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MXP TOPICS
METHODOLOGY
PAPERS & ARTICLES USING MXP DATA
- "Price and Expenditure Measures of Petroleum Products: A Comparison" by Abby Duly, Jeffrey Harris, Ara Khatchadourian, Rozi Ulics, and Melissa Wolter
- Import Price Rise in 2005 Due to Continued High Energy Prices" by Jeffrey Bogen
- "IPP Introduces Additional Locality of Origin Import Price Indexes" by Helen McCulley and Melissa Schwartz
- "U.S. Import and Export Prices in 2004" by Kristen Locatelli
- "U.S. Import and Export Prices in 2003" by Melissa Schwartz
- "International Price Comparisons Based on Purchasing Power Parity" by Michelle Vachris and James Thomas
- "Using Dissaggregated Data to Dissect the U.S. Trade Deficit" by William Alterman
- "Coping with the Rising Yen: Japan's Recent Export Experience" by Thomas Klitgaard
- "Are Producer Prices Good Proxies for Export Prices?" by Bill Alterman
- "Imputation and Price Indexes: Theory and Evidence from the International Price Program" by Robert C. Feenstra and Erwin W. Diewert
- "Explaining Tranquility in the Midst of Turbulence: U.S. Multinationals' Intrafirm Trade, 1966-1997" by Subramanian Rangan
- "Transfer Pricing, Intrafirm Trade and the BLS International Price Program" by Lorraine Eden
- "The Behavior of Intrafirm Trade Prices in U.S. International Price Data" by Kimberly A. Clausing
- "Exchange Rates and the Prices of Manufacturing Products Imported into the United States" by Giovanni P. Olivei
IMPORT PRICES BY SELECTED LOCALITIES
SELECTED IMPORT INDEXES
SELECTED EXPORT INDEXES

Table 3. U.S. import price indexes for selected categories of goods December 2005=100, unless otherwise noted
Category	NAICS	Relative import- ance May 2008(1)	Months
Category	NAICS	Relative import- ance May 2008(1)	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
Nonmanufactured articles	NONMANU	23.687
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			105.2	99.7	99.2	107.4	112.4	111.2	115.2	116.8	106.4	95.2	96.8	101.3
2007			94.0	97.1	101.9	107.5	110.3	114.8	120.7	119.2	121.9	128.3	142.6	141.3
2008			146.8	148.4	161.5	174.1	187.9	200.5	-	-	-	-	-	-

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	11	1.580
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			104.0	95.5	94.3	91.9	96.6	98.5	99.4	105.8	106.0	105.1	105.3	107.4
2007			109.9	111.3	110.1	113.5	114.1	112.4	115.7	115.8	117.0	118.7	119.4	119.1
2008			129.4	125.1	132.7	133.6	136.6	140.6	-	-	-	-	-	-

Crop production	111	1.110
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			105.0	91.6	88.9	86.3	91.7	91.6	91.2	101.2	102.2	102.3	103.8	107.7
2007			111.0	110.0	107.9	112.9	112.8	110.6	116.5	117.3	119.6	121.8	123.0	122.3
2008			135.4	127.8	137.1	137.4	138.1	139.1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Vegetable and melon farming	1112	0.264
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			108.9	71.2	76.5	71.8	83.9	87.3	82.7	101.3	103.7	104.0	102.7	110.2
2007			115.9	115.8	109.1	123.8	119.1	105.6	124.9	124.8	121.8	116.8	119.2	116.8
2008			150.5	114.8	121.6	128.0	119.6	115.5	-	-	-	-	-	-

Fruit and tree nut farming	1113	0.560
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			102.0	103.4	99.6	98.7	100.3	96.4	95.8	102.9	103.1	102.7	106.0	108.9
2007			110.2	107.9	107.0	107.9	110.2	113.8	114.0	115.7	121.0	125.4	125.6	124.0
2008			127.1	130.4	141.3	138.9	140.9	145.7	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mining	21	22.107
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			105.3	100.1	99.6	108.7	113.8	112.3	116.7	117.8	106.4	94.3	96.0	100.8
2007			92.6	95.8	101.1	107.0	110.0	115.0	121.2	119.6	122.4	129.3	144.8	143.4
2008			148.4	150.6	164.3	178.0	192.9	206.3	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mining (except oil and gas) (Dec. 2006=100)	212	0.364
2006			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2007			101.6	101.4	100.6	101.8	102.1	102.5	102.6	102.6	103.5	104.2	104.6	106.9
2008			109.2	108.8	109.9	123.6	123.5	123.1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Manufactured articles	MANU	75.645
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.5	100.8	100.8	101.6	102.9	103.3	103.4	103.7	103.2	102.5	102.7	103.1
2007			103.2	102.9	104.0	104.5	105.2	105.7	106.2	106.1	106.2	106.8	108.1	108.3
2008			109.3	109.4	111.2	112.7	113.9	115.4	-	-	-	-	-	-

