US Data: Import Price Indexes By Country>

Release for:  August 2018

Source: U.S. Labor Department

Index 2000=100, not seasonally adjusted

                         % of    Index      Percent change:

                      Imports  Jul-18 Aug-18 yr/yr  May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18

Industrialized         100.000  126.1  125.3    4.7    1.2   -0.2    0.2   -0.6

 Nonmanufactured Goods   9.622  170.9  163.7   21.8    9.0   -0.9    3.0   -4.2

 Manufactured Goods     89.842  122.0  121.7    3.1    0.5   -0.2   -0.1   -0.2

Canada                 100.000  137.7  135.6    8.8    3.2    0.2    0.0   -1.5

 Nonmanufactured Goods  25.393  163.2  156.3   21.7    9.5   -1.1    3.0   -4.2

 Manufactured Goods     73.715  134.4  133.7    4.9    1.4    0.7   -1.0   -0.5

European Union         100.000  137.3  137.2    2.7    0.3   -0.3    0.0   -0.1

 Manufactured Goods     98.950  133.8  133.7    2.7    0.3   -0.3    0.1   -0.1

France*                100.000  128.6  128.6    3.0    0.3   -0.3   -0.1    0.0

Germany*               100.000  111.9  112.0   -2.5    0.0   -0.3   -0.2    0.1

U.K.*                  100.000  122.1  121.6    3.1    0.6    0.3   -0.4   -0.4

Latin America          100.000  152.1  150.6    4.7    1.1   -0.5    0.2   -1.0

 Nonmanufactured Goods  19.588  277.6  269.4   18.8    5.1   -1.3    1.1   -3.0

 Manufactured Goods     80.143  122.8  122.3    1.6    0.2   -0.2   -0.1   -0.4

Mexico*                100.000  128.5  128.4    0.9    0.4   -0.2   -0.4   -0.1

 Nonmanufactured Goods   9.163  139.8  139.6    9.1    5.0   -1.9    1.9   -0.1

 Manufactured Goods     90.583   88.3   88.2    0.1    0.0    0.0   -0.6   -0.1

Pacific Rim*           100.000   99.3   99.2    0.7    0.2    0.0   -0.1   -0.1

China*                 100.000  100.4  100.3    0.2    0.1    0.0   -0.1   -0.1

Japan                  100.000   96.7   96.7    1.0    0.0   -0.1    0.2    0.0

Asian NICS             100.000   89.3   88.9    2.5    0.6   -0.2   -0.2   -0.4

ASEAN*                 100.000   98.8   98.9    1.0    0.4   -0.2   -0.1    0.1

Asia Near East*        100.000  192.0  185.2   24.7    3.1    2.4    0.2   -3.5

* Dec. 2003 = 100

  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **

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