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Import/Export Price Indexes

Import/Export Price Indexes

The International Price Program (IPP) produces Import/Export Price Indexes (MXP) containing data on changes in the prices of nonmilitary goods and services traded between the U.S. and the rest of the world.

Notices

  • Registration for the BLS Boston 2024 Data Users Conference is now open Read More »
  • 2024 Publication Changes Read More »
  • BLS updates historic research import price and export price indexes with data through 2021 using administrative trade data and superlative index methodology (2012–2021) Read More »

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Latest Numbers

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Imports News Release

All Commodities: +0.3% in Feb 2024 Historical Data

Fuels & Lubricants: +1.8% in Feb 2024 Historical Data

All Imports Excluding Fuels: +0.2% in Feb 2024 Historical Data

Exports News Release

All Commodities: +0.8% in Feb 2024 Historical Data

Agricultural Commodities: +0.8% in Feb 2024 Historical Data

Nonagricultural Commodities: +0.8% in Feb 2024 Historical Data

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News Release

U.S. import prices up 0.3% in February on higher nonfuel prices; export prices rise 0.8%

03/15/2024

Prices for U.S. imports advanced 0.3 percent in February following an increase of 0.8 percent in January. U.S. export prices rose 0.8 percent in February, after a 0.9-percent advance the previous month. Over the past year, import prices fell 0.8 percent and export prices declined 1.8 percent.
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Next Release

March 2024 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes are scheduled to be released on April 12, 2024, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time. read more »

Publications

The Economics Daily

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U.S. import prices down 1.3 percent over the year ended January 2024

U.S. import prices fell 1.3 percent over the year ended January 2024 and have not risen on a 12-month basis since January 2023. Fuel import prices declined 10.8 percent from January 2023 to January 2024, while nonfuel import prices declined 0.3 percent. read more »

Beyond the Numbers

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Historic coffee prices percolated after a bitter global supply crisis

Americans drink more coffee each day than any other beverage—including tap water. Since January 2021, U.S. coffee importers have faced an escalating cost for the hot commodity. Import prices increased just over 65 percent in less than 2 years. The following Beyond the Numbers article explains the reasons import prices for coffee have increased and discusses global supply issues that have arisen in the top coffee-supplying countries to the U.S. read more »