Manufactured goods, part 1	31	9.057
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.3	100.5	100.4	100.6	100.7	100.8	101.1	101.2	101.2	101.3	101.4	101.5
2007			102.1	102.2	102.5	102.8	103.3	103.7	104.3	104.5	105.1	105.4	105.6	106.1
2008			106.7	107.2	107.9	108.4	108.8	109.4	-	-	-	-	-	-

Food manufacturing	311	2.302
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			101.2	101.9	101.9	101.8	102.5	102.4	102.6	103.0	103.1	103.3	103.7	104.1
2007			105.9	106.4	107.0	107.7	109.5	110.9	112.3	113.2	114.4	115.2	115.8	117.1
2008			118.7	120.7	123.8	125.0	126.9	129.7	-	-	-	-	-	-

Grain and oilseed milling	3112	0.314
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			101.2	103.0	104.0	103.5	105.2	105.8	105.9	105.8	104.0	104.2	105.7	107.2
2007			109.6	109.3	110.8	112.3	115.9	120.4	120.2	121.1	122.9	125.8	134.9	139.1
2008			139.6	146.4	157.4	156.3	165.7	170.6	-	-	-	-	-	-

Starch and vegetable fats and oils manufacturing	31122	0.247
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			101.4	103.6	104.7	104.2	106.1	105.6	105.6	105.1	104.5	104.0	106.0	108.3
2007			111.5	110.6	112.3	114.0	118.5	124.0	123.3	125.1	126.8	129.7	138.9	145.7
2008			148.5	155.4	167.5	163.8	166.9	170.2	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sugar and confectionery product manufacturing	3113	0.270
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			102.4	103.4	104.1	106.6	105.6	106.0	105.7	103.8	104.1	102.3	102.7	103.3
2007			105.8	105.6	107.6	106.9	108.5	108.0	110.6	109.6	109.5	109.0	109.3	108.5
2008			115.0	116.9	119.9	120.2	122.3	122.3	-	-	-	-	-	-

Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing	3114	0.318
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			102.8	103.9	104.7	105.3	105.7	106.6	106.0	106.0	106.3	106.4	107.1	107.9
2007			109.5	109.8	111.7	111.8	114.9	116.5	116.2	116.4	120.4	121.6	123.1	124.5
2008			125.9	128.3	130.2	131.2	131.5	131.1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Fruit and vegetable canning, pickling, and drying	31142	0.229
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			101.8	102.2	102.3	103.3	103.7	104.4	103.9	104.1	104.2	104.3	104.6	104.9
2007			107.5	107.9	110.2	110.4	112.6	114.6	117.2	117.4	123.4	124.7	125.8	126.4
2008			129.1	132.6	134.9	136.0	137.3	136.3	-	-	-	-	-	-

Animal slaughtering and processing	3116	0.316
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			99.5	100.3	99.0	99.0	99.6	99.2	100.3	101.8	101.5	101.9	102.7	101.4
2007			100.7	101.2	100.8	101.6	103.1	104.0	104.3	104.9	105.5	106.8	105.5	105.4
2008			106.0	108.0	110.6	111.5	116.7	124.5	-	-	-	-	-	-

Seafood product preparation and packaging	3117	0.542
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			99.5	100.7	101.8	101.1	102.1	101.7	102.8	103.0	102.9	102.4	101.4	101.5
2007			104.7	105.5	105.4	105.0	105.9	106.9	109.1	110.8	111.6	110.2	110.2	110.5
2008			110.6	111.4	113.6	115.0	113.4	116.7	-	-	-	-	-	-

Other food manufacturing	3119	0.255
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			104.9	103.9	101.8	101.4	102.4	100.7	100.5	103.0	104.2	108.2	110.4	111.9
2007			112.0	114.1	114.5	115.6	115.8	116.7	117.5	118.1	118.3	119.6	115.6	119.0
2008			120.3	121.2	123.9	125.9	125.8	127.3	-	-	-	-	-	-

Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing	312	0.747
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.0	100.0	100.6	100.7	100.8	100.9	101.6	101.7	101.8	102.1	102.1	102.2
2007			102.6	102.7	102.7	102.6	102.7	102.7	103.0	103.2	103.2	103.5	103.9	104.4
2008			105.1	104.9	104.6	105.2	105.6	106.0	-	-	-	-	-	-

Breweries (Dec. 2006=100)	31212	0.172
2006			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2007			101.2	101.0	101.1	100.6	100.8	101.1	101.4	101.5	101.5	101.8	102.4	102.5
2008			104.5	104.4	103.4	103.4	103.4	103.4	-	-	-	-	-	-

Wineries	31213	0.246
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.1	100.3	100.9	101.3	101.6	101.9	101.9	102.0	102.5	102.8	103.0	103.1
2007			103.3	103.8	103.9	103.8	103.7	103.4	103.6	103.7	104.1	104.3	104.7	106.3
2008			107.1	107.4	107.5	108.9	109.3	109.6	-	-	-	-	-	-

