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Prices for commodity imports into the United States declined over the year ended April 2023, decreasing 4.8 percent over these 12 months, which was the largest over-the-year decrease since May 2020.
12 months ended | All commodities | Foods, feeds, & beverages | Industrial supplies & material | Capital goods | Automotive vehicles, parts & engines | Consumer goods, excluding automotive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 2018 |
3.5 | 2.1 | 13.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Apr 2019 |
-0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | -1.3 | -0.7 | -0.5 |
Apr 2020 |
-6.8 | -4.3 | -26.5 | -0.6 | 0.9 | -0.5 |
Apr 2021 |
10.9 | 8.0 | 52.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
Apr 2022 |
12.5 | 11.9 | 36.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
Apr 2023 |
-4.8 | 0.2 | -17.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | -0.2 |
Note: Data may be revised in each of the 3 months after initially published. |
Prices for imported industrial supplies and materials decreased 17.0 percent over the past 12 months, after increasing 36.8 percent over the year ended April 2022 and 52.4 percent over the year ended April 2021. Within this category, import petroleum prices declined 25.7 percent and import natural gas prices decreased 45.7 percent from April 2022 to April 2023. The decrease in natural gas prices was the largest 12-month decrease since April 2015.
Prices for automotive vehicles, parts, and engines imports increased 1.9 percent over the past year after increasing 3.1 percent over the year ended April 2022.
These data are from the International Price program and are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes — April 2023." Also see more charts on U.S. import and export prices.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, U.S. import prices down 4.8 percent over year ended April 2023 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/u-s-import-prices-down-4-8-percent-over-year-ended-april-2023.htm (visited October 31, 2024).