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Industrial supplies and materials import prices up 8.1 percent over the year, August 2017
September 22, 2017
Prices for U.S. imports increased 2.1 percent over the 12 months ending August 2017. Prices for U.S. exports increased 2.3 percent over the past 12 months. Import prices for industrial supplies and materials increased 8.1 percent, while export prices increased 6.1 percent.
12-month percentage change, U.S. import price indexes and U.S. export price indexes, selected categories of goods, August 2017
Category
Imports
Exports
Import price indexes
Relative importance
Export price indexes
Relative importance
All commodities
2.1%
100.000%
2.3%
100.000%
Foods, feeds, & beverages
1.4
6.258
2.4
8.813
Industrial supplies & materials
8.1
22.283
6.1
29.638
Capital goods
0.3
27.641
1.1
38.342
Automotive vehicles, parts & engines
0.1
16.320
0.7
10.340
Consumer goods, excluding automotives
0.4
27.498
-1.1
12.867
Within the industrial supplies and materials category, import prices for fuels and lubricants were up 15.0 percent over the year and export prices of fuels and lubricants increased 21.6 percent.
Import prices of foods, feeds and beverages increased 1.4 percent, and export prices increased 2.4 percent.
Capital goods and consumer goods, excluding automobiles, which account for 28.0 percent and 27.0 percent of all commodity imports, are the largest categories of U.S. imports. The largest U.S. export category is capital goods, which accounts for 38 percent of U.S. exports, followed by industrial supplies and materials, which makes up 30.0 percent.
United States Department of Labor