Distilleries	31214	0.199
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.2	100.3	100.3	100.3	100.3	100.3	100.9	101.3	101.3	101.3	101.4	101.5
2007			101.6	101.5	101.6	101.7	102.0	102.1	102.5	102.8	102.8	103.1	103.2	103.5
2008			103.5	103.6	103.7	104.5	104.6	104.5	-	-	-	-	-	-

Textile mills	313	0.409
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			99.5	99.9	99.7	102.3	102.3	103.4	103.4	103.6	103.3	103.6	103.7	104.0
2007			104.4	104.9	105.3	105.6	105.8	106.6	106.9	107.4	107.2	108.2	108.2	109.1
2008			110.2	111.3	110.3	111.7	112.9	112.5	-	-	-	-	-	-

Fabric mills	3132	0.216
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			99.3	100.0	99.7	99.9	100.2	102.4	102.4	102.5	102.5	102.7	102.9	103.3
2007			103.8	103.9	104.7	104.7	104.9	105.1	105.5	105.9	105.9	106.6	106.8	107.1
2008			107.9	109.2	109.3	110.6	111.3	111.8	-	-	-	-	-	-

Textile product mills	314	0.686
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.2	100.1	100.2	100.3	100.3	100.3	100.7	100.8	100.7	100.6	100.5	100.5
2007			100.8	100.9	100.7	100.4	100.5	100.6	100.8	101.0	100.1	100.2	100.5	100.6
2008			101.0	101.3	101.6	102.3	102.4	101.6	-	-	-	-	-	-

Textile furnishings mills	3141	0.498
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.4	100.5	100.5	100.5	100.6	100.7	101.4	101.4	101.3	101.3	101.2	101.2
2007			101.3	101.3	101.1	100.9	101.0	101.0	101.1	101.3	99.9	100.0	100.0	100.1
2008			100.4	100.8	101.2	101.7	101.8	100.7	-	-	-	-	-	-

Curtain and linen mills	31412	0.394
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.4	100.5	100.6	100.5	100.5	100.5	101.3	101.3	101.3	101.2	101.1	101.0
2007			101.1	101.2	101.0	100.7	100.7	100.8	100.8	100.8	99.0	98.9	98.9	98.9
2008			99.2	99.6	99.9	100.4	100.5	99.0	-	-	-	-	-	-

Other textile product mills (Dec. 2006=100)	3149	0.188
2006			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2007			100.9	100.9	101.0	100.3	100.4	100.9	101.3	101.7	102.1	102.2	102.9	103.1
2008			104.0	104.0	104.3	105.4	105.3	105.3	-	-	-	-	-	-

Apparel manufacturing	315	3.607
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.1	100.1	99.8	100.1	99.8	99.8	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.9	99.9	99.9
2007			100.2	100.0	100.5	100.7	100.9	101.0	101.3	101.4	102.1	102.1	102.1	102.2
2008			102.3	102.3	102.4	102.4	102.0	102.2	-	-	-	-	-	-

Men's and boys' cut and sew apparel manufacturing	31522	1.169
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.1	100.1	99.5	99.7	99.8	99.8	99.6	99.5	99.4	99.2	99.3	99.4
2007			99.5	99.4	99.6	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.6	99.5	99.5	99.4	99.3
2008			99.4	99.3	99.5	99.5	99.5	100.1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Women's and girls' cut and sew apparel manufacturing	31523	1.865
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.1	100.2	100.1	100.2	99.7	99.6	100.2	100.3	100.3	100.3	100.2	100.2
2007			100.6	100.2	101.1	101.2	101.5	101.5	101.9	102.1	103.5	103.4	103.4	103.4
2008			103.6	103.5	103.4	103.6	102.8	102.7	-	-	-	-	-	-

Other cut and sew apparel manufacturing	31529	0.314
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.1	100.0	100.1	100.0	99.8	99.8	99.5	99.3
2007			100.3	100.1	100.5	101.0	101.4	101.7	103.2	103.3	103.4	103.7	103.9	104.1
2008			104.0	104.0	104.4	103.7	103.8	103.8	-	-	-	-	-	-

Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing	3159	0.192
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			99.1	99.1	99.1	98.4	98.4	98.6	98.3	98.5	99.2	99.2	99.4	99.4
2007			99.4	99.0	99.7	100.1	100.5	100.7	100.9	101.1	101.3	102.2	102.5	104.5
2008			105.3	105.7	106.1	107.0	107.2	107.4	-	-	-	-	-	-

Leather and allied product manufacturing	316	1.307
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.2	100.6	100.8	100.8	100.9	101.0	101.0	101.1
2007			101.2	101.3	101.3	101.5	101.6	101.5	102.0	102.0	102.6	102.9	103.1	103.3
2008			103.5	103.8	103.9	104.7	104.9