Table 3. Producer price indexes for selected commodity groupings

Table 3.  Producer price indexes for selected commodity groupings                              
(1982=100 unless otherwise indicated)                                                          
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         |                                                |         Unadjusted index 1/       |
Commodity|                                                |___________________________________|
  code   |                    Grouping                    |April 2004 | July 2004 | Aug. 2004 |
_________|________________________________________________|___________|___________|___________|
         |                                                |           |           |           |
         | Finished Goods (1967=100)......................|   413.5   |   417.3   |   416.9   |
         | All commodities................................|   144.8   |   147.6   |   147.9   |
         |                                                |           |           |           |
         |                                                |           |           |           |
         |            MAJOR COMMODITY GROUPS              |           |           |           |
         |                                                |           |           |           |
         | Farm products and processed foods and feeds....|   145.6   |   143.5   |   140.5   |
01       |   Farm products................................|   129.6   |   123.2   |   118.7   |
02       |   Processed foods and feeds....................|   153.3   |   153.5   |   151.4   |
         |                                                |           |           |           |
         | Industrial commodities.........................|   144.8   |   148.4   |   149.3   |
03       |   Textile products and apparel.................|   120.5   |   120.9   |   120.8   |
04       |   Hides, skins, leather, and related products..|   163.1   |   164.6   |   165.1   |
05       |   Fuels and related products and power.........|   120.4   |   129.4   |   130.1   |
06       |   Chemicals and allied products 2/.............|   170.1   |   172.8   |   175.9   |
07       |   Rubber and plastic products..................|   132.0   |   133.6   |   134.0   |
08       |   Lumber and wood products.....................|   197.7   |   196.5   |   202.5   |
09       |   Pulp, paper, and allied products.............|   193.9   |   196.2   |   197.1   |
10       |   Metals and metal products....................|   146.5   |   152.5   |   154.6   |
11       |   Machinery and equipment......................|   122.0   |   122.4   |   122.5   |
12       |   Furniture and household durables.............|   134.0   |   135.0   |   135.5   |
13       |   Nonmetallic mineral products.................|   151.1   |   153.4   |   154.2   |
14       |   Transportation equipment.....................|   147.7   |   148.1   |   147.6   |
15       |   Miscellaneous products.......................|   182.1   |   183.0   |   183.3   |
         |                                                |           |           |           |
         | Industrial commodities less fuels and related  |           |           |           |
         |   products and power...........................|   150.0   |   151.8   |   152.7   |
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         |             OTHER COMMODITY GROUPINGS          |           |           |           |
         |                                                |           |           |           |
01-1     | Fruits and melons, fresh and dry vegetables,   |           |           |           |
         |   and tree nuts................................|   112.4   |   100.4   |   111.7   |
01-2     | Grains.........................................|   117.6   |    99.0   |    92.1   |
01-3     | Slaughter livestock............................|   117.4   |   119.9   |   120.9   |
01-4     | Slaughter poultry..............................|   176.8   |   191.2   |   179.6   |
01-5     | Plant and animal fibers........................|    89.5   |    75.4   |    73.2   |
01-7     | Chicken eggs...................................|   141.6   |   100.9   |    97.1   |
01-8     | Hay, hayseeds, and oilseeds....................|   181.8   |   172.7   |   123.6   |
01-83    | Oilseeds.......................................|   176.3   |   164.4   |   109.7   |
01-9     | Other farm products............................|    57.9   |  'N.A.'   |   150.4   |
02-1     | Cereal and bakery products.....................|   173.7   |   174.4   |   174.3   |
02-2     | Meats, poultry, and fish.......................|   140.3   |   142.8   |   140.7   |
02-22    | Processed poultry..............................|   133.6   |   136.2   |   131.5   |
02-5     | Sugar and confectionery........................|   149.7   |   150.5   |   150.4   |
02-6     | Beverages and beverage materials...............|   154.5   |   153.2   |   154.6   |
02-63    | Packaged beverage materials....................|   130.6   |   130.8   |   130.9   |
02-7     | Fats and oils..................................|   191.2   |   191.3   |   193.1   |
03-81    | Apparel........................................|   125.5   |   124.8   |   124.7   |
04-4     | Other leather and related products.............|   149.0   |   149.4   |   149.5   |
05-3     | Gas fuels......................................|   203.2   |   240.5   |   230.9   |
05-4     | Electric power.................................|   139.9   |   146.1   |   148.2   |
05-7     | Refined petroleum products.....................|   114.2   |   122.0   |   122.9   |
06-3     | Drugs and pharmaceuticals......................|   284.1   |   285.3   |   285.7   |
06-5     | Agricultural chemicals and products............|   144.0   |   142.0   |   143.4   |
06-7     | Other chemicals and allied products............|   142.5   |   143.6   |   143.4   |
07-1     | Rubber and rubber products.....................|   121.5   |   123.4   |   123.8   |
07-11    | Rubber, except natural rubber..................|   127.2   |   130.7   |   133.1   |
07-13    | Miscellaneous rubber products..................|   141.3   |   142.8   |   143.0   |
07-2     | Plastic products...............................|   140.2   |   141.7   |   142.2   |
08-1     | Lumber.........................................|   206.6   |   208.1   |   220.2   |
09-1     | Pulp, paper, and products, excluding building  |           |           |           |
         |   paper and board..............................|   158.2   |   163.4   |   164.7   |
09-15    | Converted paper and paperboard products........|   164.2   |   168.0   |   169.9   |
10-1     | Iron and steel.................................|   154.4   |   169.4   |   174.6   |
10-2     | Nonferrous metals..............................|   145.1   |   146.3   |   147.2   |
10-25    | Nonferrous mill shapes.........................|   148.2   |   154.1   |   154.8   |
11-3     | Metalworking machinery and equipment...........|   151.7   |   152.6   |   152.8   |
11-4     | General purpose machinery and equipment........|   158.7   |   160.5   |   161.1   |
11-6     | Special industry machinery.....................|   170.0   |   170.8   |   170.6   |
11-7     | Electrical machinery and equipment.............|   113.7   |   113.8   |   113.8   |
11-9     | Miscellaneous machinery and equipment..........|   140.1   |   140.8   |   140.9   |
12-6     | Other household durable goods..................|   159.2   |   160.0   |   160.0   |
13-2     | Concrete ingredients...........................|   168.8   |   170.5   |   171.9   |
14-1     | Motor vehicles and equipment...................|   130.3   |   130.4   |   129.3   |
15-1     | Toys, sporting goods, small arms, etc..........|   131.9   |   132.2   |   132.8   |
15-4     | Photographic equipment and supplies............|   102.9   |   102.7   |   102.6   |
15-9     | Other miscellaneous products...................|   142.5   |   142.8   |   143.0   |
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1/  Data for April 2004 have been revised to reflect the availability of late reports and
    corrections by respondents.  All data are subject to revision 4 months after original
    publication.                                                         
2/  Prices of some items in this grouping are lagged 1 month.