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Import/Export Price Indexes
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Mountain-Plains: Price Movements of Top Exports and Other Highlights

April 2025

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The Mountain-Plains region, which consists of Missouri, Utah, Kansas, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming, exported a total trade dollar value of $66.9 billion in 2024, an increase of 4.4 percent from 2023. The price index for export transportation equipment manufacturing, the largest industry in the region by trade dollar value, increased in March. Export prices for primary metal manufacturing and chemical manufacturing also advanced over the same period.

Top Six Mountain-Plains Exports by Trade Dollar Value, 2024

  • The Mountain-Plains states accounted for 3.2 percent of total U.S. exports by trade dollar value in 2024.
  • The largest Mountain-Plains export industry in 2024, transportation equipment manufacturing, represented 3.6 percent of total U.S. exports in the category.
  • The top 6 export industries from the Mountain Plains accounted for 73.8 percent of the region's total export trade dollar value in 2024.
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U.S. Export Price Indexes: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

  • The price index for export transportation equipment manufacturing increased 0.2 percent in March.
  • Transportation equipment manufacturing export prices rose 2.8 percent for the 12 months ended March 2025.
  • A 3.1-percent rise in prices for motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing contributed to the 12-month advance in prices for transportation equipment manufacturing.
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U.S. Export Price Indexes: Primary Metal Manufacturing

  • Prices for export primary metal manufacturing increased 1.8 percent in March.
  • The export price index for primary metal manufacturing advanced 24.0 percent from March 2024 to March 2025.
  • The over-the-year increase in primary metal manufacturing prices was driven by a 30.4-percent rise in prices for nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing exports.
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U.S. Export Price Indexes: Chemical Manufacturing

  • Export chemical manufacturing prices ticked up 0.1 percent in March.
  • A 0.8-percent increase in prices for basic chemical manufacturing led the rise in prices for chemical manufacturing in March.
  • The price index for chemical manufacturing exports advanced 2.7 percent over the past year.
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Mountain-Plains States by Export Trade Dollar Value, 2024

  • The top 3 Mountain-Plains exporting states—Missouri, Utah, and Kansas—accounted for 2.5 percent of total U.S. exports by trade dollar value in 2024.
  • Missouri accounted for 29.0 percent of total Mountain-Plains exports in 2024, Utah 27.2 percent, and Kansas 21.5 percent.
  • Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming combined for 22.3 percent of Mountain-Plains exports by trade dollar value in 2024.
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Mountain-Plains Information Office • BLSInfoKansasCity@bls.gov • https://www.bls.gov/regions/mountain-plains/ • 816-285-7000 

 

Last Modified Date: April 29, 2025