Import/Export Price Indexes

U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes

January 14, 2010
The U.S. Import Price Index was unchanged in December as a decline in fuel prices offset rising nonfuel prices. Import prices increased 8.6 percent in 2009. U.S. export prices advanced 0.6 percent in December and rose 3.4 percent in 2009. More...
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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What are the U.S. Import and U.S. Export price indexes?
2. How are the Import/Export Price Indexes used?
3. What goods and services do the Import/Export Price Indexes measure?
4. What classification systems are used to aggregate Import/Export price indexes?
5. How are Import/Export Price Index data obtained?
6. What prices are used to calculate the Import/Export Price Indexes?
7. Are adjustments made for changes in the price or quality of a measured item?
8. How are the Import/Export Price Indexes weighted?
9. How are the Import/Export Price Indexes constructed?
10. How are the Import/Export Price Indexes interpreted?

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