Table 8. U.S. international price indexes and percent changes for selected transportation services: April 2011 to April 2012
[2000=100, unless otherwise noted]
Description Relative
import-
ance
Mar.
2012(1)
Index Percent change
Jan.
2012
Feb.
2012
Mar.
2012
Apr.
2012
Annual Monthly
Apr.
2011
to
Apr.
2012
Dec.
2011
to
Jan.
2012
Jan.
2012
to
Feb.
2012
Feb.
2012
to
Mar.
2012
Mar.
2012
to
Apr.
2012

Air Freight

Import Air Freight

100.000 171.2 (r)169.1 (r)173.4 177.4 1.5 -3.3 (r)-1.2 (r)2.5 2.3

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

24.958 164.4 161.7 166.6 166.7 4.5 -2.3 -1.6 3.0 0.1

Asia

70.463 150.3 (r)148.5 (r)152.1 157.1 0.3 -3.8 (r)-1.2 (r)2.4 3.3

Export Air Freight

100.000 146.5 146.9 149.0 150.2 5.1 1.6 0.3 1.4 0.8

Europe (Dec. 2006=100)

36.077 131.5 132.2 (r)134.2 135.7 5.1 1.5 0.5 (r)1.5 1.1

Asia (Dec. 2011=100)

44.132 101.9 102.0 (r)103.5 104.1 - 1.9 0.1 (r)1.5 0.6

Inbound Air Freight

100.000 157.3 (r)155.5 (r)158.4 161.4 1.4 -2.1 (r)-1.1 (r)1.9 1.9

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

25.410 147.1 145.6 (r)149.6 151.1 3.3 -1.6 -1.0 (r)2.7 1.0

Asia

63.018 140.9 (r)138.6 (r)141.2 144.7 1.5 -2.6 (r)-1.6 (r)1.9 2.5

Outbound Air Freight

100.000 144.1 (r)144.7 (r)146.5 150.2 7.6 -0.3 (r)0.4 1.2 2.5

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

31.014 162.3 163.4 (r)165.3 166.8 5.4 -0.4 0.7 (r)1.2 0.9

Asia

49.039 135.0 (r)135.3 (r)137.4 143.5 9.7 -0.1 (r)0.2 1.6 4.4

Air Passenger Fares

Import Air Passenger Fares

100.000 179.9 180.5 178.7 180.0 10.3 0.2 0.3 -1.0 0.7

Europe

38.049 184.8 185.1 180.7 187.5 9.8 4.8 0.2 -2.4 3.8

United Kingdom (Dec. 2002=100)

10.078 172.2 172.0 162.3 166.5 4.5 6.4 -0.1 -5.6 2.6

Other Europe (Dec. 2002=100)

27.971 203.5 204.0 201.6 210.2 12.0 4.1 0.2 -1.2 4.3

Asia

25.938 155.9 157.9 147.5 148.7 9.3 -4.1 1.3 -6.6 0.8

Latin America/Caribbean

12.457 178.6 177.6 178.2 181.9 5.9 -4.4 -0.6 0.3 2.1

Export Air Passenger Fares

100.000 195.4 186.6 (r)185.1 187.3 6.7 2.3 -4.5 (r)-0.8 1.2

Europe

26.381 208.5 219.2 (r)209.0 228.9 15.0 0.8 5.1 (r)-4.7 9.5

United Kingdom (Dec. 2002=100)

7.431 152.1 173.1 (r)168.9 187.8 30.4 0.5 13.8 (r)-2.4 11.2

Other Europe (Dec. 2002=100)

18.950 197.5 201.8 (r)190.7 207.7 9.9 0.9 2.2 (r)-5.5 8.9

Asia

28.156 190.0 162.0 (r)166.9 167.9 7.6 6.2 -14.7 (r)3.0 0.6

Japan

14.837 209.0 186.6 (r)198.4 189.3 19.7 2.2 -10.7 (r)6.3 -4.6

Other Asia (Dec. 2009=100)

9.408 115.0 96.3 94.5 98.2 -3.7 5.3 -16.3 -1.9 3.9

Latin America/Caribbean

26.352 212.4 238.5 (r)236.3 224.7 17.8 3.7 12.3 (r)-0.9 -4.9

Central/South America (Dec. 2009=100)

18.113 133.1 135.1 (r)140.0 131.1 15.7 9.0 1.5 (r)3.6 -6.4

Footnotes
(1) Relative importance figures are based on 2010 trade values.
(r) Revised

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

 

Last Modified Date: May 10, 2012