Table 8 U.S. International Price Indexes for Selected Transportation Services

Table 8. U.S. international price indexes and percent changes for selected transportation services: September 2008 to September 2009 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description Relative
import-
ance
Aug.
2009(1)		 Index Percent change
Aug.
2009		 Sept.
2009		 Annual Monthly
Sept.
2008
to
Sept.
2009		 May
2009
to
June
2009		 June
2009
to
July
2009		 July
2009
to
Aug.
2009		 Aug.
2009
to
Sept.
2009

Air Freight

Import Air Freight

 100.000 133.5 134.5 -14.4 2.2 0.5 0.1 0.7

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

 23.271 131.7 133.1 -21.1 2.3 3.3 1.1 1.1

Asia

 66.940 115.0 115.8 -10.0 1.9 -0.8 -0.3 0.7

Export Air Freight

 100.000 120.0 121.0 -16.1 -1.2 1.7 0.5 0.8

Europe (Dec. 2006=100)

 36.456 108.3 109.5 -21.7 -2.2 2.5 0.0 1.1

Inbound Air Freight

 100.000 125.9 126.3 -16.7 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.3

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

 25.110 123.4 124.6 -23.0 0.5 2.7 0.6 1.0

Asia

 62.772 108.8 109.2 -11.8 0.8 -1.1 0.6 0.4

Outbound Air Freight

 100.000 110.8 111.6 -24.1 -0.5 0.2 -1.3 0.7

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

 40.067 128.0 128.7 -23.5 -3.4 0.0 0.3 0.5

Asia

 41.480 101.8 102.4 -22.2 2.1 -0.6 -0.3 0.6

Air Passenger Fares

Import Air Passenger Fares

 100.000 139.5 137.9 -14.5 13.0 -3.1 -2.2 -1.1

Europe

 42.866 143.0 147.0 -13.1 28.6 -6.0 -5.3 2.8

Asia

 29.029 130.0 124.4 -7.9 6.6 -0.4 -4.0 -4.3

Latin America/Caribbean

 12.515 128.3 117.6 -12.3 0.9 7.8 4.5 -8.3

Export Air Passenger Fares

 100.000 155.4 140.7 -18.2 3.2 3.0 9.1 -9.5

Europe

 31.819 185.6 165.6 -21.8 15.7 6.7 -0.3 -10.8

Asia

 35.775 137.9 122.2 -16.4 -10.0 2.9 22.7 -11.4

Latin America/Caribbean

 20.317 155.5 148.8 -11.9 7.9 4.1 3.9 -4.3

Footnotes
 (1) Relative importance figures are based on 2007 trade values.

NOTES: Data may be revised in each of the three months after original publication.
Dash = Not available

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Last Modified Date: October 14, 2009