 -0.3 1.2 -0.7 -1.8

Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (Dec. 2009=100)

20

 0.342 117.3 116.2 -0.8 0.1 -0.3 -0.5 -0.9

Miscellaneous edible preparations (Dec. 2017=100)

21

 0.563 97.4 96.0 - -3.8 -0.1 0.2 -1.4

Beverages, spirits, and vinegar (Dec. 2008=100)

22

 0.534 110.6 109.7 -1.5 0.6 1.3 -0.3 -0.8

Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed

23

 0.765 229.3 217.8 12.9 1.6 4.3 -2.3 -5.0

Mineral products

V

 10.617 247.2 247.9 27.1 2.6 4.9 2.9 0.3

Ores, slag and ash (Dec. 2012=100)

26

 0.549 109.6 107.3 16.1 -1.8 -0.6 -0.4 -2.1

Mineral fuels, oils and residuals, bituminous substances and mineral waxes

27

 9.895 238.3 239.2 28.3 2.9 5.3 3.1 0.4

Products of the chemical or allied industries

VI

 10.691 139.1 138.9 3.6 0.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.1

Inorganic chemicals

28

 0.735 166.9 157.8 -2.0 0.1 -0.5 0.0 -5.5

Organic chemicals

29

 2.544 145.8 146.1 11.0 -1.2 1.0 0.8 0.2

Pharmaceutical products

30

 3.164 106.5 106.5 1.5 0.3 -0.1 -1.0 0.0

Fertilizers (Dec. 2016=100)

31

 0.255 120.4 121.3 13.3 3.2 0.6 -1.8 0.7

Tanning or dyeing extracts, dyes, paints varnish, putty, & inks (Dec. 2015=100)

32

 0.527 102.4 102.6 2.6 0.6 1.1 -0.3 0.2

Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery cosmetic or toilet preparations

33

 0.804 131.0 130.8 -1.3 0.5 -0.7 0.4 -0.2

Soap; lubricants; waxes, polishing or scouring products; candles, pastes

34

 0.487 119.5 119.2 -8.1 0.3 -0.2 0.1 -0.3

Miscellaneous chemical products

38

 1.795 152.7 154.2 7.1 0.9 0.2 0.0 1.0

Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof

VII

 5.155 144.9 145.4 6.4 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.3

Plastics and articles thereof

39

 4.272 141.2 141.9 7.1 0.5 -0.1 0.4 0.5

Rubber and articles thereof

40

 0.884 159.6 159.0 3.3 0.3 0.8 0.4 -0.4

Wood, wood charcoal, cork, straw, baskets and wickerwork (Dec. 2014=100)

IX

 0.680 106.5 106.5 8.2 0.4 0.6 -0.3 0.0

Woodpulp, recovered paper, and paper products

X

 2.079 133.8 135.4 3.8 2.9 1.8 0.8 1.2

Woodpulp and recovered paper

47

 0.652 143.2 146.8 -1.4 4.8 3.5 2.2 2.5

Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard

48

 1.092 129.0 130.1 6.4 2.0 1.5 -0.2 0.9

Printed material (Dec. 2014=100)

49

 0.335 108.4 108.1 6.5 2.9 0.0 0.8 -0.3

Textile and textile articles

XI

 1.685 126.0 124.6 4.0 0.1 1.1 -0.6 -1.1

Cotton, including yarns and woven fabrics thereof

52

 0.473 141.6 137.0 8.6 0.3 2.8 -2.6 -3.2

Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, ceramics, glass etc.

XIII

 0.797 124.2 124.2 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0

Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, or mica (Dec. 2015=100)

68

 0.267 102.1 102.1 1.0 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.0

Glass and glassware

70

 0.406 99.3 99.3 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

Pearls, stones, precious metals, imitation jewelry, and coins

XIV

 4.043 238.8 235.2 2.3 0.2 -0.9 0.2 -1.5

Base metals and articles of base metals

XV

 5.003 165.2 163.9 8.1 1.2 0.2 0.5 -0.8

Iron and steel

72

 1.124 182.6 182.2 17.2 4.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.2

Copper and articles thereof

74

 0.577 205.7 195.5 13.6 -0.7 -1.8 4.3 -5.0

Aluminum and articles thereof

76

 0.985 123.8 120.4 9.2 -1.6 2.8 -0.1 -2.7

Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal (Dec. 2015=100)

82

 0.312 99.9 100.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1

Miscellaneous articles of base metal

83

 0.340 152.9 153.0 3.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1

Machinery, electrical equipment, TV image and sound recorders, parts, etc.

XVI

 27.292 97.6 97.6 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0

Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

84

 15.666 115.0 115.0 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0

Electrical machinery and equipment and parts and accessories thereof

85

 11.626 78.7 78.7 1.8 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0

Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment

XVII

 14.147 135.2 135.3 1.9 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1

Motor vehicles and their parts

87

 8.213 116.3 116.3 1.0 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.0

Optical, photo, measuring, medical & musical instruments; & timepieces

XVIII

 5.900 109.4 109.3 2.7 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.1

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

XX

 1.378 112.1 113.0 0.6 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.8

Furniture; stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings nesoi;

94

 0.805 128.6 130.2 1.5 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 1.2

Toys, games and sports equipment; parts and accessories thereof

95

 0.413 87.4 87.6 -1.2 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.2

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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