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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

  • Registration for the BLS Boston 2024 Data Users Conference is now open Read More »
  • 2024 Publication Changes Read More »
  • BLS updates historic research import price and export price indexes with data through 2021 using administrative trade data and superlative index methodology (2012–2021) Read More »

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Latest Numbers

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Imports News Release

All Commodities: +0.4% in Mar 2024 Historical Data

Fuels & Lubricants: +4.7% in Mar 2024 Historical Data

All Imports Excluding Fuels: +0.1% in Mar 2024 Historical Data

Exports News Release

All Commodities: +0.3% in Mar 2024 Historical Data

Agricultural Commodities: -0.7% in Mar 2024 Historical Data

Nonagricultural Commodities: +0.4% in Mar 2024 Historical Data

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News Release

U.S. import prices increase 0.4% in March on higher fuel prices; export prices rise 0.3%

04/12/2024

Prices for U.S. imports advanced 0.4 percent in March following an increase of 0.3 percent in February. U.S. export prices rose 0.3 percent in March, after a 0.7-percent advance the previous month. Over the past year, import prices rose 0.4 percent and export prices declined 1.4 percent.
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Next Release

April 2024 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes are scheduled to be released on May 16, 2024, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time. read more »

Publications

The Economics Daily

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Import prices down 0.8 percent, export prices down 1.8 percent, over the year ended February 2024

Prices for U.S. imports decreased 0.8 percent from February 2023 to February 2024 while U.S. export prices declined 1.8 percent. This was the smallest 12-month export price drop since the index decreased 0.8 percent from February 2022 to February 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 »