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Supplemental Table of Contents

The Long Tables: Complete Historical Information

U.S. Import Price Indexes for Selected Categories of Goods

• Table 1, By End Use
• Table 3, By SITC
• Table 5, By Harmonized System
• Table 7, By Locality of Origin
• Tables 1, 3, 5, and 7 (Excel Zip Files)

U.S. Export Price Indexes for Selected Categories of Goods

• Table 2, By End Use
• Table 4, By SITC
• Table 6, By Harmonized System
• Tables 2, 4, and 6 (Excel Zip Files)

Historical Listings for Selected Categories of Services

• Table 8/9, U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
• Table 10/11, U.S. Inbound and Outbound Price Indexes
• Tables 8/9 and 10/11 (Excel Zip Files)

The Short Tables: Indexes and Percent Changes for the Four Most Recent Months

U.S. Import Price Indexes and Percent Changes for Selected Categories of Goods

• Table 1, By End Use
• Table 3, By SITC
• Table 5, By Harmonized System
• Table 7, By Locality of Origin

U.S. Export Price Indexes and Percent Changes for Selected Categories of Goods

• Table 2, By End Use
• Table 4, By SITC
• Table 6, By Harmonized System
• Tables 1 through 7 (Excel Zip Files)

Price Indexes and Percent Changes for Selected Categories of Services

• Table 9, U.S. Import and Export Monthly Price Indexes
• Table 11, U.S. Inbound and Outbound Monthly Price Indexes
• Tables 9 and 11 (Excel Zip Files)

The Percent Change Analysis Tables: Historical percent changes for one month, three month, and 5 separate twelve month periods

• All Tables (Excel Zip Files)

U.S. Exports by End Use Category

• Exports ALL COMMODITIES
• Exports AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
• Exports NONAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
• Exports FOODS, FEEDS, & BEVERAGES
• Exports INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES & MATERIALS
• Exports CAPITAL GOODS
• Exports AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES, PARTS & ENGINES
• Exports CONSUMER GOODS, EXCLUDING AUTOMOTIVES

U.S. Imports by End Use Category

• Imports ALL COMMODITIES
• Imports ALL COMMODITIES EXCLUDING PETROLEUM
• Imports ALL COMMODITIES EXCLUDING FUELS
• Imports FOODS, FEEDS, & BEVERAGES
• Imports INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES & MATERIALS
• Imports FUELS & LUBRICANTS
• Imports PETROLEUM & PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
• Imports CAPITAL GOODS
• Imports AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES, PARTS & ENGINES
• Imports CONSUMER GOODS, EXCLUDING AUTOMOTIVES

U.S. Imports by Locality of Origin

• All commodities from INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
• Manufactured articles from INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
• Nonmanufactured articles from INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
• All commodities from OTHER COUNTRIES
• Manufactured articles from OTHER COUNTRIES
• Nonmanufactured articles from OTHER COUNTRIES
• All commodities from CANADA
• Manufactured articles from CANADA
• Nonmanufactured articles from CANADA
• All commodities from EUROPEAN UNION
• Manufactured articles from EUROPEAN UNION
• Nonmanufactured articles from EUROPEAN UNION
• All commodities from LATIN AMERICA
• Manufactured articles from LATIN AMERICA
• Nonmanufactured articles from LATIN AMERICA
• All commodities from JAPAN
• All commodities from ASIAN NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES

U.S. Import Price Indexes: All Imports and All Imports Excluding Petroleum, 12-month changes

• BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 15, International Price Indexes
• Technical Note
• Addendum
• Explanation of Import/Export Series Codes
• Import/Export Services Fact Sheets
• Air Freight (HTML) (PDF)
• Air Passenger Fares (HTML) (PDF)
• Crude Oil Tanker Freight (HTML) (PDF)
• Ocean Liner Freight (HTML) (PDF)
• Publications Using International Price Program Data
• "International Price Comparisons Based on Purchasing Power Parity" by Michelle Vachris and James Thomas
• "Using Dissaggregated Data to Dissect the U.S. Trade Deficit" by William Alterman
• "Coping with the Rising Yen: Japan's Recent Export Experience" by Thomas Klitgaard
• "Are Producer Prices Good Proxies for Export Prices?" by Bill Alterman
• "Exchange Rate Pass-Through into Import Prices: A Macro or Micro Phenomenon?" by Jose Manuel Campa and Linda S. Goldberg
• "Imputation and Price Indexes: Theory and Evidence from the International Price Program" by Robert C. Feenstra and Erwin W. Diewert
• "Explaining Tranquility in the Midst of Turbulence: U.S. Multinationals' Intrafirm Trade, 1966-1997" by Subramanian Rangan
• "Transfer Pricing, Intrafirm Trade and the BLS International Price Program" by Lorraine Eden
• "The Behavior of Intrafirm Trade Prices in U.S. International Price Data" by Kimberly A. Clausing
• "Exchange Rates and the Prices of Manufacturing Products Imported into the United States" by Giovanni P. Olivei

Other BLS Programs

• Foreign Labor Statistics--Comparative information by country on productivity and unit labor costs; compensation; labor force, employment, and unemployment; and consumer prices.

What BLS Does Not Have

• Foreign Exchange Rates
• St. Louis Federal Reserve
• New York Federal Reserve
• Harmonized Manuals
• Schedule B
• TSUSA

Other Useful Links

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Interactive Data Tables
• Census Bureau
• Adjusted Detailed Monthly & Quarterly Trade Data
• Concordance & Classification Systems Information
• Schedule C to Country Codes, NAICS Codes
• Department of Agriculture
• Foreign Agricultural Service--Detailed Agricultural Data
• Department of Energy
• Energy Information Administration--Detailed Petroleum Data
• International Trade Administration
• Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
• International Trade Commission
• Trade Resources
• Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
• Prices and Purchasing Power Parities
• State Department
• Cost of Living in Foreign Countries