Table 7 U.S. Import Price Indexes, by Locality of Origin

Table 7. U.S. import price indexes and percent changes by locality of origin: October 2007 to October 2008 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description Percent
of
U.S.
imports(1)		 Index Percent change
Sept.
2008		 Oct.
2008		 Annual Monthly
Oct.
2007
to
Oct.
2008		 June
2008
to
July
2008		 July
2008
to
Aug.
2008		 Aug.
2008
to
Sept.
2008		 Sept.
2008
to
Oct.
2008

Industrialized Countries(2)

 42.888 135.5 131.0 8.1 1.5 -1.6 -2.8 -3.3

Nonmanufactured articles

 4.201 285.7 244.5 21.9 3.6 -9.8 -11.8 -14.4

Manufactured articles

 38.251 124.2 122.3 6.3 1.1 -0.1 -1.1 -1.5

Other Countries(3)

 57.112 139.6 131.7 6.6 1.7 -3.4 -3.5 -5.7

Nonmanufactured articles

 12.058 342.3 283.9 10.9 3.8 -8.9 -10.0 -17.1

Manufactured articles

 44.837 111.2 110.1 5.1 0.7 -0.7 -0.5 -1.0

Canada

 16.032 161.1 154.0 12.7 1.5 -3.0 -4.4 -4.4

Nonmanufactured articles

 3.711 279.6 239.7 21.0 3.4 -10.5 -12.4 -14.3

Manufactured articles

 12.028 138.7 138.4 10.5 0.7 0.8 -0.6 -0.2

European Union(4)

 17.355 131.9 130.2 6.3 0.4 -0.7 -1.1 -1.3

Nonmanufactured articles

 0.249 390.7 332.9 25.9 7.1 -9.4 0.6 -14.8

Manufactured articles

 16.987 128.2 126.9 5.7 0.2 -0.5 -1.1 -1.0

France (Dec. 2003=100)

 1.844 120.6 120.6 9.5 0.9 0.7 -0.5 0.0

Germany (Dec. 2003=100)

 4.732 111.9 110.7 2.3 0.1 -0.2 -1.1 -1.1

United Kingdom (Dec. 2003=100)

 2.684 136.2 132.2 7.6 1.3 -3.2 -2.6 -2.9

Latin America(5)

 18.032 182.3 170.5 9.5 3.2 -4.5 -4.6 -6.5

Nonmanufactured articles

 5.151 356.4 304.9 15.1 5.2 -9.4 -8.6 -14.5

Manufactured articles

 12.786 144.3 141.8 6.5 1.8 -1.0 -2.0 -1.7

Mexico (Dec. 2003=100)

 10.710 150.6 143.2 7.6 2.5 -2.5 -2.4 -4.9

Pacific Rim (Dec. 2003=100)(6)

 33.822 102.5 102.3 2.8 0.8 0.1 -1.1 -0.2

China (Dec. 2003=100)

 15.926 103.8 103.5 4.2 0.8 0.2 0.0 -0.3

Japan

 8.032 94.9 95.4 1.5 0.4 0.0 -0.6 0.5

Asian NICs(7)

 5.887 93.2 92.4 4.3 1.3 1.7 -0.7 -0.9

ASEAN (Dec. 2003=100)(8)

 6.041 101.6 100.2 3.0 0.5 -1.0 -1.1 -1.4

Asia Near East (Dec. 2003=100)(9)

 3.928 270.9 232.3 5.8 1.4 -7.5 -7.4 -14.2

Footnotes
 (1) Percentage of trade figures are based on 2006 trade values.
(2) Includes Western Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
(3) Includes Eastern Europe, Latin America, OPEC countries, and other countries in Asia, Africa and the Western Hemisphere.
(4) Includes European Union countries.
(5) Includes Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
(6) Includes China, Japan, Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Asian Newly Industrialized Countries.
(7) Asian Newly Industrialized Countries. Includes Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.
(8) Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
(9) Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

NOTES: Data may be revised in each of the three months after original publication.
Regions are not mutually exclusive.
Dash = Not available

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