US Data: Import Price Indexes By Country>

Release for:  December 2018

Source: U.S. Labor Department

Index 2000=100, not seasonally adjusted

                         % of    Index      Percent change:

                      Imports  Nov-18 Dec-18 yr/yr  Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18

Industrialized         100.000  121.5  120.8   -1.3   -0.7    0.2   -2.5   -0.6

 Nonmanufactured Goods   7.173  122.7  119.2  -23.6   -6.0    1.4  -22.1   -2.9

 Manufactured Goods     92.287  120.7  120.2    0.8   -0.2    0.1   -0.6   -0.4

Canada                 100.000  125.3  123.4   -6.1   -1.9    0.5   -6.4   -1.5

 Nonmanufactured Goods  19.653  114.9  111.5  -25.4   -6.5    1.5  -23.3   -3.0

 Manufactured Goods     79.386  131.7  130.1    0.1   -0.4    0.2   -1.2   -1.2

European Union         100.000  136.6  136.5    1.4   -0.1    0.1   -0.4   -0.1

 Manufactured Goods     98.939  133.1  132.9    1.3   -0.1    0.1   -0.4   -0.2

France*                100.000  127.5  127.0    0.8   -0.2    0.2   -0.9   -0.4

Germany*               100.000  111.8  111.9   -2.8   -0.1    0.0   -0.1    0.1

U.K.*                  100.000  120.5  120.1    0.8   -0.2    0.7   -1.5   -0.3

Latin America          100.000  151.7  148.7   -0.1    1.1    1.2   -1.7   -2.0

 Nonmanufactured Goods  19.730  278.9  255.7   -0.2    5.8    5.7   -8.4   -8.3

 Manufactured Goods     80.001  122.3  121.8   -0.2   -0.1    0.1    0.0   -0.4

Mexico*                100.000  129.4  128.8   -0.2    0.9    0.7   -0.9   -0.5

 Nonmanufactured Goods   9.921  152.4  147.3    7.8   11.2    6.6   -9.2   -3.3

 Manufactured Goods     89.827   88.1   88.0   -0.9   -0.1    0.0    0.0   -0.1

Pacific Rim*           100.000   98.9   98.8    0.4   -0.1   -0.1   -0.1   -0.1

China*                 100.000   99.9   99.9   -0.2    0.0   -0.2   -0.1    0.0

Japan                  100.000   96.6   96.5    1.0   -0.1    0.1   -0.1   -0.1

Asian NICS             100.000   88.9   88.4    0.9   -0.2    0.2   -0.1   -0.6

ASEAN*                 100.000   98.0   97.6   -0.6   -0.1   -0.4   -0.3   -0.4

Asia Near East*        100.000  186.3  169.7   -2.8    3.1    2.3   -8.0   -8.9

* Dec. 2003 = 100

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

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