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Table 5. U.S. Import Price Indexes for Selected Categories of Goods by Harmonized System

   
    Dec 1992    
 
 
    Sep 2018
Name Period Value Preceding
Period 		Year Ago
from Period 		Units
Live animals; animal products 		Sep 2018 192.1 192.5 191.6 Index 2000=100
Meat and edible meat offal 		Sep 2018 237.8 244.3 246.4 Index 2000=100
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 		Sep 2018 141.4 138.3 139.3 Index 2000=100
Vegetable products 		Sep 2018 211.4 197.6 235.1 Index 2000=100
Edible vegetables, roots, and tubers 		Sep 2018 384.1 362.6 468.5 Index 2000=100
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 		Sep 2018 135.3 118.0 152.0 Index 2000=100
Coffee, tea, mate and spices 		Sep 2018 203.2 209.6 229.4 Index 2000=100
Animal or vegetable fats and oils 		Sep 2018 96.7 97.1 118.4 Index Dec 2009=100
Prepared foodstuffs, beverages, and tobacco 		Sep 2018 165.9 165.7 162.5 Index 2000=100
Sugars and sugar confectionery 		Sep 2018 87.9 87.3 86.1 Index Dec 2012=100
Cocoa and cocoa preparations 		Sep 2018 97.7 96.5 95.0 Index Dec 2009=100
Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares 		. . . . Index Dec 2007=100
Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts, or other parts of plants 		Sep 2018 174.6 173.0 170.1 Index 2000=100
Beverages, spirits, and vinegar 		Sep 2018 132.0 132.0 128.9 Index 2000=100
Mineral products 		Sep 2018 235.9 227.2 180.7 Index 2000=100
Mineral fuels, oils and residuals, bituminous substances and mineral waxes 		Sep 2018 233.7 225.0 178.3 Index 2000=100
Products of the chemical or allied industries 		Sep 2018 160.0 159.6 151.5 Index 2000=100
Inorganic chemicals 		Sep 2018 328.9 315.6 260.4 Index 2000=100
Organic chemicals 		Sep 2018 134.1 133.7 124.7 Index 2000=100
Pharmaceutical products 		Sep 2018 153.8 153.9 148.3 Index 2000=100
Fertilizers 		Sep 2018 82.8 83.8 72.1 Index Dec 2009=100
Tanning extracts; dye, pigments, varnish, paints and putty 		Sep 2018 106.2 107.8 106.6 Index Dec 2011=100
Miscellaneous chemical products 		Sep 2018 106.8 106.9 105.1 Index 2000=100
Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof 		Sep 2018 141.3 141.6 140.2 Index 2000=100
Plastics and articles thereof 		Sep 2018 144.8 145.0 142.2 Index 2000=100
Rubber and articles thereof 		Sep 2018 136.7 137.1 138.0 Index 2000=100
Raw hides, skins, leather, furskins, travel goods, etc 		Sep 2018 125.1 125.8 124.1 Index 2000=100
Articles of leather; travel goods, bags, etc. of various materials 		Sep 2018 131.0 131.5 129.4 Index 2000=100
Wood, wood charcoal, cork, straw, basketware and wickerwork 		Sep 2018 166.4 168.7 160.0 Index 2000=100
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
Woodpulp, recovered paper, and paper products 		Sep 2018 121.2 120.9 110.3 Index 2000=100
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard 		Sep 2018 111.0 111.5 102.9 Index 2000=100
Textile and textile articles 		Sep 2018 114.4 114.3 113.5 Index 2000=100
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 		Sep 2018 104.1 103.9 103.9 Index 2000=100
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 		Sep 2018 120.4 120.1 119.0 Index 2000=100
Made-up or worn textile articles 		Sep 2018 104.1 104.3 103.9 Index 2000=100
Headgear, umbrellas, artifical flowers, etc. 		Sep 2018 122.4 122.5 121.7 Index 2000=100
Footwear and parts of such articles 		Sep 2018 121.2 121.3 120.8 Index 2000=100
Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, ceramics, glass etc. 		Sep 2018 132.1 131.9 130.6 Index 2000=100
Ceramic products 		Sep 2018 135.2 135.1 135.9 Index 2000=100
Glass and glassware 		Sep 2018 131.9 131.8 131.3 Index 2000=100
Pearls, stones, precious metals, imitation jewelry, and coins 		Sep 2018 166.5 168.5 174.9 Index 2000=100
Base metals and articles of base metals 		Sep 2018 179.9 181.2 172.7 Index 2000=100
Iron and steel 		Sep 2018 231.4 231.2 200.6 Index 2000=100
Articles of iron or steel 		Sep 2018 152.2 152.6 147.0 Index 2000=100
Copper and articles thereof 		Sep 2018 270.9 279.7 300.7 Index 2000=100
Aluminum and articles thereof 		Sep 2018 138.1 139.4 132.8 Index 2000=100
Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof 		Sep 2018 123.3 122.9 122.9 Index 2000=100
Miscellaneous articles of base metal 		Sep 2018 137.0 137.2 137.6 Index 2000=100
Machinery, electrical equipment, TV image and sound recorders, parts, etc. 		Sep 2018 80.4 80.4 80.6 Index 2000=100
Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 		Sep 2018 86.8 86.8 86.4 Index 2000=100
Electrical machinery and equipment, sound and TV recorders & reproducers, parts 		Sep 2018 74.4 74.4 75.2 Index 2000=100
Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment 		Sep 2018 114.2 114.2 113.9 Index 2000=100
Motor vehicles and their parts 		Sep 2018 113.3 113.3 112.9 Index 2000=100
Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof 		Sep 2018 114.9 115.3 115.5 Index Dec 2002=100
Optical, photo, measuring, medical and musical instruments; and timepieces 		Sep 2018 102.2 102.3 102.0 Index 2000=100
Optical, photographic, measuring and medical instruments 		Sep 2018 98.8 98.8 98.6 Index 2000=100
Clocks and watches and parts thereof 		Sep 2018 142.4 141.8 143.9 Index 2000=100
Miscellaneous manufactured articles 		Sep 2018 112.8 112.7 111.1 Index 2000=100
Furniture and stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, nesoi; Prefabricated buildings 		Sep 2018 118.5 118.5 116.9 Index 2000=100
Toys, games and sports equipment; parts and accessories thereof 		Sep 2018 103.3 103.0 101.3 Index 2000=100
Miscellaneous manufactured articles 		Sep 2018 112.8 112.7 111.1 Index 2000=100
   

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