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Table 8. U.S. international price indexes for selected transportation services 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Category Relative
import-
ance
Mar.
2008(1)		 Months
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Air Freight

Import Air Freight

 100.000                        

1990

   - - - - - - - - 96.4 - - 105.6

1991

   - - 104.5 - - 100.4 - - 99.8 - - 101.8

1992

   - - 102.8 - - 98.5 - - 101.6 - - 99.5

1993

   - - 97.5 - - 104.2 - - 104.5 - - 103.8

1994

   - - 103.5 - - 105.7 - - 108.9 - - 110.9

1995

   - - 115.8 - - 118.7 - - 112.9 - - 115.1

1996

   - - 113.7 - - 112.2 - - 112.0 - - 110.6

1997

   - - 104.1 - - 104.5 - - 102.5 - - 100.1

1998

   - - 93.0 - - 94.2 - - 92.8 - - 100.2

1999

   - - 101.5 - - 98.7 - - 100.6 - - 102.8

2000

   - - 100.7 - - 100.1 - - 100.2 - - 99.0

2001

   - - 98.9 - - 96.0 - - 95.9 - - 95.6

2002

   - - 96.7 - - 99.7 - - 101.2 - - 106.9

2003

   - - 110.2 - - 111.5 - - 116.8 - - 114.9

2004

   - - 117.1 - - 117.5 - - 120.0 - - 126.8

2005

   - - 128.6 - - 128.4 - - 129.7 - - 128.9

2006

   126.8 129.7 129.7 129.8 131.2 135.2 133.4 132.4 133.1 133.0 129.9 131.2

2007

   132.3 130.8 130.7 131.1 132.5 132.3 132.3 134.0 134.2 135.3 138.2 141.8

2008

   141.9 142.8 144.4 150.9 - - - - - - - -

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

 28.585                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   - - 106.0 - - 107.9 - - 112.1 - - 122.5

2005

   - - 120.9 - - 120.6 - - 122.6 - - 120.0

2006

   118.0 121.2 120.7 121.6 124.8 131.5 130.0 130.0 131.8 131.1 125.4 127.6

2007

   130.9 129.1 129.4 128.1 132.1 132.0 132.0 135.2 134.5 137.4 142.9 148.2

2008

   149.1 149.7 150.3 164.7 - - - - - - - -

Asia

 61.482                        

1990

   - - - - - - - - 77.7 - - 84.9

1991

   - - 83.8 - - 83.3 - - 83.2 - - 85.2

1992

   - - 86.6 - - 81.1 - - 82.5 - - 84.2

1993

   - - 84.1 - - 93.5 - - 95.5 - - 94.7

1994

   - - 94.8 - - 96.9 - - 99.3 - - 100.2

1995

   - - 107.1 - - 109.9 - - 101.9 - - 105.9

1996

   - - 105.1 - - 104.1 - - 102.7 - - 100.7

1997

   - - 96.0 - - 97.4 - - 97.1 - - 89.9

1998

   - - 81.0 - - 81.4 - - 79.5 - - 89.0

1999

   - - 93.3 - - 91.7 - - 95.0 - - 100.2

2000

   - - 99.7 - - 100.7 - - 100.7 - - 99.0

2001

   - - 96.6 - - 94.3 - - 93.8 - - 93.5

2002

   - - 93.0 - - 94.3 - - 97.2 - - 103.8

2003

   - - 105.5 - - 104.0 - - 115.2 - - 110.4

2004

   - - 110.0 - - 108.6 - - 109.3 - - 113.0

2005

   - - 117.3 - - 117.1 - - 117.5 - - 117.1

2006

   115.1 116.4 117.5 117.4 117.4 119.8 117.5 115.7 115.5 115.9 114.5 115.1

2007

   115.3 113.9 113.7 114.7 114.9 114.6 114.6 115.6 116.3 116.6 118.3 121.0

2008

   120.7 121.7 123.8 126.5 - - - - - - - -

Export Air Freight

 100.000                        

1996

   - - - - - - - - - - - 112.9

1997

   - - 111.1 - - 110.4 - - 109.0 - - 105.4

1998

   - - 107.1 - - 106.6 - - 108.0 - - 109.2

1999

   - - 102.1 - - 102.5 - - 100.8 - - 99.1

2000

   - - 99.1 - - 100.8 - - 100.8 - - 99.4

2001

   - - 99.7 - - 98.4 - - 98.6 - - 97.9

2002

   - - 95.5 - - 97.9 - - 98.3 - - 95.2

2003

   - - 96.3 - - 95.2 - - 95.1 - - 95.4

2004

   - - 97.1 - - 99.1 - - 100.3 - - 106.1

2005

   - - 106.4 - - 110.1 - - 110.9 - - 112.0

2006

   111.7 113.4 113.6 113.6 114.7 115.9 115.6 116.3 117.9 117.4 116.6 116.7

2007

   118.6 117.0 117.0 117.3 117.5 117.0 117.7 118.3 119.8 122.3 123.5 127.1

2008

   132.0 131.6 131.4 134.6 - - - - - - - -

Europe (Dec. 2006=100)

