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Machinery and equipment price indexes
(1997=100)
Industries
Relative importance
Fourth quarter 2007p
Third to fourth quarter 2007
Fourth quarter 2006 to fourth quarter 2007
% change
Total: Machinery and Equipment Price Index
100.00
83.8
-3.3
-8.1
Domestic
32.03
103.3
-0.5
-0.8
Imported
67.97
74.7
-5.1
-12.3
Crop and animal production
4.07
92.7
-3.3
-8.0
Forestry and logging
0.27
92.1
-3.9
-8.6
Fishing, hunting and trapping
0.08
103.4
-1.9
-3.6
Support activities for agriculture and forestry
0.10
91.1
-2.9
-7.3
Mines, quarries and oil wells
4.26
95.7
-3.9
-7.2
Utilities
3.55
87.8
-4.1
-8.1
Construction
3.54
88.1
-4.4
-9.3
All manufacturing
22.34
89.1
-3.9
-8.4
Trade
8.38
82.9
-2.5
-6.6
Transportation (excluding pipeline transportation)
7.66
96.3
-3.2
-7.7
Pipeline transportation
1.18
95.7
-3.3
-6.8
Warehousing and storage
0.26
96.5
-3.0
-6.0
Finance, insurance and real estate
19.90
77.5
-2.3
-9.1
Private education services
0.12
69.4
-4.8
-10.7
Education services (excluding private), health care and social assistance
2.09
79.5
-3.6
-8.0
Other services (excluding public administration)
16.39
73.4
-3.4
-8.1
Public administration
5.81
77.9
-3.1
-6.9