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Import/Export Price Indexes

Import/Export Price Indexes

The International Price Program (IPP) produces Import/Export Price Indexes (MXP) containing data on changes in the prices of nonmilitary goods and services traded between the U.S. and the rest of the world.

Notices

  • BLS updates historic (2017–24) research import and export price indexes using administrative trade data and superlative index methodology Read More »
  • Removal of Supplemental Tables Read More »
  • Publication Status of Select Import and Export Price Indexes Read More »

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Latest Numbers

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Imports News Release

All Commodities: +0.3% in Oct 2024 Historical Data

Fuels & Lubricants: +1.5% in Oct 2024 Historical Data

All Imports Excluding Fuels: +0.2% in Oct 2024 Historical Data

Exports News Release

All Commodities: +0.8% in Oct 2024 Historical Data

Agricultural Commodities: +2.0% in Oct 2024 Historical Data

Nonagricultural Commodities: +0.6% in Oct 2024 Historical Data

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News Release

U.S. import prices increase 0.3% in October; export prices rise 0.8%

11/15/2024

Prices for U.S. imports increased 0.3 percent in October, after decreasing 0.4 percent in September. U.S. export prices rose 0.8 percent in October following a 0.6-percent drop the previous month. Over the past year, import prices advanced 0.8 percent and export prices fell 0.1 percent.
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Next Release

November 2024 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes are scheduled to be released on December 13, 2024, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time. read more »

Publications

The Economics Daily

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U.S. import gold prices up 29.8 percent over year ended September 2024

Import prices for nonmonetary gold rose 29.8 percent from September 2023 to September 2024. This increase was the largest 12-month advance since a 35.6-percent rise over the period ended August 2020. Prices for nonmonetary gold imports have not decreased on a year-over-year basis since declining 4.9 percent in March 2023. read more »

Beyond the Numbers

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Historic coffee prices percolated after a bitter global supply crisis

Americans drink more coffee each day than any other beverage—including tap water. Since January 2021, U.S. coffee importers have faced an escalating cost for the hot commodity. Import prices increased just over 65 percent in less than 2 years. The following Beyond the Numbers article explains the reasons import prices for coffee have increased and discusses global supply issues that have arisen in the top coffee-supplying countries to the U.S. read more »