 42.465                        

2006

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2007

   101.5 101.2 101.2 100.7 100.9 100.4 101.0 101.8 102.3 107.8 109.6 113.8

2008

   123.2 123.2 123.5 127.0 - - - - - - - -

Inbound Air Freight

 100.000                        

1990

   - - - - - - - - 98.6 - - 107.1

1991

   - - 105.3 - - 103.4 - - 103.3 - - 105.8

1992

   - - 106.5 - - 103.2 - - 105.8 - - 100.7

1993

   - - 98.7 - - 104.9 - - 105.1 - - 104.6

1994

   - - 104.4 - - 106.6 - - 107.1 - - 108.9

1995

   - - 113.6 - - 116.5 - - 111.0 - - 111.7

1996

   - - 108.6 - - 107.7 - - 108.2 - - 107.6

1997

   - - 101.3 - - 101.8 - - 100.3 - - 97.9

1998

   - - 93.9 - - 94.4 - - 92.7 - - 99.0

1999

   - - 99.6 - - 97.6 - - 99.5 - - 102.8

2000

   - - 100.7 - - 100.1 - - 100.2 - - 99.0

2001

   - - 97.9 - - 95.1 - - 94.9 - - 95.1

2002

   - - 93.9 - - 98.3 - - 100.3 - - 105.9

2003

   - - 108.8 - - 109.4 - - 112.5 - - 112.9

2004

   - - 116.2 - - 116.6 - - 118.7 - - 125.1

2005

   - - 126.3 - - 125.6 - - 127.5 - - 124.6

2006

   123.2 124.8 124.6 124.6 127.0 129.2 128.1 128.3 128.9 128.0 126.4 127.1

2007

   128.0 126.6 126.6 126.9 127.6 127.3 127.4 129.4 129.6 131.1 134.1 138.1

2008

   138.8 139.5 140.7 145.7 - - - - - - - -

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

 30.722                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   - - 107.0 - - 108.0 - - 111.6 - - 120.0

2005

   - - 120.0 - - 119.7 - - 121.2 - - 116.0

2006

   115.3 117.3 117.2 117.7 121.8 125.8 124.6 125.9 126.9 125.3 122.1 123.5

2007

   126.7 125.1 125.5 124.6 127.5 127.4 127.1 130.5 129.8 133.0 138.8 143.9

2008

   145.6 145.9 146.4 157.2 - - - - - - - -

Asia

 57.310                        

1990

   - - - - - - - - 87.9 - - 93.1

1991

   - - 91.7 - - 93.3 - - 93.4 - - 95.9

1992

   - - 97.1 - - 92.3 - - 93.7 - - 92.4

1993

   - - 92.4 - - 100.5 - - 102.3 - - 101.3

1994

   - - 100.9 - - 103.0 - - 102.0 - - 103.0

1995

   - - 108.4 - - 112.8 - - 105.0 - - 106.4

1996

   - - 104.5 - - 104.1 - - 103.4 - - 101.7

1997

   - - 97.1 - - 98.5 - - 98.4 - - 91.9

1998

   - - 88.0 - - 86.8 - - 84.2 - - 92.5

1999

   - - 95.2 - - 93.4 - - 96.6 - - 101.1

2000

   - - 99.8 - - 100.6 - - 100.6 - - 99.0

2001

   - - 95.4 - - 92.8 - - 92.2 - - 91.8

2002

   - - 89.1 - - 92.2 - - 95.7 - - 102.2

2003

   - - 103.6 - - 101.0 - - 108.2 - - 107.1

2004

   - - 107.3 - - 106.8 - - 107.8 - - 112.0

2005

   - - 113.9 - - 112.7 - - 114.0 - - 112.2

2006

   110.6 111.0 111.0 110.8 111.9 112.7 111.5 110.8 110.9 110.8 110.3 110.6

2007

   110.4 109.1 109.0 109.8 109.3 108.9 108.9 110.2 110.9 111.4 112.8 116.0

2008

   116.2 116.8 118.4 120.5 - - - - - - - -

Japan (Dec. 2006=100)

 14.298                        

2006

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2007

   99.9 97.7 97.7 99.8 98.7 97.7 96.5 97.5 101.0 102.4 102.4 107.3

2008

   107.5 111.8 112.6 118.7 - - - - - - - -

South Korea (Dec. 2007=100)

