Table 5 U.S. Import Price Indexes, by Harmonized System

Table 5. U.S. import price indexes and percent changes for selected categories of goods: December 2021 to December 2022 [2000=100, unless otherwise noted]
Description	Harmo- nized system	Relative importance Nov. 2022(1)	Index		Percent change
			Nov. 2022	Dec. 2022	Annual	Monthly
			Nov. 2022	Dec. 2022	Dec. 2021 to Dec. 2022	Aug. 2022 to Sep. 2022	Sep. 2022 to Oct. 2022	Oct. 2022 to Nov. 2022	Nov. 2022 to Dec. 2022
Live animals; animal products	I	1.479	226.6	225.5	-2.3	1.2	-1.2	-1.9	-0.5
Meat and edible meat offal	02	0.420	311.3	300.5	-11.1	-0.9	-3.2	-3.1	-3.5
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates	03	0.750	156.0	157.2	-2.1	1.7	-0.4	-1.8	0.8

Vegetable products	II	2.237	246.5	255.1	9.9	0.9	-2.7	3.4	3.5
Edible vegetables, roots, and tubers	07	0.499	494.1	494.7	29.2	11.8	-3.4	2.0	0.1
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons	08	0.798	120.3	122.0	0.9	-6.2	-4.0	14.7	1.4
Coffee, tea, mate and spices	09	0.411	290.7	286.2	-3.9	0.7	-1.8	-8.3	-1.5

Animal or vegetable fats and oils (Dec. 2009=100)	III	0.442	154.0	151.9	2.4	-0.4	1.6	0.7	-1.4

Prepared foodstuffs, beverages, and tobacco	IV	3.286	190.6	191.2	5.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.3
Sugars and sugar confectionary (Dec. 2021=100)	17	0.219	107.7	107.4	7.4	-1.0	1.7	-0.4	-0.3
Cocoa and cocoa preparations (Dec. 2009=100)	18	0.217	110.9	111.9	12.1	0.3	-0.3	8.5	0.9
Beverages, spirits, and vinegar	22	1.066	147.7	148.5	1.4	0.0	-0.1	0.3	0.5

Mineral products	V	10.677	331.6	333.2	19.5	-5.9	-2.2	-3.5	0.5
Mineral fuels, oils and residuals, bituminous substances and mineral waxes	27	10.317	326.0	327.6	20.4	-6.0	-2.2	-3.7	0.5

Products of the chemical or allied industries	VI	11.207	174.2	173.3	-0.8	-0.8	-1.1	-0.3	-0.5
Inorganic chemicals	28	0.781	551.5	548.4	7.9	1.4	0.9	0.4	-0.6
Organic chemicals	29	2.571	144.7	143.7	-2.1	-3.2	-0.9	-0.2	-0.7
Pharmaceutical products	30	5.148	145.1	145.1	-3.9	-0.3	-1.5	-0.1	0.0
Miscellaneous chemical products	38	0.836	119.5	119.7	3.5	0.4	0.4	-0.2	0.2

Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof	VII	3.745	157.9	157.6	-0.6	-0.7	-0.2	-1.4	-0.2
Plastics and articles thereof	39	2.579	159.7	159.2	-2.7	-1.3	-0.1	-1.9	-0.3
Rubber and articles thereof	40	1.166	157.8	157.8	4.2	0.6	-0.3	-0.3	0.0

Articles of leather; travel goods, bags, etc. of various materials	42	0.414	140.8	140.2	0.5	0.2	-1.1	-0.4	-0.4

Wood, wood charcoal, cork, straw, basketware and wickerwork	IX	1.148	235.1	225.7	-8.4	-3.9	-4.3	-0.5	-4.0
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (Dec. 2019=100)	44	1.115	164.3	157.6	-8.5	-3.9	-4.5	-0.5	-4.1

Woodpulp, recovered paper, and paper products	X	1.007	134.2	134.3	10.6	1.5	0.1	-2.1	0.1
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard	48	0.677	124.9	125.8	15.7	1.3	0.2	0.3	0.7

Textile and textile articles	XI	4.662	121.2	121.0	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.2
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted	62	1.299	127.7	127.8	3.3	0.1	0.9	0.2	0.1
Made-up or worn textile articles	63	1.192	103.0	102.8	-3.2	0.4	0.0	0.1	-0.2

Headgear, umbrellas, artificial flowers, etc.	XII	1.022	127.1	127.2	-0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
Footwear and parts of such articles	64	0.819	124.1	124.2	-1.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1

Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, ceramics, glass etc.	XIII	0.798	133.9	134.8	2.1	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.7
Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, or mica (Dec. 2020=100)	68	0.299	102.3	102.4	3.1	-0.5	0.5	0.0	0.1
Glass and glassware (Dec. 2021=100)	70	0.274	100.9	100.3	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.5	-0.6

Pearls, stones, precious metals, imitation jewelry, and coins	XIV	4.394	222.0	232.9	2.8	-2.2	1.6	-3.7	4.9

Base metals and articles of base metals	XV	5.881	233.5	236.6	0.9	-1.1	-0.9	-1.5	1.3
Iron and steel	72	1.128	313.0	305.7	-2.2	0.5	0.2	-5.7	-2.3
Articles of iron or steel	73	1.867	204.2	204.0	3.5	-0.8	-0.9	0.2	-0.1
Copper and articles thereof	74	0.447	355.9	377.2	-8.1	-0.2	-0.8	2.7	6.0
Aluminum and articles thereof	76	1.025	182.8	189.9	-1.5	-3.0	-2.4	-1.7	3.9
Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof	82	0.415	129.2	129.8	2.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.5
Miscellaneous articles of base metal	83	0.530	151.0	150.3	3.3	-0.2	-1.3	0.2	-0.5

Machinery, electrical equipment, TV image and sound recorders, parts, etc.	XVI	28.292	82.8	82.8	2.0	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	84	14.567	89.4	89.6	2.5	-0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
Electrical machinery and equip, sound and TV recorders & reproducers, parts	85	13.725	76.5	76.5	1.5	-0.1	0.4	-0.1	0.0

Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment	XVII	11.168	121.2	121.2	3.3	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.0
Motor vehicles and their parts	87	10.351	120.3	120.3	3.2	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.0
Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (Dec. 2020=100)	88	0.726	107.8	107.9	6.9	0.3	3.7	0.0	0.1

Optical, photo, measuring, medical & musical instruments; & timepieces	XVIII	3.780	105.3	105.6	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
Optical, photographic, measuring and medical instruments	90	3.573	101.4	101.6	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2

Miscellaneous manufactured articles	XX	4.252	119.4	120.1	3.6	0.1	-0.3	-0.3	0.6
Furniture & stuffed furnishings; lamps & lighting fittings, nesoi; prefab bldgs	94	2.579	127.6	128.2	3.3	-0.1	-0.4	-0.1	0.5
Toys, games and sports equipment; parts and accessories thereof	95	1.408	105.9	106.6	3.8	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.7
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	96	0.264	138.0	138.1	5.6	0.4	0.0	1.4	0.1
Footnotes (1) Relative importance figures are based on 2020 trade values.
NOTES: Data may be revised in each of the 3 months after original publication. Dash = Not available

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Last Modified Date: October 16, 2023