 14.866                        

2007

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2008

   99.8 99.7 102.0 99.5 - - - - - - - -

Outbound Air Freight

 100.000                        

1992

   - - - - - - - - 109.9 - - 108.6

1993

   - - 106.9 - - 106.1 - - 105.0 - - 105.9

1994

   - - 106.0 - - 105.7 - - 105.6 - - 106.9

1995

   - - 108.2 - - 108.1 - - 108.6 - - 107.8

1996

   - - 107.3 - - 107.6 - - 107.0 - - 107.3

1997

   - - 108.0 - - 107.3 - - 107.7 - - 105.7

1998

   - - 105.2 - - 103.8 - - 103.7 - - 103.0

1999

   - - 100.3 - - 100.4 - - 100.3 - - 99.2

2000

   - - 99.2 - - 100.3 - - 100.2 - - 100.2

2001

   - - 100.1 - - 98.0 - - 97.6 - - 97.8

2002

   - - 95.9 - - 98.4 - - 97.3 - - 95.4

2003

   - - 97.2 - - 95.4 - - 95.5 - - 94.9

2004

   - - 96.1 - - 99.0 - - 100.7 - - 104.7

2005

   - - 103.8 - - 107.2 - - 112.4 - - 112.0

2006

   111.4 113.0 113.5 113.6 115.6 117.2 116.6 116.1 116.9 115.8 114.2 113.8

2007

   113.3 112.4 112.3 113.2 114.3 114.3 114.9 116.2 117.0 118.9 121.0 124.3

2008

   126.7 126.9 128.1 130.5 - - - - - - - -

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

 41.479                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   - - 101.8 - - 106.7 - - 108.6 - - 112.9

2005

   - - 114.2 - - 118.9 - - 126.1 - - 126.4

2006

   125.0 127.3 127.4 128.1 132.1 134.0 132.1 132.5 132.6 130.9 128.9 128.9

2007

   127.6 126.7 126.6 127.8 129.0 129.5 130.3 131.4 131.6 134.0 137.6 141.4

2008

   144.9 144.8 145.2 149.6 - - - - - - - -

Asia

 40.806                        

1992

   - - - - - - - - 120.9 - - 118.6

1993

   - - 117.9 - - 116.7 - - 115.9 - - 116.1

1994

   - - 115.9 - - 115.5 - - 115.4 - - 116.7

1995

   - - 116.7 - - 117.6 - - 116.6 - - 117.6

1996

   - - 117.9 - - 118.0 - - 116.9 - - 117.3

1997

   - - 117.5 - - 117.1 - - 116.8 - - 112.8

1998

   - - 111.8 - - 108.2 - - 107.1 - - 105.1

1999

   - - 99.9 - - 99.9 - - 99.5 - - 99.4

2000

   - - 99.2 - - 100.3 - - 100.1 - - 100.3

2001

   - - 100.4 - - 98.4 - - 98.2 - - 98.1

2002

   - - 95.5 - - 98.7 - - 96.5 - - 95.1

2003

   - - 97.6 - - 95.3 - - 95.7 - - 95.4

2004

   - - 96.0 - - 97.6 - - 98.5 - - 103.7

2005

   - - 100.5 - - 102.6 - - 106.4 - - 104.9

2006

   104.7 105.2 105.9 105.7 107.4 109.2 109.4 108.0 107.4 106.6 104.9 104.1

2007

   103.8 103.0 102.9 103.5 104.6 104.4 104.6 105.9 105.7 106.7 108.0 110.9

2008

   112.6 112.9 114.7 115.6 - - - - - - - -

Air Passenger Fares

Import Air Passenger Fares

 100.000                        

1988

   - - 62.2 - - 66.6 - - 65.0 - - 63.4

1989

   - - 62.9 - - 64.9 - - 65.5 - - 63.5

1990

   - - 64.7 - - 70.2 - - 75.1 - - 74.2

1991

   - - 77.7 - - 79.2 - - 80.5 - - 77.1

1992

   - - 76.8 - - 82.5 - - 86.8 - - 76.6

1993

   - - 76.5 - - 82.4 - - 83.0 - - 76.0

1994

   - - 76.5 - - 81.4 - - 83.6 - - 78.5

1995

   - - 80.2 - - 88.1 - - 86.4 - - 82.6

1996

   - - 82.0 - - 88.1 - - 86.8 - - 84.3

1997

   - - 84.7 - - 95.5 - - 94.0 - - 88.0

1998

   - - 87.1 - - 94.9 - - 95.1 - - 88.6

1999

   - - 87.5 - - 98.9 - - 99.5 - - 89.7

2000

   - - 92.5 - - 103.5 - - 105.1 - - 98.9

2001

   101.2 101.0 101.1 107.3 108.1 112.8 118.8 119.6 116.4 109.9 102.5 105.7

2002

   105.8 103.4 103.1 112.5 112.7 119.1 127.8 128.0 125.2 116.1 105.6 107.2

2003

   107.8 107.3 108.6 117.9 117.7 122.3 129.5 129.7 125.9 114.5 106.0 107.0

2004

   106.8 103.9 103.6 111.2 112.2 123.1 126.6 126.2 121.0 115.4 107.9 111.7

2005

   110.8 110.1 110.0 116.9 116.2 128.1 132.0 131.0 124.0 118.5 112.7 116.3

2006

   114.8 114.7 114.9 121.4 122.7 136.7 139.4 138.3 130.9 125.5 121.4 125.4

2007

   122.8 122.8 122.9 127.2 127.5 144.6 149.4 149.6 140.2 132.4 128.2 135.3

2008

   132.4 131.0 131.3 143.2 - - - - - - - -

Europe

 41.286                        

1996

   - - - - - - -